Headquarters – Signal Corps – Officer Candidate Material
Dated 1941–1942 | 60+ Pages | Early War Archive Lot
An exceptional and highly desirable original World War II U.S. Army document grouping.
This archive consists of more than 50 original period documents, all dating from 1941–1942, including official papers from:
•2nd Armored Division – “Hell on Wheels”
•Headquarters, Office of the Division Commander – Fort Bragg, North Carolina
•Lexington Signal Depot – Field Radio School, Kentucky
•U.S. Army Signal Corps (Restricted technical bulletins)
•Early war spare parts and maintenance receipts (Fort Benning print codes)
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CONTENT INCLUDES:
✔ Official transfer orders to Ordnance Officer Candidate School
✔ Extracts referencing Aberdeen Proving Ground
✔ “Restricted” Vacuum Tube Conversion Bulletins (Signal Corps ↔ Commercial tube numbers)
✔ Field Radio School technical material
✔ Spare Parts Receipt dated 1941 (pre-war period)
✔ Handwritten weapon and equipment training notes
✔ Original signatures and period fasteners
All documents are original wartime issues — no reproductions.
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HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
The 2nd Armored Division, famously known as “Hell on Wheels,” was one of the most active U.S. armored formations of WWII, serving in:
•North Africa
•Sicily
•Normandy
•The Battle of the Bulge
•Germany
Early 1942 documents from this division are increasingly difficult to find, especially in larger untouched groupings like this.
This is not a single paper — this is a personal wartime archive.
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CONDITION
Authentic wartime condition:
•Age toning
•Period folds
•Minor edge wear
•Original paper clips and staples present
Exactly as found.
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PERFECT FOR:
•Advanced U.S. WWII collectors
•2nd Armored Division collectors
•Signal Corps collectors
•Officer Candidate School historians
•Museum or display purposes
A rare opportunity to acquire an original early-war armored division document archive.
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If desired, research on named personnel (if identifiable) can further increase historical and collector value.
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100% original – WWII period – no copies
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