Command and General Staff School (CGSS), Class of 1926
This book was compiled by the Class of 1926 from the Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. It includes illustrative humor, poems, and stories, "hoping it will make you laugh or weep...from a year of depths and pinnacles as we...
No. 1: command- lecture by Brigadier General Edward L. King, U.S.A.; infantry headquarters and service units; characteristics of the airplane; air combat; pursuit aviation; and form for estimate of the situation. No. 2: psychology and leadership...
The purposes of US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 are threefold. The first is to fill a void in the published record of US Army units documented by Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War published by the Center of...
Non Commissioned Officers in the American Army (1925 to 1945) were well trained and flexible to a level above their adversaries. Throughout the history of the Army it has been the NCO that is charged with the training of soldiers. It is our...
This paper is an “Unclassified” information paper on Non commissioned officers (NCOs’) in the Army within 1925 and 1945. There is one individual in our NCO history, Corporal Desmond T. Doss that is a shining example of duty, training, and...
The purposes of US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 are threefold. The first is to fill a void in the published record of US Army units documented by Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War published by the Center of...
This paper is a translation of Nichiro-rikusen-shinshi, published by the Japanese Officers Association in 1925. The study contains strategic planning, initial concentration and deployment, and theater of operations of the Japanese armed forces.
"The Manual for the Meteorological Observer is an elementary text, which has been prepared for the purpose of training men asigned to the meteorological sections of the Signal Corps to become proficient observers of the elements of the weather."
SSG Eddie Carter was born on 26 May 1916, in Los Angeles, CA. His father was Edward A. Carter Sr. an evangelist and missionary originally from Trinidad, CO. and spent some time in EI Paso, TX, before moving to Los Angeles, CA (Carter and Allen)....
Annual reports by the secretary of the war seldom mentioned noncommissioned officers. While most officers considered NCOs combat trained, wise, had common sense, dedicated and dependable, the report showed no distinction between enlisted and NCOs....
The time period that I have chosen for my presentation is on the significant contributions of NCOs in the American Army from 1925-1945. The following topics that will be address are the NCO’s involvement in the areas of duties, weapons, training,...
A Non-Commissioned Officer is defined as an enlisted member of the armed forces, such as a corporal, sergeant, or petty officer, appointed to a rank conferring leadership over other enlisted personnel.
This paper describes some of the significant...
As an NCO, The path has been paved for me and many others due to the contributions of our past NCOs. From the inception of our Army, there are many time periods that stand out and for me I look at the WWII era which showed great determination and...
This briefing will be on the period of military history from 1865 to 1925. This briefing will cover the weapons, training and duties of the NCO, and heroes of the period. During this period, change in weapons drove changes in warfare and the...
Audie Murphy was born on June 20, 1924 near Kingston, Texas. However, some accounts place his actual birthdate in 1925. The son of poor sharecroppers, Audie was one of 12 children, only nine of whom survived to adulthood. Military Enlistment: Audie...
This paper contains a summary of the sanitary conditions in Mexico at the present time and concludes that it would be a menace to the health of any military command invading the country, including mortality statistics for 1925-1930.
This study is a historical analysis of Dwight Eisenhower's experience as a student at the 1925-26 Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The study develops several themes of Eisenhower's life -competitiveness, individualism,...