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Attendance at informal conference conducted by Brigadier General Gaither.
No full textThe undersigned attended an informal conference held in the G-3 Section, Headquarters Army Ground Forces at 1045, 19 April 1945. Brigadier General Gaither, Commandant of the Parachute School, Fort Benning, Georgia, was guest speaker, on the subject of The First Airborne Army's Participation in the Rhine River Crossing
Report, Army Ground Forces Board, ETO, no. C-1086.
No full textThe material contained herein was obtained from conferences held in the headquarters of three corps (VII, VIII, XIX), and six divisions (30, 69, 76, 87, 102) during the period 5 - 15 June 1945. All of these divisions had had several months combat experience
Report, War Department Observer Board, USFET : no. C-834.
No full textThe following information was furnished by Lt. Col. Walter F. Frey, Supply Officer, Quartermaster Section, Seventh U. S. Army on 1 April 1945
Weekly intelligence summary: 1 April 1944 to 6 May 1945.
No full textPart I- land: enemy operations; enemy dispositions in the west; enemy capabilities; enemy supplies and transportation; economic notes; political notes; and miscellaneous. Part II- air: summary of GAF activity in NW Europe, 18-24 May 1944; GAF operations in the Mediterranean and Balkans, 15-21 May 1944; and value of the GAF Fighters Force as of 1 May 1944. Part III- sea: northern waters; Mediterranean; and enemy dispositions. Contains illustrations of enemy dispositions in Italy and order of battle in the west as of 25 May 1944 (legend details panzer and panzer grenadier, infantry, field, L.E., training, and armored elements). Original document is missing page 6
Operation Daring Endeavor post operation report.
No full textThis document details Amphibious Ready Group Bravo's post operation report. Operation Daring Endeavor was a combined heliborne and waterborne assault into the AOA- the operation was conducted in two phases. Highlights include: concept of operation and execution; mission; landing; support and augmenting forces; conduct of the operation; civic action/psychological warfare employed; protective measures employed; and statistical summary. The following are also documented: task organization; Daring Endeavor initiating directive; a chronology; planning and operations; intelligence; medical/logistics; communications; Public Affairs; supporting arms; an illustration/map area of Daring Endeavor; and a recommended distribution list
Operation Eager Pursuit II post operation report.
No full textThis document details Amphibious Ready Group Alfa's post operation report. Amphibious Ready Group Alfa had previously landed the Battalion Landing Team for Operation Eager Pursuit by a helicopterborne amphibious assault in an area about 12 kilometers west of Danang on 1 March 1969. Although BLT was chopped to Commanding General, First Marine Division, ARG ALFA remained in support for the rest of Operation Eager Pursuit. Highlights include: concept of operations (mission and execution); task organization; chronology of events; planning/operations (planning for amphibious demonstration); medical/logistics; communications; supporting arms; demonstration and naval gun fire support; and a distribution list
Terrain, weather, and hydrographic conditions in Turkey and adjoining countries relative to their effect on armored employment : volume II. A research report prepared at The Armored School, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 1951-1952.
No full textThe purpose of the research is to study the terrain, weather and hydrographic conditions in Turkey and adjoining countries relative to armored employment. The study presents in consolidated form an investigation of existing conditions for movement of armor north to Russia. Consequently, not only the capability of armored movement is explored but also the selection of major avenues of approach is made for the purpose of eventually reaching the heart of Russia located at Moscow.
TOC: Inland waterway transportation; coasts, landing beaches and ports; cross country movement; strategic areas; strategic routes of approach; summary.
Note: Author, abstract, and TOC information taken from Volume I
Analysis of bridge bombing during April by 452d Bomb Group.
No full textDuring the month of April, the 452d Bomb Group attacked 33 bridges according to mission interrogations. Suitable assessment data in the form of strike and post strike photos have been obtained and analyzed for 15 of these attacks. All pertinent data are recorded in the attached chart; MPI's of each bomb pattern are plotted in the accompanying graph
Report no. 3 : analysis of Shoran evaluation missions.
No full textOperations analysis memorandum for Shoran (short range navigation) bombing sorties in the Korean War during September 1951