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Report, Army Ground Forces Board, South West Pacific Area, number B-241.
No full textThis report, as published in G-2 weekly report no. 78, Headquarters, Sixth Army, 7 March 1945, presents the possible use by the Japanese of poison gas mines. "Davao: 19 January- Filipino operatives, who saw cylinders as described in our messages, were told they contained poison gas. Same story upon requestioning. Further report additional cylinders, same type as pre-reported laid along beach from Talomo to Sirawan. We are attempting to obtain independent verification.
Analysis: Services of Supply, Southwest Pacific Area.
No full textSections include: key indexes of USASOS activity (personnel, transportation, medical, construction, signal communication); personnel analysis August 1944; ratio of ship tonnage to theater strength; Provost Marshal arrest records, January to August 1944; status of contract demands; and status of supply of essential items (all services, chemical warfare, engineer, medical, ordnance, Quartermaster, signal, transportation, special services- June/July/August)
Staff directory for US Army Forces Pacific and Central Pacific Base Command.
No full textPost staff and station list: post staff; non-divisional units; Combat Training Command; Replacement Training Command; IX Corps; and Xth Army
Report on the October 1944 flood of the Seille River.
No full textThis report is intended as a brief, non-technical account of the flood of the Seille River caused by the break in the dam at Etang de Lindre on 20 October 1944 as it affected communications within the zone of the 35th Infantry Division. I: introduction. II: the Seille River and valley from Pettoncourt to Ajoncourt. III: the survey to determine engineer work necessary for flood protection. IV: construction of engineer work. V: the flood. VI: summary. Inclosure 1- Seille River Valley from Pettoncourt to Ajoncourt. Inclosure 2- critical elevations of roads along Seille River (roads protected and not protected by dykes and location of dykes)
Interview with Captain Forbes H. Burgess, M.C., 28 October 1944.
No full textCaptain Burgess was the Neuropsychiatrist of the 7th Evacuation Hospital, Fiji Islands, and was with that organization from 22 March 1942 until 7 August 1944. The interview details geography and climate, organization and personnel, operations (Tonga islands, Fiji islands, and Guadalcanal), the medical situation (hospital, medical, and neuropsychiatry), and observations, data, and recommendations (rotation and promotions)
Operations instructions no. 106: Southwest Pacific Area.
No full textSouthwest Pacific forces in the Luzon area of the Philippine Islands will be regrouped in preparation for future operations. Annex 1, tentative troop list: combat and service troops (unit, approximate personnel, and status). Annex 2: logistics. Annex 3: communications. Amendments 1-5 are included
Training policies for redeployed personnel.
No full textShort memorandum addressed to the commanding generals of Army Air Forces, Army Ground Forces, and Army Service Forces concerning training protocol for individuals and units returning to the United States from overseas for redeployment
JRATA project no. 1B-152.0.
No full textSmall Unit Pattern Analysis (SUPA) was a study of the intelligence and operational actions and reactions of Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) ground combat and Viet Cong (VC) small units in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN).
The study was approved by MACV as a preliminary investigation conducted with in-country resources to determine the feasibility and potential methods to be employed for subsequent studies of small unit combat activities. The general purpose was to identify, measure, and compare those aspects of combat activity habitually performed that might provide clues to probable subsequent action.
The specific purpose of the SUPA evaluation has been to determine, from analysis of ARVN after-action reports and questionnaires addressed to US advisors, whether patterns could be recognized which might have significant bearing on the outcome of ARVN operations
Battle casualties of the Army, 30 June 1954.
No full textCasualty statistics shown in this report cover all battle casualties in the Korean Operation suffered by U. S. Army personnel (including SCARWAF) occurring through 27 July 1953, the date of the truce. The information in this report is based on individual notifications of casualties received and processed in the Office of The Adjutant General as of 15 July 1954. A time lag elapses between the date of change from one type of battle casualty status to another and the date the individual notification is processed through the Office of The Adjutant General. Table of contents: introduction; time series; duty branch, officers and enlisted; duty branch, officers; duty branch, enlisted; grade in which serving; state of residence; and troop program category, organizational branch, and major combat units
History of 3141st Signal Service Group.
No full textDetails projects handled by the Outside Plant Engineering Section, activities in the Group Wire Section, what circuits were in full operation, historical records for the months of January and February 1945, the Crimea Conference, the 3140th Signal Service Platoon in October 1944, and other Signal Service groups. One chart dated 15 September 1944 shows traffic information on daily average of traffic handled in August 1944