The 24th Mechanized Infantry Division Combat Team Historical Reference Book represents a collection of selected planning documents, briefings, combat orders, intelligence assessments, and executive correspondence produced during the Desert Shield...
When the North Korean 4th Division breached the Pusan Perimeter in the sector of the U.S. 24th Infantry Division on 6 August, it triggered an extensive series of counterattacks that lasted for the next two weeks. Those counterattacks and the...
The debate over the service of black Americans in the U.S. Army centered around three questions: Could they serve? Would they be allowed to serve? And, if allowed, in what capacity would they serve? This is similar to modern debates about the...
For almost a century, the U.S. Army’s 24th Infantry Regiment, established by Congress shortly after the Civil War in honor of the sacrifices of nearly a quarter of a million black soldiers who fought for the Union, was a segregated but integral...
United States. Army. Infantry Division (Mechanized), 24th.
24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) OPLAN 91-3 represents the Victory Division's detailed plan of attack from pre-attack positions along the Saudi Arabian border to the Euphrates River Valley of Iraq.
The CENTCOM area of responsibility (AOR) contains many aspects that are strategically vital to the United States, but before the abhorrent attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States military had not permanently assigned a significant...
Discusses the history of the regiment (21st Infantry), starting with a brief account in the 1800s. The majority of the document concerns World War II history. Lists battle honors and activities beginning with Pearl Harbor and continuing throughout...
This monograph explores the often-used phrase “No more Task Force Smiths.” This catchphrase is used to express a desire to avoid the perceived mistakes that lead to the defeat of Task Force Smith during the Korean War, July 1950. It deployed...
One of German General Carl Von Clausewitz's key concepts is culmination. His primary work On War describes culmination for the attacker as the point beyond which he can no longer continue his attack and risks destruction from a counterattack. For...
This monograph analyzes the effectiveness of US Army Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield doctrine to identify and target enemy psychological vulnerabilities. The focus is on the heavy division. First, the monograph evaluates US Army heavy...
Before the landings on MINDANAO were wade, aerial
photographs and guerrilla intelligence wore the chief sources of available information concerning the island.
This paper is about the use of tanks under difficult conditions of terrain and weather and studies the use of how tanks were used under these adverse conditions on the island of Leyte. Chapters include a terrain study, Sixth Army operations, the...
Far East Command, Military History Section, Japanese Research Division
This Japanese operational monograph covers the plans and operations of Japanese air units during the 1st Philippines Operation and was compiled to supplement the monographs covering Navy and ground operations. Topics include the operational plan,...
This study investigates the role played by VII Corps' World War II Cavalry Group, the 4th Cavalry Group, in the European Theater of Operations. The thesis seeks to determine if the group executed its doctrinal mission during the war. Prior to and...
This is a report of the Leyte operation, World War II. Constituted on 22 January 1943, Headquarters Sixth Army was activated on 25 January 1943 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The Leyte Operation was the initial phase of the Allied thrust into the...
This report covers the naval phases of the amphibious operations in connection with the mounting, movement, and landing of the Tenth Corps assigned to the occupation of the Kure-Hiroshima and Matasuyama areas of Japan, following the termination of...