Seeking WWII US Military barracks plans & blueprints

Dear Mr. Halseth,

Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!

We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the series Maps and Overlays, 1943-1946 in the Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (Records Group 338) that contains 11 file units related to tents, 11 file units related to huts, and 1 file unit related to barracks  that may be relevant to your research. These records have not been digitized. For information about and access to these records, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) at archives2reference@nara.gov.

We also located several other series that may contain some pertinent information, including the series General Correspondence, 1943-1944 of the Billeting Section in the Records of Headquarters, European Theater of Operations, United States Army (World War II)(Record Group 498); the series Records Relating to Aviation Personnel Housing, ca. 7/1943 - ca. 8/1945 in the Records of Naval Operating Forces (Record Group 313); the series Progress Reports, 1944-1945 in the Records of U.S. Army Forces in the China-Burma-India Theaters of Operation (Record Group 493); and from a slightly later time period, the series Transient Billeting Facilities Reports, 1962-1967 in the Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Record Group 330). These records have not been digitized; please contact RDT2 with questions about them.

Finally, we located the series Maps and Plans for United States Naval Reserve Armories, 1944-1957 in the Records of the Bureau of Yards and Docks (Record Group 71); the series Standard Plans for Permanent Military Buildings, 6/1/1949-6/1/1949 in the Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers (Record Group 77); and the three series U.S. Army Forts and Facilities Maps and Plans, 1820 - ca. 1939, Standard Maps and Plans for Forts, 1914-1935, Standard Maps and Plans for Cantonment Buildings, 1917-1918 in the Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General (Record Group 92) that also may be useful for your research. Most of these records have not been digitized. For access to the non-digitized records, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Cartographic (RDSC) at carto@nara.gov.

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We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your research!