This special action report is based on operations of the First Marine Division (reinforced) against the former Japanese island of Okinawa in 1945 and is divided into three phases for purposes of the report. Phase I included training, planning, and...
"This manual is a guide for artillery commanders at all levels for employment of Corporal battalions. It covers organizaiton; command,; principles of employment; reconnaissance, selection, and occupation of position; organization of position;...
Series of reports detailing the progress of the invasion of the Philippine Islands. Includes intelligence reports, G-3 operations reports, field orders, and memoranda.
United States. Army. Infantry Division, 27th. G-3 Section
Journal of G-3 Section of the 27th Infantry Division, daily activities log of operations regarding the air and land defenses of Saipan and Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands during World War II. May-June 1944.
Journal of Forager Operations by Expeditionary Troops in the Mariana Islands from June-August 1944. Entries detail front lines, location of troops, weather, operations, supporting measures, combat efficiency and results.
Describes the actions of the First Marine Division between 1943 and 1944 in the Cape Gloucester Operation including planning and training. Training began in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in January 1943. Planning for the Western New Britain...
Movements relative to concentration for Operations Buffalo and Grasshopper will be effected in accordance with enclosed movement tables- contains outline plan for Operation Buffalo, artillery to support operations, anti-tank defense, field...
The Fifteenth United States Army was the last Allied army to enter the conflict against Germany, arriving on the Continent during the latter part of December 1944. Yet during the few short months of operations, it met with and solved a host of...
Corps artillery organization recently has been developed by the various organizations during combat. though still undergoing changes, the development is essentially complete. the solution has been reached by a process of trial and error, with each...
This monograph explores the truism that "No plan survives first contact with the enemy". Why do commanders and staff officers continue to plan in great detail when the results of the Combat Training Centers and other events continue to reinforce...
Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, U.S. political and military involvements have increased. The specific missions vary from humanitarian operations to peacekeeping which are known as Operations Other Than War (OOTW). The major challenge to...