World War II Records in the Cartographic and - National Archives ...

373.6. Among the photographic negative images relating to the Far East are mosaics
and oblique aerial photographs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki before and after the
atomic bomb attacks of August 1945. Also included are aerial and ground
photographs of targets, bomb attacks, and conventional bomb damage to other
Japanese cities, including Tokyo, and to specific targets in Japan, such as the
Mitsubishi Aircraft Engine Works in Nagoya and the Kure Naval Arsenal. Negative
images of China include mosaics of Peiping (Peking), overprinted to show targets
(1944), and water-level photographs of the Shanghai waterfront. Other aerial images
relate to many of the Pacific islands that figured prominently in the course of the war
in this theater, including Wake Island, Midway Island, Luzon and Corregidor
(Philippine Islands), New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, Guadalcanal (Solomon
Islands), Tarawa (Gilbert Islands), Truk (Caroline Islands), and Saipan, Tinian, and
Guam (Mariana Islands). Many of these images are annotated to show defenses and
military installations, while others document bombing attacks in progress.
RG 391 Records of United States Regular Army Mobile Units, 1821-1942
391.1. Maps & Charts: Included are a 1942 map of A.P. Hill Military
Reservation in Virginia, a 1941 map of Fort Oglethorpe and vicinity in Georgia, and
other pre-1941 maps of Army bases in the United States that remained in use during
World War II.
RG 395 Records of United States Army Overseas Operations and Commands,
1898-1942
395.1. Maps & Charts: Among the records are a three-sheet tactical map of
Corregidor Island in the Philippines showing defenses, buildings, roads, and
topography (1936); a map of Indochina showing the locations of troops (1939); a
map of China showing administrative divisions (1932); road maps of St. Thomas in
the Virgin Islands and the island of Antigua (1942-43); and a few military surveys
of areas in Panama (1926-40).
RG 407 Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1917-
407.1. Maps & Charts: Included are maps, overlays, city plans, photomaps, and
pencil sketches relating to the European, Mediterranean, and Pacific theaters of war
that were prepared by Allied armies, corps, divisions, and subordinate Engineer
components and collected by the Adjutant General's Office.
407.2. Among the cartographic records pertaining to Europe are a number relating
to the invasion of Normandy, including maps showing terrain and inundated areas
near Utah Beach; city plans and traffic circulation plans for the Cotentin Peninsula
and the vicinity of Omaha Beach; a few maps showing bridge, road, and mine field
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