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OpNav-16-V-#E473, January 1945.
No full textThe statements herein set forth are expressions of opinion of various commands and should not be construed as doctrine. Index to the document: aid to pilot morale; dispensing window; effect of window on ground A/A fire; need of window; radar decoy balloons; SB2C; smoke to trick enemy; VT employment of window; and window
The 10th US Armored Division in the Saar-Moselle Triangle. A research report prepared at The Armored School, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 1948-1949.
No full textThis is a story of the 10th Armored Division. In particular, this is a story about what the Division did in the Saar-Moselle Triangle during November and December of 1944, and again in February, 1945.
TOC: Introduction; Enemy Situation and Defensive Plans for the Expected American Attack; 10th Armored Division Battle Indoctrination and Initial Role in the Saar-Moselle Offensive; CCA - November 14th to December 16th; CCB Thrusts East; Summary of First Phase; December 16th to February 9th; An Attack is Planned; The Attack of the Switch Line; Detailed Movements of the 10th Armored Division from the Capture of the Division Objective at Tawern to Include the Saar River Crossing; The Fall of Trier; Summary of Second Phase; Conclusion; Appendices
14th Armd Div at Hatten-Rittershoffen. A research report prepared at The Armored School, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 1949-1950.
No full text"The Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen" Is a student research study of an armored division In the defense, prepared as a phase of instruction at The Armored School. The period of operations considered has been limited to nine days. Although elements of the 14th Armored Division played an important part in VI Corps operations prior to 11 January 1945 and during the withdrawal to the Moder River, no attempt is made to discuss these operations in detail. The 79th Infantry Division and other VI Corps units played a decisive part in the battle, but the committee confined their study generally to the activities of the armored units.
TOC: Introduction; Preliminary Considerations; The Attack of 12 January; The Attack of 13 January; Operations, 14-20 January; Logistics; Conclusion; Appendices
History of the Ordnance Department in World War II : monograph no. 1. The ordnance task and its management, 1 July 1940 to 31 August 1945.
No full textTo assist in recording with proper perspective these problems and activities, this report reviews several background aspects in considerable detail. These include the basic governmental and Army policies and the relation of the Ordnance Department to them, the course of ordnance requirements and the factors governing translation of these requirements into finished goods in the hands of troops. Discussion follows of the broad aspects of research and development, production planning and management, supply and storage activities, organizational management, and personnel.
TOC: I. The Ordnance Task; II. Factors Influencing Operations; III. Research and Development; IV. Quantitative Supply Demands; V. Translating Demands into Supplies; VI. Production Planning and Management; VII. Field Service Supply Management; VIII. The Ordnance Organization; IX. Personnel Management; X. The Record
Report, War Department Observer Board, USFET : no. C-938.
No full textThe material contained herein was extracted from Observer's Report No. 163, submitted to Combat Lessons Branch, G-3, Hq European Theater of Operations USA, by Colonel Hervey A. Tribolet, Combat Observer with the XV Corps.
The following is based on a questionnaire, "Guide Questions on Air-Ground Cooperation", AAF Evaluation Board, USSTAF, dated 27 March 1945. Questions are quoted in full; answers by Major H. O. Oveleman, G-3 Air, Hq XV Corps
Report, War Department Observer Board, USFET : no. C-968.
No full textA questionnaire prepared and issued 27 March 1945, by the AAF Evaluation Board, Hq USSTAF, AP0 633, presented a series of 39 questions with a view to developing information as a basis for improving tactical air procedures. There are shown below answers to some of these as submitted by various individuals as shown. There is also attached, as Section IV of this report, a tabulation prepared by XIII Corps Artillery, illustrating the delays in receiving results of Tac/R, as brought out in the answers to question 36
USAFFE Board report no. 302.
No full textPurpose: To answer questions contained in Technical Letter No. 17, Office of the Chief of Ordnance.
Members of the 284th HM Company (Tank), 706th Tank Battalion, and others were questioned during the Leyte Campaign in the Philippines
Weekly intelligence summary: 1 April 1944 to 6 May 1945.
No full textPart I- land: Western Front; other fronts; enemy supplies and transportation; economic notes; political notes; and miscellaneous. Part II- air: summary of GAF activity in Western Europe to evening 7 June (offensive and defensive activity). Part III- sea: channel, U-boats, and Norway. Contains two illustrations of the Siegfried Line (the legends include frontier, mountainous or wooded zones, fortified areas, weakly fortified areas, and probable and possible fortified areas) as well as an aerial photograph of the Siegfried Line area southeast of Zweibrucken. Three additional maps capture the enemy order of battle in west Normandy with dates 5 June, 9 June, and 10 June, 1944
Headquarters, Communications Zone: European Theater of Operations United States Army.
No full textTwo organizational charts complete this document (organizational chart, Headquarters ETO, and Headquarters Communications Zone, ETOUSA- prepared by G-3 and G-4)
MCECO P3300. 13B, MCS 3-55, "organization and employment of Marine Corps field artillery units."
No full textThis manual outlines the equipment and organization of Marine Corps artillery units and discusses their employment within the Fleet Marine Force.
TOC: Terminology; Section 1 - Introduction; Section 2 - Marine Artillery Regiment; Section 3 - Force Artillery Units; Section 4 - Fundamentals of Tactical Employment; Section 5 - Planning for Amphibious Operations; Section 6 - Support of Offensive Operations Ashore; Section 7- Support of Defensive Operations Ashore; Section 8 - Artillery Fire Planning; Appendixes