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156 Field Artillery Battalion, unit history
Get PDFFew military organizations in the United States can trace their history as far back as pre-Revolutionary War days. One such organization is the 156th Field Artillery Battalion whose Battery A many believe to be the oldest military unit in the United States. A Kingston outfit of the New York National Guard, it dates back to 1658.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/1017/thumbnail.jp
717th Tank Battalion record
Get PDFThis is your book, and we tried to put it together so that it will bring you equal pleasure today or fifty years from now, when you\u27ll probably have a grandson on one knee, and you\u27ll want to tell him how it all was.
The pictures are yours, and so is the writing. Not much of it relates to armies and corps. Our story -the one we all know -- it how about 750 officers and men got along for two years, training and fighting together to help win a big war.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/1027/thumbnail.jp
The story of a regiment, a history of the 179th Regimental Combat
Get PDFThis is the military history of the 179th Regimental Combat Team. As a component of the fighting 45th Infantry Division, its story is a revealing one. Through its history can be seen a major portion of the Sicilian and Italian Campaigns, much of the French and German Campaigns -- in other words, the war in Europe. Through its history weave the gallantries of the men who made the Regiment; yet by changing names and dates and places, this becomes the story of any combat infantry regiment. Thus, through its history must inevitably flow the life blood of the American soldier.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/1037/thumbnail.jp
Historical journal, Special Troops: 102d Infantry Division
Get PDFThe Special Troops of the 102d Infantry Division were activated at Camp Maxey, Texas, 16 August 1943, in compliance with a revised table of organization, (7-3) which consolidated the service companies of the Division; Headquarters and Headquarters Company with the Military Police Platoon and the Division Band Attached, the 802d Ordnance (LM) Company, the 102d Signal Company and the 102d Quartermaster Company; under one tactical command of 52 Officers, 7 Warrant Officers and 904 Enlisted Men.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/1054/thumbnail.jp
Straddled: A short history of the U.S.S. Fanshaw Bay
Get PDFTHE U.S.S. Fanshaw Bay (CVE 70) was commissioned December 9, 1943, at Astoria, Oregon, less than seven months after the keel was laid by Kaiser Company in Vancouver, Washington. Named for a bay in Southeastern Alaska, she is the first Naval vessel to bear that name. Like other Casablanca class escort carriers, the Fanshaw Bay was built from designs never intended for a combat vessel, yet she carried her crew through the longest operational period sustained by any escort carrier.
Dedication
Wherever the Fanshaw Bay shall sail again in the reminiscences of her old crew, she will carry with her the memory of those gallant men who have answered their last call to flight quarters. To the twenty-four men killed in action and to the fourteen missing airmen this history of the Fannie Bee is humbly dedicated.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/1142/thumbnail.jp
U.S.S. Pasadena CL-65
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Bound in this volume is the history of your ship the U.S.S. Pasedena. This book has been written by the officers and men of the ship upon which you so gallantly served.
The pictures cover the whole course of the war in which the Pasadena took part, including its launching and commissioning.
The narrative is non professional and each department\u27s History was written by one of its own officers or men.
To those of you returning to civilian life this book will serve as an informal record of your service in the Navy.
Editorshttps://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/1177/thumbnail.jp
The earthmover: a chronicle of the 87th Seabee Battalion in World War II
Get PDFThis book is divided into two parts to accommodate quicker download speed.
Foreword
This volume is essentially the overall story, in log form, of the 87th U. S. Naval Construction Battalion- a hard-working Seabee outfit, which did everything asked and expected of it from the Solomons through war\u27s sudden end on Okinawa. It is, of course, no better or worse than the approximately 1,300 officers and men who carved out its multiple achievements with their sweat, blood and, at times, even tears.
This trip book has been designed to cover the period between 20 February 1943 and 9 October 1945 -- a span of approximately 31 1/2 months. Unfortunately, no pictures were taken between 9 October and 7 November when the remaining 361 men finally embarked for the States in their twenty-seventh month overseas. The photographer and assisants had all gone home. The story of the tour has been purposely kept vague or general so that each man might be free to relate his version of the sequence of events as he saw them.
This publication has been prepared for the men of the 87th, their families and friends and is not intended for general publication or circulation. Moreover, the opinions expressed in this volume are those of the editors and their staff and are not intended to reflect those of the Navy Department or the service at large.
Every reasonable effort has been made to keep the written portions of this trip book as objective as possible. And an honest effort has been exerted throughout to make the book as factually accurate as existing facilities for assembling and checking information would permit.
However, conceived and launched just prior to leaving New Caledonia and finished in foxholes and amid post-war confusion on Okinawa, the job, a spare-time project until 12 August 1945 , was accomplished under just the worst circumstances imaginable.
At its best, THE EARTHMOVER could never hope to depict the overall impact inflicted on each man during the several years spent on these far-flung Pacific islands. but the editors herewith submit it as a fair resume of the 87th\u27s role in World War II.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/1188/thumbnail.jp
U.S.S. Ticonderoga war log, 8 May 1944 to 5 October 1945
Get PDFIntroductory Note
World War II is now history. Volumes will be written about it, covering every phase of strategy, politics, logistics. Generals, admirals, prime ministers, presidents, and historians will all have their say.
But for those of us who served aboard the Ticonderoga, the war was Reveille at 0315 -- mail call 7000 miles from home -- a TBM in the drink -- two cans of beer on beautiful Mog Mog -- basketball on the hangar deck -- and 21 January 1945.
The simple purpose of this book is to preserve in pictorial form the scenes, the events, and the memories of the part played by our ship and our shipmates.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/1201/thumbnail.jp
Album USS Bairoko CVE-115
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Bairoko Harbor is a small inlet on the North coast of New Georgia, one of the Solomon Islands. A Spanish navigator, coming upon these islands in 1567, and hopefully believing he had finally touched on the fabled and wealthy lands of the Indies named the group Ilas de Solomon. Subsequent English explorers claimed part of the group for Britain, and at the outbreak of the war New Georgia was under the English flag.
During the early part of 1942, in their effort to cut the Allied supply line to Australia, the Japanese seized the Solomons and began the construction of a series of air fields throughout the islands -- at Vila on Kolombangara, at Munda on New Georgia, and on Guadalcanal. Vila and Munda were mutually supporting fields. Bairoko Harbor lay between these two airfields and was the port of supply for Munda.
By the spring of 1943 Guadalcanal was secure and we had sufficient men and material to open the offensive against New Georgia. On June 30, 1943, Rendova Island was seized and Munda then placed under artillery fire. Marines and Infantry landed on New Georgia. In the heat and muck of the tropical jungle they met a bitter Nip foe enraged at the loss of Guadalcanal. Resistance was particularly strong near Bairoko Harbor. After six weeks of desperate jungle fighting the Munda airstrip was overrun, but Bairoko Harbor did not fall until August 25th. Its seizure marked the end of the fifty -seven day campaign for New Georgia.
Bairoko signified the end of this early Pacific campaign -- so the name of our ship is a symbol for that final victory which came during her shakedown cruise.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/1208/thumbnail.jp
A Bangor Book of Honor Title Page
No full textTitle Page of the Bangor Book of Honor for WWIIhttps://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/book_of_honor_images/1000/thumbnail.jp