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Employment of four tank destroyer battalions in the ETO. A research report prepared at The Armored School, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 1949-1950.
No full textThe motivating impulse for this report dates back to the European Campaigns of 1940, when the French Army surrendered to swift moving German divisions whose success rested primarily on the speed, firepower and shook action of tanks supported by planes, when remnants of the British Expeditionary Force prepared airplane and tank obstacles throughout the British Isles and regrouped for the last ditch battle of England, and when, in the United States, the majority of military thought was centered on a method by which the terrifyingly successful tank air combination could be stopped.
TOC: Introduction; General Missions and Organization of Tank Destroyer Units; The 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion (Self-Propelled); 644th Tank Destroyer Battalion Operations in the Ardennes; 704th Tank Destroyer Battalion; The 823d Tank Destroyer Battalion (Towed) at Mortain; Contemporary Comment; Conclusions and Recommendations; Appendices
G-2 report of Flintlock Operation.
No full textAll G-2 information available to this section is contained in this report which includes the preparatory and operational phases, together with conclusions and recommendations for better intelligence functioning in future operations.
TOC: Preparatory Phase (Prior to D-Day); Operational Phase; Conclusions and Recommendations; Appendices
Signal report on Operation Varsity.
No full textThis document is an after action report regarding First Allied Airborne Army signal communications for Operation Varsity. Includes main report and appendices
Report, War Department Observer Board, USFET : no. C-969.
No full textThe following narrative was obtained from Lt Col James P. Hannigan, Executive, Division Artillery, 102d Infantry Division. Prior to his appointment as a division artillery staff officer, Col Hannigan commanded the 380th FA Battalion, of the 102d Division. This unit supported the 406th Infantry in numurous attacks, including operations against German-held towns and villages. The success of the infantry was so greatly aided by the support afforded by the artillery battalion that an outline of the methods employed, particularly during attacks against the towns, was considered as worthy of study. Colonel Hannigan therefore was requested to furnish this information. Attention is invited to the rather novel procedure outlined in paragraph 18, in which the practice of taking a howitzer wth the BC parties on reconnaissance for positions is explained. The same method is employed by corps artillery units of the XIII Corps. The practice was initiated after the crossing of the Roer river and continued until the end of the war in Europe, at the Elbe
Army Ground Forces Board report no. DD-1720-45 : coordination of arms.
No full textThe following is a consolidation of "Lessons Learned" submitted by Commanding Generals, 85 and 88 Divisions for the rapid pursuit from the Po River to the foothills of the Alps, where hostilities ceased 2 May 1945
24th Infantry Division command post SOP.
No full textThis SOP is published for the information and guidance of all staff sections of the Division Main Command Post. It is applicable to all field operations except when modified by divisional order.
Sections: advance command post; main command post; alternate command post; brigade headquarters; security; operations complex security; guard system; safeguarding of classified information; emergency destruction; displacement; camouflage and dispersion; vehicle control; personal tentage; vehicle allocation
Training policies, 1st Armored Division.
No full textThe policies of the Commanding General, 1st Armored Division are set forth in the Pamphlet "Training Policies, 1st Armored Division" dated March 1951. A copy of this publication will be made available to every officer in this Division. It should be kept for ready reference.
Objectives: To attain objectives prescribed in appropriate Army Training Programs and to prepare each individual and unit for combat at the earliest possible date
Proposed program for close support blind bombing assessment.
No full textSufficient background knowledge of the operational details of the close support blind bombing system has been acquired to permit establishment of procedures for continuing assessment and improvement of system capability. There is a requirement for the development of such a set of procedures. It is recommended that the Fifth Air Force establish as a routine function the assessment of its. close support blind bombing system. This memorandum outlines the component problems involved, the reasons for and utility of such procedures, and proposals for implementing them
Training policies, 3rd edition.
No full textThis document is the 3rd edition of the training policies of the 1st Armored Division while under the command of MG Bruce C. Clarke. The document also includes articles previously written by General Clarke on soldier management and the employment of armor.
Inclosures: A.- Notes on Organizing, Training, Equipping, Moving, and Employing an Armored Division; B. - Soldier Management. C. - General Policies Relating to Staff Action; D. - Channels of Administrative Communications; E. - Division SOP; F. - The Employment of Armor
JUSPAO policy number 53, 22 January 1968: PSYOP support of pacification.
No full textProblem: to define the tasks of PSYOP personnel in support of pacification in the Republic of Viet Nam, and to set forth policy and operational guidance concerning revolutionary development. Pacification can be defined as the sum total of actions designed to win and keep the support of the rural population for the government of the Republic of Viet Nam, "the military, political, economic and social process of establishing or re-establishing local government responsive to and involving the participation of the people"