With the growing unpopularity of the war in Iraq, Americans are once again discussing the draft. Congressman Charles Rangel has argued that we need the draft to fill the ranks or force disengagement from Iraq and prevent entry into unnecessary...
The events and stories documented in this book occurred during World War Two, all over the world, and were personally narrated by the veterans who lived them. The stories are divided by theater of operation- European and Pacific; all others went...
The purpose of this status report is to present a comprehensive status of all problems, studies and procedures relating to demobilization and postwar planning, as executed or supervised by the Special Planning Division, War Department Special...
This status report, which includes seven appendices, sets forth the planning assumptions, problems, and summarizes the studies and the progress which have been made regarding the problems of demobilization. Discussed are the following: status of...
War Department, Office of the Chief of Staff, War Plans Division
This manual is published for the guidance and compliance of all officers and civilians of the War Plans Division with a view to promoting efficiency and uniformity of methods. Sections include information on organization and functions, instructions...
Thesis: Recruiting America’s Youth has never been any harder than during the war on terror. Even though we have had success in making the Army Recruiting goal over these past few years it has been very challenging. In previous wars we used...
Nearly everyone has seen the recruiting poster with Uncle Sam pointing directly at you and declaring “I Want You!” This broad patriotic appeal touches upon some very fundamental questions: Who serves in the military (i.e., everyone or only...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
Colombia has been involved in an internal conflict since 1949. The assassination of the political leader, Jorge Eliecer Gaitan, initiated a violent era between the traditional political parties. In 1964, the first guerrilla movement would...
The United States Army faced an officer shortage while mobilizing before World War II. General George C. Marshall, pushed for the creation of Officer Candidate Schools as a method to bridge the officer personnel gap. OCS generated the largest...
Last in a series of three monographs covering Japanese military activates in Manchuria from January 1943 to the end of world War II hostilities. Monograph No. 155.
Military operations usually look to previous campaigns for lessons learned to apply to current operations. The Vietnam War shaped the United States military way of thinking for many decades. However, some lessons learned did not work well in Iraq...
Elvis Aaron Presley was born in Tupelo Mississippi on January 8, 1935. He was born a twin hut his brother Jessie was stillborn, many stories were told of how this would bother Elvis his entire life. Therefore, Elvis grew up an only child. Musical...
This is a transcript of an interview with Sergeant Major of the Army Leon L. Van Autreve (USA- ret.) conducted in 1994 for the Sergeants major of the Army History Project.
On 26 September 2006, the President of Poland signed a decision concerning the transformation of the Polish Army. This is a very controversial decision because it means the end of a long tradition of compulsory service in my country….
With the recent death of Saddam Hussein it is time for the Iraqi and Afghanistan governments to establish their own constitution and accept responsibility of their future and to defend themselves against their own enemies. It is also time for all...
This is a transcript from a taped oral history interview with SGM Dennis Thompson, former Vietnam Conflict prisoner of war (audio version also available in USASMA digital library). He was interviewed by MSG Ransic Refeus for the US ARMY SERGEANTS...
Selective Service extension courses: Under the general authority extended by the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy to the Joint Army and Navy Selective Service Committee to conduct extension courses on the subject of emergency...