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CTF 33 attack plan A303-44.
No full textPhase I of subject Operation Plan was completed according to plan. Only the capture of Ulithi was completed of Phase II, and this was not done in accordance with the enclosed plan due to the tactical situation prevailing. The capture of Yap was not undertaken, due to change in plans by higher authority.
Annexes: AA. Concept of Phase II - Stalemate II; A. Transport Areas, Fire Support Areas and Beach Areas; B. Cruising and Approach Plan; C. Retirement Plan; D. Smoke Plan; E. Naval Gunfire Support Plan; F. Minesweeping and Hydrographic Plan; G. Boat Pool Plan; H. Salvage Plan; I. Screening Plan; J. Air Support Plan; K. Logistics and Anchorage Assignments; L. Heavy Weather Plan; M. Communication Plan
Services of supply statistical summary.
No full textMonthly report denoting situation for supplies and distribution of materiel in North African Theater of Operations. Departments covered include: Ordnance, Signal, , Medical, Engineers, Chemical Warfare, Quartermaster, Transportation, Reciprocal Aid, Depot Tonnage, Excess Stocks, Provost Marshal, Supply of Italian Military Units, Civilian Labor
The role of photographic aviation.
No full textThe following text is a collection of the lectures presented for the AAFSAT Senior Officer's Course, Navy Staff College, and the AAF Staff Officers' Course by the Strategic Reconnaissance Section of the AAFSAT
Impact : vol. 1, no. 8, November, 1943.
No full textImpact is a medium for the dissemination, in graphic form, of air intelligence and correlated subjects. It presents information on the results of our operations against the enemy. So that Air Force units in one theater may be informed of how units in another meet specific problems, pertinent data on the operations themselves is also included.
Contents: Air's Part in an Invasion; Nazi Buck Rogers Department; Burma; Schweinfurt Results; Nantes-Admiralty Thanks Us; Building Field around World; Trails Show Escort Tactics; Decoy that Worked; Rights and Wrongs of Minimum Altitude Bombing; Bombing through Clouds; Jap Camouflage; B-26s over West Europe; Kiska Bomb Damage; Palermo Bomb Damage; China-and Points South
Planning for Operation "Romulus."
No full textPersonal planning notes from two individuals in South East Asia Command concerning Operation Romulus, an operation to maintain air and ground supply routes to China
Some notes on the use of air power in support of land operations and direct air support.
No full textAny officer who aspires to hold high command in war must understand clearly certain principles regarding the use of air power. In addition, it is necessary for commanders and staffs at all levels to have a sound knowledge of the capacity and limitations of air support and a familiarity with the machinery and procedure. Headings include: flexibility and concentration of effort; inter-service relations; the Army's responsibilities; planning; the correct approach to decentralization; the basic fundamentals; the tactical air force; the focus of direct air support; location of Army and air headquarters; methods of presenting Army requirements to the Air Force; the set-piece battle; daily pre-arranged support; immediate support; staff duties; aircraft characteristics; air liaison officers; Air Support Signals Unit; targets for air attack; artillery assistance to air support; the bombline; recognition and identification- ground from air; visits; the effect of weather and the air situation; the weather and navigational aids; air superiority; and a conclusion
Comments and recommendations on defense against Japanese aerial suicide attacks on U.S. naval vessels. OpNav-V-#E 419.
No full textIndex: A/A fire by ships; alerted personnel; CAP; 40 mm influence fuze; identification training; increased number of VF in air groups; interception; maneuvering of ships; night fighters; radar; rocket gun suggestion; screen; and shifting operational area by CVEs
The 9th Armd Div in exploitation of Remagen Bridgehead. A research report prepared at The Armored School, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 1949-1950.
No full textThis report constitutes an examination of the employment of the 9th Armored Division from the breakout of the Remagen bridgehead to the completion of the encirclement of Leipzig. The period covered is 28 March 1945 to 18 April 1945. Events that occurred prior to the Remagen breakout or subsequent to the encirclement of Leipzig lie outside the purview of this report and will not be discussed.
TOC: Introduction; The Enemy; Logistics and Statistics; Expanding the Bridgehead; Reduction of Limburg; Warburg to Leipzig; In Retrospect; Appendices
AGF report no. 970.
No full textThe following comments by Colonel Logan C. Berry, 1st Tank Destroyer Brigade, on employment of tank destroyer units attached to divisions, was obtained by Colonel B. C. Andrus, Cavalry, Combat Observer III Corps.
The following comments on tank destroyer employment by Colonel P. B. Bell, CO 2d Tank Destroyer Group, were obtained by Colonel Albert H. Peyton, Infantry, Combat Observer, XIX Corps. Colonel Bell points out that the following use of tank destroyers "has become more or less standard" in the XIX Corps "because of attachments and the demands of situations". While not so stated, Colonel Bell's words imply a variation from previously announced doctrine
Pacific Warfare Board report no. 13.
No full textPurpose: To answer specific questions on operation of all types of military vehicles in mud requested by office of chief of ordnance in technical letter #24.
Members of the 44th Tank Battalion, 754th Tank Battalion, and 8th Army were surveyed