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World War, 1939-1945

Map of the Area Near the Hanford Site

An American map titled "Metsker's Map of Benton County, State of Washington." The grid map shows highways, roads, railroads, trails, canals, intermittent creeks, schools, county lines, and other details. Annotations, in green ink, show the area along the Columbia River that the federal government seized in order to build facilities and housing for the Manhattan Project's Hanford Site.

Map of Africa

An American map titled "Africa." The map shows railways, automobile and caravan routes, mountains, passes, deserts, swamps, elevations, wadies, oil pipe lines, boundaries as of September 1, 1939, and other details. Included is an inset map of the Cape Verde Islands and a relief map of Africa. This map is one of a set of maps that have been removed from an album titled "United States of America: United States Army Air Forces." Another note within the album read: "Prepared by Cartographic Branch, AC/AS-2 Intelligence."

Map of Asia and Adjacent Areas

An American map titled "Asia and Adjacent Areas." The map shows railways, ruins, oil pipe lines, passes, routes, relief, trails, elevations, deserts, glaciers, the Great Wall of China, boundaries as of September 1, 1939, and other details. This map is one of a set of maps that have been removed from an album titled "United States of America: United States Army Air Forces." Another note within the album read: "Prepared by Cartographic Branch, AC/AS-2 Intelligence."

Map of Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies

An American map titled "Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies." The map shows highways, railways, canals, elevations, depths, mountains, swamps, ruins, areas subject to inundation, and other details. Included are inset maps of Cuba, Jamaica, Bermuda Islands, Puerto Rico, Saint Thomas, and the Isthmus of Panama. This map is one of a set of maps that have been removed from an album titled "United States of America: United States Army Air Forces." Another note within the album read: "Prepared by Cartographic Branch, AC/AS-2 Intelligence."

Map of South America

An American map titled "South America." The map shows railways, ruins, passes, falls, mountains, deserts, elevations, glaciers, salt pans, swamps, the Pan American Highway, principal ship routes, and other details. Included is an inset of the Galapagos Islands, as well as insets of South America showing chief natural resources, precipitation, temperature, airways, and relief.

Map of Europe, Africa, and Western Asia

An American map titled "Theater of War in Europe, Africa, and Western Asia." The map shows railways, oil pipe lines, canals, elevations, deserts, swamps, glaciers, tundra, altitudes, boundaries as of September 1, 1939, and other details. This map is one of a set of maps that have been removed from an album titled "United States of America: United States Army Air Forces." Another note within the album read: "Prepared by Cartographic Branch, AC/AS-2 Intelligence."

Map of North America

An American map titled "North America." The map shows ruins, railways, highways, naval bases, elevations, glaciers, mountains, and other details. Included is an inset of the Aleutian Islands. This map is one of a set of maps that have been removed from an album titled "United States of America: United States Army Air Forces." Another note within the album read: "Prepared by Cartographic Branch, AC/AS-2 Intelligence."