The United States Army in World War II: deployment of troops in Europe and the Pacific, and prevention of venereal disease. Colour lithograph, December 1945.
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- [1945]
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- 979928i
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One side of the sheet shows troop deployments of US troops as of 18 December 1945: nos. 1-20 deployments in the Pacific; nos. 21-28 deployments in the American theater; nos. 29-53 deployments in the ETO (European theater of operations); "Prepared from public sources of information". The other side, presumably to be displayed in army quarters when the troop deployment information had ceased to be current, is a poster warning against sexually transmitted diseases
Publication/Creation
[Washington, D.C.?] : Prepared and distributed by Army Information Branch, [1945] ([Washington D.C.] : U.S. Government Printing Office)
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, printed in colours on two sides of one sheet ; sheet 88.8 x 119.1 cm
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V-E. V-J. There is an enemy still to be defeated! VD. There's no unconditional surrender for this one. ... Protect yourself against your enemy ... V.D. Newsmap prepared and distributed by Army Information Branch
"V-E" is ticked in red, indicating that victory in Europe has been attained. "V-J" is ticked in red, indicating that victory in Japan has been attained
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Wellcome Collection 979928i
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Location Status Access Closed stores