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Stars and Stripes: U.S. Military Newspapers in the Library of CongressWorld War II EditionsAlgiers, Algeria (Weekly)
LC call number (print): D731.S72 Folio LC call number (microform): Microfilm 02248 (1 reel) LC control number: 97007316 Began publication as a weekly on December 9, 1942. In July 1944 this edition moved from Algiers to Rome. It ceased publication October 15, 1945.
Algiers, Algeria (Daily)
LC call number (print): D731.S717 Folio LC call number (microform): Microfilm 02249 (1 reel) LC control number: 48012642 Printed Monday to Friday from April 15, 1943 to July 15, 1944. Belfast, Northern Ireland (Daily)
LC call number (print): D731.S722 Folio LC call number (microform): Microfilm 02256 (1 reel) LC control number: 46043028 Began publication December 6, 1943 and ceased publication January 29, 1944. Besançon, France (Daily)
LC call number (print): None LC call number (microform): Microfilm 02262 (1 reel) LC control number: 94087078; 94087079 Began publication September 14, 1944. Publication of this edition was moved to Strasbourg, France in December 1944. The last issue was printed on December 1, 1944. Cairo, Egypt (Weekly)
LC call number (print): D731.S7274 Folio LC call number (microform): Microfilm 02250 (1 reel) LC control number: 48012737 Began publication April 16, 1943. Production continued to December 21, 1945.
Casablanca, Morocco (Daily)
LC call number (print): None LC call number (microform): Microfilm 02252 (1 reel) LC control numbers: 94082397 Began publication May 19, 1943. This edition merged with the Oran, Algeria edition after July 30, 1944. Dijon, France (Daily)
LC call number (print): None LC call number (microform): Microfilm 02265 (1 reel) LC control number: 94087080 Library holdings begin December 4, 1944 (Vol. 1, no. 7) and end when the publication ceased on February 15, 1945. Dry Run Edition
LC call number (print): None LC call number (microform): Microfilm 02254 (1 reel) LC control number: 2001205186 Two issues printed on July 2, 1944 and August 3, 1944 for what later became one of the Mediterranean editions. ESS Edition (Rome, Italy)
LC call number (print): None LC call number (microform): Microfilm 02254 (1 reel) LC control number: 2001205186 Short-run edition published from August 16, 1945 to January 9, 1946. Library holdings incomplete. Fifth Army Edition (Daily)
LC call number (print): None LC call number (microform): Microfilm 02254 (1 reel) LC control number: 2001205186 Short-run edition that ran from September 6, 1943 to September 16, 1943. Fifth Army Combat Edition (Daily)
LC call number (print): None LC call number (microform): Microfilm 02254 (1 reel) LC control number: 2001205186 Short-run edition that ran from October 20, 1943 to November 24, 1943. Masthead included the phrase, "Be Alert and Live." Grenoble, France (Daily)
LC call number (print): None LC call number (microform): Microfilm 02253 (1 reel) LC control number: 94092422 Another short-run edition distributed until the Paris edition absorbed it. An unnumbered issue was printed on August 25, 1944. The numbered edition ran from August 29, 1944 to September 12, 1944. Honolulu (Daily)
LC call number (print): D731.S725 Folio LC call number (microform): Microfilm 02271 (2 reels) LC control number: 94089100 In publication from May 14, 1945 to September 1, 1945.
Liège, Belgium (Daily)
LC call number (print): D731.S7257 Folio LC call number (microform): Microfilm 02266 (1 reel) LC control number: 94085290 Began publication on January 20, 1945. The final edition was printed on April 17, 1945. London, England (Daily)
LC call number (print): D731.S726 Folio LC call number (microform): Microfilm 02247 (5 reels) LC control number: 46043067 Distributed to U.S. Forces in the British Isles from April 18, 1942 to October 15, 1945.
Marseille, France (Daily except Sunday)
LC call number (print): D731.S7263 Folio LC call number (microform): Microfilm: 02263 (2 reels) LC control number: 49051638 Mediterranean edition published in both Nice and Marseille. Began publishing September 29, 1944 and ended on September 30, 1945. Library print holdings begin January 17, 1945 (Vol. 1, no. 41).
Nancy, France (Daily)
LC call number (print): None LC call number (microform): Microfilm 02267 (1 reel) LC control number: 94088283 This edition was published from January 22, 1945 to April 16, 1945. Naples and Rome (Daily)
LC call number (print): D731.S7272 Folio LC call number (microform): Microfilm 02255 (3 reels) LC control number: 48012640 Two separate but similar editions of Stars and Stripes were published during World War II. This edition, which began publication on November 10, 1943, was probably the southern Italy edition. Another edition (see entry for Rome, Italy) began publication on June 5, 1945 and probably was distributed to U.S. forces in Rome and southern Italy.
Nice, France (Daily)
LC call number (print): D731.S7264 Folio LC call number (microform): Microfilm 02263 (2 reels) LC control numbers: 48012738; 94089149 Began publication on September 29, 1944 and ended on March 10, 1945. Library print holdings begin July 1, 1945 (Vol. 1, No. 110) and end September 30, 1945.
Oran, Algeria (Daily)
LC call number (print): D731.S7274 Folio LC call number (microform): Microfilm 02251 (1 reel) LC control number: 94085290 A North African edition was published in Oran from May 3, 1943 to November 24, 1944. At that time production was moved to Rome.
Palermo, Sicily (Tuesday and Friday only)
LC call number (print): None LC call number (microform): Microfilm 02253 (1 reel) LC control number: 94092422 The first issue rolled off the press on August 12, 1943 and the last was printed on June 2, 1944. This publication was absorbed by the Rome edition. Paris, France (Daily)
LC call number (print): D731.S7266 Folio LC call number (microform): Microfilm 02260 (4 reels) LC control numbers: 48012739; 94087081 This edition began publication "somewhere in France," probably Cherbourg, moved briefly to Rennes, and finally to Paris where it was published from September 1944 until the last issue, February 1, 1946.
Paris, France (Magazine Weekly Supplement)
LC call number (print): None LC call number (microform): Microfilm 02261 (1 reel) LC control number: 94087081 Publication began June 3, 1945 and ended January 20, 1946. Rome, Italy (Daily)
LC call number (print): D731.S7272 Folio LC call number (microform): Microfilm 02258 (4 reels) LC control number: 48012640; 94092417 U.S. Forces in Italy and the Mediterranean received this edition from June 5, 1944 until production was closed on June 2, 1945.
Rome, Italy (Weekly)
LC call number (print): D731.S72 Folio LC call number (microform): Microfilm 02259 (1 reel) LC control number: 2001205180 Library holdings include issues published from November 26, 1944 to November 25, 1945. Strasbourg, France (Daily)
LC call number (print): None LC call number (microform): Microfilm 02264 (1 reel) LC control number: 94092419 Began publication December 14, 1944. The last issue was printed on January 20, 1945. Tunis, Tunisia (Tuesday and Friday only)
LC call number (print): D731.S729 Folio LC call number (microform): Microfilm 02257 (1 reel) LC control number: 94092418 Began publication on January 20, 1945. The final edition was printed on April 17, 1945. |
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