Edward Boehm Collection

Contains leaflets produced by the United States Armed Forces which were shelled or dropped in Italy, where Edward Boehm [donor's father] was assigned to the U.S. 5th Army and British 8th Army as combat liaison propaganda officer with purpose of creating leaflets targeting Germans behind enemy lines. Includes books entitled “P.W.B/Shell Leaflets [Psychological Warfare Branch]," containing leaflets fixed within books; newspapers entitled "Frontpost" dating December 1943 through June 1945.; propaganda leaflets produced by Germany targeted at Allied troops collected by Boehm; and an identification card issued to Boehm during the second World War.