The CSM Theodore L. Dobol Collection contains several biographical and miscellaneous materials related to CDM Dobol’s military career. The textual files include photographs, transcripts of oral history interviews; a short autobiography; the...
The World Factbook is a guide to country profiles containing fields including geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
Language competence has long been recognized as a required skill in the collection and analysis of intelligence. Previous experience in coalition warfare and current efforts at multilateral defense reveal the need for facility in other languages in...
The United Nations, in its thirty-five years of existence, has launched about fourteen peace-keeping and observer operations all over the world. The most important aspect of establishing a peace-keeping force is the ability to transport the force...
At the present time, there is no current doctrine in the United States Army for the employment of an infantry division to encourage a faltering government. The need for such a doctrine has become critical inasmuch as the United States has assumed...
A comprehensive understanding of the treatment accorded prisoners of war, including capture, transportation, prisons, police and discipline, work, relief societies, and liberation.
Provides Task Force 56 Expeditionary Troop staff officers' reports for the Iwo Jima invasion, including reports on artillery, ordnance, public relations, signals, medical, and transport quartermaster.
This document includes information regarding the development of flame weapons by both allied and enemy powers, their characteristics, what quantities were available, fuel development, the employment in various theaters where American troops were...
This narrative picks up the history of the Fifth Army in Italy on October 7, 1943 on the banks of the Volturno River and continues through their halt at the German Winter Line November 15, 1943.
Strategic Logistics Branch, Planning Division, Army Service Forces
This document contains official documents such as memorandums, letters, and communications to and from the Commanding General with respect to logistics, training and planning, supply operations, staff operations, organization and functions. Also...
This report contains information drawn from action reports of amphibious operations on Iwo Jima. Included is a narrative of events, naval gunfire, air support, military intelligence, ship to shore movement, landing craft and logistics.
This is the G-3 report of seizure, occupation and defense of Iwo Jima (19 February through 16 March 1945). The subject matter for this document includes planning and organization, training, and embarkation and movement to the objective. There are...
Consists of reports of the signal officer of the V Amphibious Corps on the seizure and occupation of Iwo Jima during World War II. Includes Appendix 1 - report by Signal Officer (CO Prov Signal Group) and Annex Charlie.
Journal of the G-3 Section of the Fleet Marine Force, regarding military assault operations and casualties during Operation Forager, the invasion of Saipan, Guam and Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands during World War II.
The summary stated in the Task Organization section: "This force will capture, occupy and defend IWO JIMA, develop air bases on that island, reduce Japanese naval and air strength and production facilities in the Japanese homeland, and protect air...
Journal of Amphibious Group Two regarding the planning, assault, operations, naval gunfire, air support, aerology, communications, damages, and ships roster of the naval operations for the invasion of Iwo Jima during World War II. Includes...