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Ordnance report, Guam operation. III Amphibious Corps report on Guam operation, ordnance.
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. This report consists of general answers to questions regarding the number of weapons employed in the operation, rounds expended, types of ammunition fired, enemy weapons salvaged, recovery of captured enemy documents, weapons lost and damaged, malfunctions, recommendations for new proportions of ammunition and types of weapons, and if adequate amounts of ammunition were furnished. Table A- ammunition analysis for Guam operation, 21 July – 10 August 1944 (no. weapons on W-Day, rounds expended, U/F expended, no. rounds expended per weapon, no. rounds expended per weapon per day, and inventory on hand 10 August). Table B- daily expenditures – artillery ammunition (July and August dates with total rounds and tons for the 75 mm pack howitzer, 105 mm howitzer, 155 mm gun, fuzes, and tons)
Minutes of conference on U.S. policy with respect to procurement in ETOUSA.
No full textProduction in ETOUSA should be integrated with the supply control system and can be accomplished in large measure through the establishment and operation of a simple reporting system and through the necessary exchange of information regarding imports. This discussion took place on 3 January 1945 from 1400-1540 among the following individuals: General Somervell, General Minton, Mr. Bruce, General Allen, General Campbell, General Gregory, General Reybold, and Colonel Houston
Warning order no. 1: Eighth Army.
No full textForces in the Southwest Pacific support the offensive in the Central Plains of Luzon by diversionary operations. Annex 1- missions assigned supporting forces by General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area. Annex 2- troop list M-6. Annex 3- amphibious shipping assigned to M-6. Annex 4- operations map (Southwest Luzon with markings of the area of projected operations). Annex 5- signal orders
G-4 activities in an active army and division.
No full text"The trials and tribulations of an army G-4"- Charles S. D'Orsa. "Under Fifth Army a division G-4 operates"- George H. Revelle, Jr. Administrative order no. 78, 10 September 1944, Headquarters Fifth Army. Daily G-4 periodic report, 27-29 May 1944, Headquarters Fifth Army. U.S. administrative report no. 128 for period 27-28 May 1944. Functional chart G-4 Section, Field Army. Administrative directive number 40, 22 June 1944, Headquarters Fifth Army. Addendum to administrative directive number 40, 28 June 1944, Headquarters Fifth Army. Change no. 1 to addendum to administrative directive number 40, 1 July 1944, Headquarters Fifth Army. Administrative directive number 41, 4 July 1944, Headquarters Fifth Army. To summarize, Fifth Army G-4 has solved, and is continuing to solve, the numerous supply problems that are presented by General Mark W. Clark's tactical decisions. What it takes to be a good G-4 can best be expressed by a Rudyard Kipling quotation:
"I had six honest serving men --
They taught me all I knew --
Their names were WHERE, WHAT, and WHEN,
and WHY, and HOW, and WHO"
Report of the Luzon Campaign, 9 January 1945 - 30 June 1945, volume III : reports of the general and special staff sections.
No full textThe following reports of the General and Special Staff Sections of Headquarters Sixth Army deal with the particular problems encountered and solved by those sections in planning and carrying on the Luzon Campaign. At the conclusion of each staff section report, where appropriate, is a discussion of the lessons learned. Immediately following this are reproduced, for reference purposes, the appropriate annexes to Sixth Army directive pertaining to that section. Because of the extent and complexity of engineer operations during the Luzon Campaign, the Report of the Sixth Army Engineer has been incorporated in a separate volume, Volume IV.
Includes reports of assistant chief of staff G-1, G-2, G-3, and G-4; officer of anti-aircraft, artillery, chemical warfare, ordnance, quartermaster, signal, surgeon, transportation, civil affairs, adjutant general, chaplain, inspector general, judge advocate general, public relations, finance, and provost marshal
Impact : vol. 2, no. 11, November, 1944.
No full textContents: ETO Strategic Campaign; 8th AF Target Damage; The XP-47N; Interdiction in France; Black Widows; Thunderbombers; Ploesti in Flames; P-47 Carrier Ride; 21st Recon Squadron; War Factors in Far East; Philippines Invasion; Neutralizing Iwo Jima; B-24 Gets New Nose; Attacks on B-29s; Human Pick-u
Impact : vol. 2, no. 10., October, 1944.
No full textContents: Use of Rockets; 14th AF in China; 7th AF at Saipan; Palau, Philippines, N.E.I.; Holland Airborne Invasion; GAF Strike at Poltava; Ploesti Ground Photos; Southern France Invasion; Newest Attempts of GAF; Jap Steel; Tail Warning Radar; Wrecked Hun Hangers
Impact : vol. 2, no. 12., December, 1944.
No full textContents: Napalm Bomb at St. Malo; Bombing of Metz Forts; 8th AF Fighter Havoc; China Air Base Retreat; Bombing of Hongkong; Oscar vs. P-47; Surprise at Gorontalo; East Indies Oil; B-29 Field Day; B-17 "Miracle"; The New AAF B-24; The V-2 Rocket; Holland Airborne Invasion; The A-26 in Combat; Beaufighter Razzle Dazzle; Facts about Ploesti
III Phib Corps report on Guam operation, intelligence.
No full textFollowing is the Intelligence section report on the Guam operation. The report follows the form prescribed by paragraph 2(c) of reference (a)
Commander Task Group 32.2 : attack order A264-44, Stalemate II (phase I).
No full textOrders, plans, changes to orders, and annexes relating to Commander Task Group 32.2 (Rear Admiral W.H.P. Blandy). Task Group 32.2 was the Angaur Attack Group of Operation Stalemate II