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JUSPAO field memorandum number 50, June 8, 1968: text of the notes used by U.S. Ambassador W. Averell Harriman May 31 at the official conversation with the North Vietnamese.
No full textHarriman's statement at Paris talks: "Your Excellency, in five meetings to date, we have failed to get at the heart of the problem we face. I want to make clear the position of my Government. As I have stated repeatedly, we remain ready to discuss the cessation of bombing in North Viet Nam. But it is also necessary to discuss related matters on the basis of President Johnson's speech of March 31st. These are not extraneous matters as you charged in your statement at the last meeting. They are the central issue and it is you who have tried to evade them and have refused to discuss them seriously.
JUSPAO policy number 68, 23 August 1968: enhancement of RVNAF image.
No full textPurpose: to increase public awareness of the operations and steadily increasing effectiveness of the Republic of Viet Nam Armed Forces (RVNAF). Segments of the document address the situation, PSYOP objectives (South Vietnamese population, RVNAF troops, third country audience), guidance, discussion, and operational support (general, press, motion picture coverage, radio, and television)
U.S Army transportation in the European Theater of Operations, 1942-1945.
No full textBecause of the close interrelationship of strategy and logistics, and because of the size and the importance of the western European campaign, students of military affairs will long find it profitable to search out sources of information on the significance of transportation to the United States Army in invading France and cracking the renowned Siegfried Line. The present monograph can be considered only a preliminary study of the role of transportation, and the work of the Transportation Corps in building up American personnel and materiel strength in the British Isles, mounting the United States forces for the amphibious assaults on Normandy and southern France, and supporting the Allied advance into the heart of Germany. The monograph was prepared during a period of several months prior to July 1946, when an increasing amount of primary and secondary historical material was becoming available in the War Department. Table of contents: commencing Transportation Corps operations in the British Isles; initial port operations and revised planning; shipping and the Bolero buildup – 1943-1944; U.S. preparations in the U.K for Overlord (parts I and II); preparations for the amphibious assault; the amphibious assault on Normandy; beach and port discharge operations- Cherbourg; motor transport and railway operations; expanded operations on the continent; logistical support from Southern France; line of communication and Transportation Corps supply operations in Northern Europe; programming continental movements; and implementing the supply movement program. Also included in this document are maps and charts
Prisoner of war encampments- CINCPAC-CINCPOA bulletin no. 113-45, 15 June 1945.
No full textThe primary purpose of this publication is to provide an accurate location and description of Prisoner of War and Civilian Internment Camps within Japan and Japanese occupied territory from Hokkaido to Hainan Island. In order to achieve this end, camps have been located by geographic description, coordinates and also marked on aerial and ground photographs where possible. In addition to location, other pertinent facts concerning individual camps, such as the number of POWs, nationality, type of building, number of guards, etc., have been included where such information is available. It should be emphasized that the information herein contained is not to be construed as an official government list of numbers or locations of POW camps. In order to facilitate the definite spotting of camps in the future, corrections and additions to any of the data in this Information Bulletin are invited. (Address OinC, JICPOA, Navy 128)
Organization of corps and division G-2 sections.
No full textEnclosed are letters with attachments from XXIV Corps and 7th Infantry Division stating their views on the captioned subject. Subject: recommendation for revision of T/O of G-2 Section. Subject: organization of the XXIV Corps G-2 Section
Operations instructions number 29/1, Allied Air Forces.
No full textSo much of Operations Instructions no. 29, this Headquarters dated January 3, 1943 as it relates to serial no. 5 of Appendix I is hereby rescinded (regarding movement of the 6th Reporting Platoon, 2nd Reporting Company, 565th Aircraft Warning Battalion)
Field order no. 293, 54th Troop Carrier Wing.
No full textAppendix I- V Bomber Command HF/DF facilities. Appendix 2- air navigational aids, accumulation. Appendix 3- telephone authentication code. Various annexes are included addressing intelligence, organizations (then current locations, destinations, and dates of arrival), and communications. N4783.2, field order number 353, 19 December 1944, was included in the physical folder
Report on Guam operation. III Amphibious Corps report on Guam operation, supply.
No full textThe III Amphibious Corps captured and occupied Guam during the period 21 July 1944 to 10 August 1944. The assigned task was successfully accomplished with a minimum of difficulty. Enclosures A to M describe the details of the operation. C-4 and TQM report on Guam operation. Covered by this report are the planning, embarkation and execution of supply and logistic support for Guam with recommendations set forth in conclusion. Section headings include: preliminary; planning phase; embarkation and voyage; combat operations; evacuation; salvage and captured material; and recommendations
Notes considered of importance as a result of the Solomon's action.
No full textShips detailed in this document include USS Betelgeuse (AK-28), USS Hovey (DMS-11), USS American Legion (AP-35), and USS Heywood (AP-12), and provide recommendations for cargo handling, unloading, and future operations
Order of battle conference, War Department, 15 June 1943, Washington, D.C.
No full textThis document includes proceedings of nine sessions of a conference convened by the War Department to determine Japanese Army Order of Battle and location of units.
Agenda: 1. Number of Major Units September 1942; 2. Number, Organization and Function; 3. Expansion; 4. Present Dispositions Major Units; 5. Divisional Organization and Strength; 6. Organization and Strength Non-divisional Units; 7. Strength School, Supply Depots, Arsenals, et cetera; 8. Total Mobilized Strength, 9. Proportion Army Troops to Combatant Units, 10. Improvements Exchange of Information, 11. Other Business