Railroads have played a key role in the conduct of war for well over a century. Few can dispute the contributions rail has made at the strategic and operational levels of war. Tactical use of railroads, however, is an entirely different matter....
This thesis looks at the importation of rare earth elements which are considered vital to the security of the United States (U.S.) and are used to manufacture products for the U.S. defense industry. The purpose of this thesis is to answer the...
Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, Expeditionary Troops Task Force 56
Journal of G-2 Section regarding intelligence on the air and land defenses of Saipan, Guam and Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands during World War II. Information on the preparation phase, photography, maps, communications, personnel,...
This monograph examines intelligence and how it was applied to Task Force Smith. Task Force Smith was a regimental combat from 1st Battalion 21st Infantry Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Charles 'Brad' Smith, the first American soldiers...
The complex relationship between the United States (U.S.) and the People's Republic of China (PRC) includes stated desires for increased military-to-military relations. China's increased participation in United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping Operations...
20th Statistical Control Unit, Advance Echelon, Pacific Air Command
This document contains interrogations of Japanese officers to describe the system of reports and records as they existed in both the Army and Navy Japanese Air Forces. Sections on personnel, operations, training, maintenance and supply for both...
This study investigates Interrogation of Prisoner of War (IPW) operations by analyzing selected elements of U.S. Army and German Army IPW experiences from World War II, and by comparing these historical practices to current U.S. Army AirLand Battle...
This handbook was designed as a guide and reference for combat air intelligence officers. Chapters include: staff doctrines and functions; functions of the intelligence section; office organization and administration; knowledge of the enemy;...
This manual implements AFPD 11-2, Flight Rules and Procedures. As a Joint Departmental Publication (JDP), it identifies the Air Force as executive agent for the DoD NOTAM System; describes the system and its relation to the Federal Aviation...
Authors and historians have made the words Market-Garden and intelligence failure virtually synonymous. Is this really the case? Operation Market-Garden, the plan envisioned by Field Marshal Montgomery, would open the gate into Germany and...
This monograph finds that the US heavy brigade is inadequately prepared in peacetime to perform counter-reconnaissance against the potential adversaries it may face on the modern battlefield. Winning the fight for information has been essential to...
(A self-study of the U.S. Army Engineer School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, conducted by the instructional and non-instructional staffs, April 1975, Volume 1- submitted to the Commission on Occupational Education Institutions of the Southern...
Statistics on activities of the War Department in the fields of construction and real estate leases, maintenance, and disposal during World War II are presented in this document. Topics discussed include construction, real estate leases, surplus...
This study assesses the utility of specialized units for Operations Other Than War (OOTW) as opposed to relying on conventionally trained Army units. The assessment is based upon three major sources. First, the thesis determines if there is...
The project examined the necessity, and value in assigning knowledge management officers to Army tactical units. Ancillary, supporting research, focused on decision-making, battle command and Army knowledge management. A qualitative methodology,...
In November, 1950, the United States Army suffered one of its most devastating defeats ever, in the frozen mountains of North Korea at the hands of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. This defeat fundamentally changed the nature of the Korean...
This study investigates the creation of a mythical fortifications system called the German “National Redoubt” and the use of ULTRA to confirm its existence. The work includes a brief background of the Redoubt and examines how the state of...
Report of the operational plans and orders of the V Amphibious Corps for the invasion and occupation of Iwo Jima, reports from G1 through G4, special staff sections, CO corps troops, division reports, and communications which are contained in...
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...