Information

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INFORMATION
FILMS
Seven films, of which "Prelude to War" was the first,
to be shown as part of the Army Orientation Course.
Also in preparation, films to provide information on
our allies, our enemies, and on current war events.
ORIENTATION COURSE
[reproduced covers: The War IN OUTLINE / MATERIALS FOR THE USE OF ARMY ORIENTATION COURSE / PREPARED BY SPECIAL SERVICE DIVISION Army of the United States; AN INFANTRY JOURNAL - PENGUIN SPECIAL / MODERN BATTLE / LT. COL. PAUL W. THOMPSON / [illegible small print]; AN INFANTRY JOURNAL - PENGUIN SPECIAL / HOW THE JAP ARMY FIGHTS]
"To fix in the minds of the American
soldier a sense of the importance of
his personal role and responsibilities
in the current struggle."
Materials furnished for the course as
given to recruits and to the Army as a
whole. (See Newsmap, Films, News
Service.)
The Information Branch
of the Special Service
Division seeks to give
soldiers a clear under-
standing of the causes of
the war and to keep them
abreast of its current
developments. It employs
the three principal media
—motion pictures, radio,
and the printed word.
NEWSMAP
Distributed weekly to all posts, camps, and stations
on basis of one per company, unit, or one per day room.
Face of map shows current war news. Reverse side
is an information poster for permanent display refer-
ence.
Newsmap should be used as the basis for a weekly
orientation discussion on the war.
NEWS SERVICE
[reproduced teletype page headed SPECIAL SERVICE DIVISION NEWS ... ; body text illegible]
A summary of
world news—sent
daily by wire to a
majority of all
troops in the U. S.
and overseas.
The Domestic
Service Summa-
ries are scheduled
to reach Special
Service Officers
early each morn-
ing.
[reproduced cover: YANK THE ARMY WEEKLY 5¢ APR. 9 1943 ... By the men, for the men in the service; THE LAST TO EAT; YANK Proposes Changes in Army Mail Regulations]
Written by enlisted
men for enlisted men.
CAMP NEWSPAPER SERVICE
Camp newspapers, of
which there are more
than 800 in the U. S.
and overseas, are un-
der the general super-
vision of the Special
Service Division. To
their editors is sent
the weekly Clip Sheet,
monthly G. I. Galley,
and other material for
their assistance.
[reproductions: G.I. GALLEY; Camp Newspaper Service Clip Sheet; Officers and Editors—PLEASE Note!; POST A NEWSPAPER FOR AND BY SOLDIERS; RED CROSS DRIVE SCHEDULED THIS MONTH; ANNOUNCE WAR BON... FOR MARC...; Army Editors' MANUAL; other small print illegible]
RADIO
RADIO BROADCASTS
TO TROOPS OVERSEAS
LONG WAVE
SHORT WAVE
Forty programs produced weekly for the infor-
mation, education, and entertainment of troops
overseas, broadcast by shortwave.
Transcriptions (records) of above and of 20
leading commercial programs are sent abroad
for rebroadcasting locally.
POCKET GUIDES
ISSUED TO TROOPS GOING OVERSEAS
[reproduced covers: POCKET GUIDE TO AUSTRALIA / WAR AND NAVY DEPARTMENTS / Washington, D. C.; ...DONIA; ...AND; ...IA; A SHORT GUIDE TO SYRIA; ...PT; ...TH...CA]
[reproduced Special Service DIGEST, vol. and date illegible: CIR.55 SEEN AS STEP TO BETTER CAMP PAPERS / Advertising Agencies Loan More Units To Publish Own Papers With More Real Camp News, Camp Songs...; C.N.S. CONTEST WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED; body text illegible]
Published monthly for the guidance of Commanding
Officers and their Special Service Officers.
[imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, bottom centre, rest illegible]