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UNIT NEWSPAPERS
During World War II, unit newspapers became an essential thread in the fabric of military life, produced by and for the soldiers of individual Infantry Divisions, Regiments, and Battalions. Often written, edited, and printed close to the front lines, these papers carried far more than official announcements, they shared news from home, highlighted promotions and awards, recorded daily life in camp or combat zones, and captured the humor, grit, and resilience of the men who served. Part journalism, part morale booster, and part historical record, unit newspapers offer an intimate, ground-level view of the war as it was experienced by the soldiers themselves, preserving voices and moments that rarely appear in official reports or after-action summaries.
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The "T-Patch" was the 36th Division's newspaper during WWII and continued (in newspaper format) until the fall of 1945 when the Division returned stateside. The newspapers contain content ranging from division orders, news of the war, trending stories stateside, sports, army-wide news, valor decorations, combat stories, photographs, and much more. There is even a story about Charles Coolidge in the 11 February 1945 edition!
This collection is NOT complete, but has as many editions as I've been able to roundup. Most of the copies were carefully scanned by the amazing people at the Texas Military Forces Museum, at Camp Mabry, in Austin, Texas and Alex Drury at the 36th Division Archive!
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Note: Where indicated, some of these PDFs are "searchable"
T-Patch Newspapers
1942
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1943
1944
1945
OUTPOST Newspapers
In the same way the "T-Patch" was the 36th Division's newspaper during WWII, the "Outpost" was reported news specifically related to the 141st Infantry Regiment. The newspaper contains a wide variety of content ranging from valor decorations, stories from stateside, sports scores, combat stories, photographs, and much more. The 23 June 1945 edition featured the story of Charles Coolidge receiving his Medal of Honor on the front page!
This collection contains the few copies of this newspaper as I have been able to locate.
Blues News & Views Newspapers
As with the "T-Patch" and the "Outpost", the 3rd Battalion of the 141st Infantry Regiment also had its own newspaper that was focused mostly on Battalion headlines. Anything from Battalion valor decorations, stories from stateside, Battalion sports scores (baseball was a big one!), combat stories, photographs, and comics. There aren't too many surviving copies of the Battalion-level newspapers and the sole copy I have in my collection comes as a result of Charles Coolidge saving it for his parents as it contained the news of his Medal of Honor ceremony.
