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Historical monograph, Casualty Branch, Military Personnel Division, the Adjutant General's Office.
No full textThe Casualty Branch was activated on 1 October 1942 and was assigned to the Personnel Division of the Adjutant General's Office. The Branch was charged with the responsibility of notifying the next of kin of casualties occurring to civilians employed by, or under contract of, the War Department outside the United States. Table of contents: introduction; history of receipt and processing of casualty reports, including liaison with other branches, offices, arms, and services; history of notification work; history of certification work; history of casualty correspondence; history of identification work; history of status determination work; conclusion; and a list of exhibits
Field order number 354, 54th Troop Carrier Wing.
No full textThis wing will provide full troop carrier strength on 20 December 1944 to transport troops and supplies to forward areas and combat flying crews south for rest
Operation instruction no. 12/1942, Allied Air Forces.
No full textThis document details the duties of the air transport units and transport control officers of the Allied Air Forces. Contains a list of air transport control officers
Administrative order no. 1, 7 October 1944.
No full textThis document addresses: supply; evacuation (casualties, burial, salvage, captured material, prisoners of war); traffic (rail traffic, canal and inland waterway traffic, highway traffic); service troops (station list, reports of arrival); personnel (lost or abandoned baggage, mail, shelter, morning reports, special orders, WD AGO form 66-1, officers' promotions, ID cards and tags, appointment of Warrant Officers, etc.); and miscellaneous (return of empty gasoline containers, supplies for prisoners of war, communications plan, bomb disposal). Included is an example of a "bomb reconnaissance report sheet". Four annexes detail installations serving Oise Section units, Engineer Service, road traffic, and Civil Affairs
Battlefield illumination by AAA searchlights.
No full textThe use of the 60 inch, 800 million candle power AAA searchlights for battlefield illumination is the topic of discussion. In order to sell the advantages of battlefield searchlight illumination to the front line troops, a brief resumé of its advantages was cited and distributed to divisional units. The following questions are listed. A: What do you mean by artificial moonlight? B: Why use searchlights on the battlefield? C: Have searchlights ever been used in battle? D: What do front line troops think of battlefield illumination? E: What happens when you use lights? F: How do you employ and use the lights? G: Can you use searchlights directly to blind? H: How do you keep the lights from being knocked out by artillery? Lastly, there is a final summary of important points
Standing operating procedure: troop carrier – airborne operations.
No full textThe procedures given herein are based on War Department Training Circular number 113, dated 9 October 1943, which enunciated the War Department doctrine for the employment of airborne troops and troop carrier forces. Sections include: responsibilities; parachute operations; glider operations; pathfinders; airlanding operations; and aerial resupply (to be issued later)
Field order no. 13, 8 January 1945, Headquarters Eighth Army.
No full textSouthwest Pacific forces continue offensive operations in Central Luzon to destroy the enemy and reoccupy Manila. Eighth U.S. Army, supported by Allied air and Allied naval forces, will mount reinforcing units for M-1 Operation, passing control of units to Sixth U.S. Army upon their arrival in the Lingayen Gulf area. Annex 1: missions assigned supporting forces by General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area. Annex 2: troop list M-1 reinforcing units. Annex 3: operations map (a special map of the central Philippines). Annex 4: Part I- amphibious shipping assigned to M-1 reinforcing units; Part II- ship designations; and Part III- estimated convoy schedule
Operations instructions no. 72: Allied Air Forces.
No full textEffective 10 October 1944, the following "anti-submarine warfare zones of probability" are declared (water areas): Class "A" zones, Class "B" zones, and Class "C" zones. Map 1- anti-submarine warfare zones of probability. Map 2- search plan "F" (revised), 2 October 1944. The final page of the document is a list of decoded locations of code names used in operations instructions no. 65
Information bulletin.
No full textSeries of bulletins focused on disseminating information on Japanese, German, and Italian activities to U.S. intelligence officers.
First Issue: No. 1 (December 18, 1941). Last Issue No. 23 (March 5, 1942).
Issues No. 1, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 21, 22, 2
Unit history for month ending 30 June 1944.
No full textJune 1944 unit history for Military Police Platoon in 1st Infantry Division. Covers experiences of unit during D-Day landing at Normandy