Report covers operations of the 4th infantry for the period ending April 30, 1968 including involvement in Operation Mac Arthur and counter offensive to the Tet Truce Offensive.
This is one of a series published by the U.S. Army Center of Military History. They were written by officers who held responsible positions in the Cambodian, Laotian, and South Vietnamese armed forces during the war in Indochina. War and politics...
African-Americans have served proudly in every conflict that the United States has participated in, yet their outstanding acts of heroism have remained anonymous in several instances. They served in spite of slavery, as well as blatant prejudice...
Staff rides and battlefield tours provide officers with the opportunity to obtain important insights into military operations, concepts of leadership, and how men have fought and endured in battles. This staff ride offers students of military...
Detailed recounting of civil war military operations involving New Jersey military units. Organized and written as unit histories, affording a chapter to each brigade, regiment, and artillery battery. Also includes chapters covering the general...
This paper involves an in-depth study of the art of command at all three levels of warfare. It examines this art through the eyes of one of Napoleon's ablest Marshals, Louis N. Davout. The paper addresses and accomplishes three primary goals....
This paper investigates the failure of British strategy during the southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War from 1780 to 1781. Following France’s entry into the war in 1778, the British Secretary of State for the American Department,...
Over an astonishing history dating back more than seven thousand years, Egypt maintained an advanced and relevant military force. This experience gave guidance for developing ways of war that were decisive in assuring victory in some of the most...
The following special bulletins contained in this document include: British tank operations in the vicinity of Arras, May 19-23, 1940; French tanks and armored cars; German chemical warfare and smoke; captured German regulations on recognition and...
World War II started on 1 September 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. Germany was at war with England, France and other European countries. At the time, Hitler wanted to avoid any confrontation with the United States by any means necessary. Sir...
This thesis examines failed attempts to create an effective federally controlled militia from 1790 until 1920. From the time President Washington and Henry Knox failed to persuade the Continental Congress to establish a federally controlled militia...
Six years after the fall of Saigon, South Vietnam, the effects of the Domino Theory appeared to have unfolded. Communist and nationalist movements had defeated American allies in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Then, in 1979, Nicaragua fell to...
“I am writing this NCO History Paper on the Contribution of African-American
Non Commissioned Officers to the NCO Corps and to our great Country. I will attempt to provide as much information that I can within the next 5 pages of my paper. There...
The American Noncommissioned Officer came to life through a common man's need to stand for freedom and liberty. They were not aristocrats or professionals; but farmers, merchants, and laborers. They came together to form a country where freedom and...
The American Noncommissioned Officer came to life through a common man's need to stand for freedom and liberty. They were not aristocrats or professionals; but farmers, merchants, and laborers. They came together to form a country where freedom and...
The influence of the U.S. Army NCOs in Normandy allowed the Allies to smash into Hitler's Festung Europa. D-Day was the first day of a new era for NCOs. Forever more; the American NCO would be known as the world's preeminent small unit combat...
Koerwitz, Bruce A.
Chapman, Melvin E.
Maude, Thomas C.
Powell, Jr., Russell E.
Thesis Statement: The massive losses sustained by Santa Anna's Army at the Battle of the Alamo, and not the fighting spirit of the Texans, cost Santa Anna the loss of Texas.
Discussion: Santa Anna moved his army at an amazing pace from Mexico to...
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...
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...