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Troop transports in World War II.
No full text"It would be difficult, indeed, to overestimate the significance of the troop transport in the prosecution of the present war, for during this conflict it has been and still is the principal means employed to deliver American forces overseas." Contents: composition of the Army's Troop Transport Fleet; administrative and operational aspects; troop transport facilities; life on a troop transport, and appendixes regarding Army troopships as of 7 December 1941 and 1 March 1945.
Note: page 98 of document is missing
Address at opening exercises of the Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, September 10, 1923.
No full textThis item includes three addresses given during opening exercises of the Command and General Staff School for the 1923-1924 academic year.
Address - Brigadier General Harry A. Smith, U. S. Army, Commandant.
Address - Major General George B. Duncan, U. S. Army, Commanding Seventh Corps Area.
Address - Dr. David Kinley, President of the University of Illinois
Development of joint air ground operations in North Burma.
No full textIn November 1943, the Chinese Army in India opened an offensive against Japanese forces occupying the Hukawng Valley. Initial base of operations was Shingbwiyang, southern terminus of the Ledo Road, then still under construction. Index: early stages; methods and technique attempted; joint air-ground operations with Chinese and American forces at Myitkyina; battle of Mogaung- air action with the LRP brigades (Wingate trained) and Chinese at Mogaung; joint air-ground operations with Northern Combat Area Command troops during a campaign of movement; use of the L-5 liaison plane with the air party; and remarks
Report on close air support of the 1st Armored Division, 26 June to 3 July 1944.
No full textIn an attempt to gain more effective air support for the IV Corps and to gain closer coordination between air and ground forces, a conference was held at IV Corps Command Post on 19 June 1944, between the Air Support Control Officer, Fifth Army, and G-3, IV Corps. The decision was made to attempt to further improve on the experience gained in the breakthrough to Rome, when a ground forward controller was used to direct supporting planes, by use of an airborne controller
Night operations by 1st Infantry Division and 104th Infantry Division in World War II.
No full textThis document contains a letter from Major General John T. Snodgrass to Major General Harry J. Lemley, Jr. regarding the information on night operations carried out by the First Infantry Division and the 104th Division while under the command of Major General Terry Allen during WWII
Australian Military Forces weekly intelligence review no. 109.
No full textCompiled from information received from 1200 hours 25 August 1944 to 1200 hours 1 September 1944. Part I: summary of significant events. Part II: summary of operations by areas (land/sea/air); strengths and dispositions of enemy forces (land/sea/air); enemy organization; enemy equipment; tactics; extracts from captured documents; and general. Part III: other fronts. Part IV: topographical. Part V: security. Appendices: distribution of forces in South and Central Pacific; Japanese incendiary cluster hand grenade; defense of Tinian; submarines; bombardment broke Saipan; and reorganization of forces in the Pacific area
Amphibious television reconnaissance, report 13-121 (preliminary).
No full textIn compliance with a directive issued by the Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, tests have been run on amphibious television reconnaissance equipment developed by the Bureau of Ships and the Bureau of Aeronautics. These tests were conducted primarily for the purpose of determining any technical defects in the equipment and secondarily of evaluating its tactical use in amphibious operations. In general, this report will deal with the tactical use of the equipment. However, the observations made are intended to be a preliminary evaluation only as no complete program of 'ultimate use' tests was carried out. Contents: description of equipment; test procedure and conditions; performance of equipment; conclusions- tactical evaluations; recommendations; and representative television reconnaissance photographs
Notes on Operation “Husky”.
No full textThe enclosed preliminary comments have been received from 15 Army Group on Operation 'Husky', and have been forwarded to HQ COSSAC by the War Office. Document headings include the following: discharging vehicles from LST; DUKWs; beach organization; mechanical equipment; water supply; mine detectors; landing craft (rocket); skid chains; overloading (lot); and flexibility of military plan
Fighting in the marshy area of the Pripets in 1944 (Provisional Corps E).
No full textThis document was translated from the private notes of Austrian General der Artillerie Maximilian Felzmann and outlines the occupation of the Pripets marsh area south of Yanov and the struggle against enemy, and climatic as well as terrain conditions at the time of the thaw. Map overlays listed on title page are not included. Foreign Military Studies #D-297
Immediate report no. C-954. Report, Army Ground Forces Board ETO number C-954.
No full textReport, Army Ground Forces Board ETO number C-954. The following narrative of the functions of the division G-2 section was obtained in conversation with and from the files of Lieutenant Colonel Stewart L. Hall, GSC, G-2, 30th Division. While somewhat lengthy, this account emphasizes the value of widespread use of air photos in planning and operations. The issue of aerial photographs to lower echelons, even to squad leaders in some instances, was stated to have proved of the utmost value in the success of operations and in the reduction of losses. The difficulty of obtaining suitable photography, in time and in sufficient quantity, also is explained