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Technical intelligence report – armored forces in North Africa.
No full textThis is a technical intelligence report on armored forces problems in North Africa, Sicily, and France. Informant was questioned concerning "Ordnance Department", and the following information was obtained regarding: damage; armor; armament; gyro-stabilizers; sights; suspension and tracks; bogie wheel bearings; engine, clutch, transmission, and other power train components; and electrical system. Corporal Robert J. Dugas was the source interviewed
Field developments in psychological warfare.
No full textReport no. 398, 11 December 1944. Source: Fred Messinger stationed at McGuire General Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, formerly assigned to the 2nd Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company attached to the Twelfth Army Group in France and Germany. Informant operated as a broadcaster and interrogator of prisoners of war in France and Germany
Interview with Major Norman M. Barber.
No full textThis is a technical intelligence report. Summary of report: background of source; Quartermaster; ordnance; Corps of Engineers; chemical warfare; Signal Corps; Director, Plans and Operations; Stock Control Division; Director of Materiel; Director of Personnel; Director of Military Training; Fiscal Director; Adjutant General; and Army Ground Forces. Source interviewed by Walter F. Ziegenbein
Field therapeutical expedient- exhaustion center for neuro-psychiatric injuries.
No full textReport no. 383, 7 December 1944. Source: Lieutenant Colonel Fredrick Barrow stationed at McGuire General Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, and former Chief Divisional Surgeon of the 39th Infantry Division in France and England. The large incidence of neuro-psychiatric injuries and disabilities during the French campaign has led to considerable advance in specific therapy. It was conclusively demonstrated that immediate treatment of neuro-psychiatric cases at the front lines was more effective than delayed treatment in rear areas, after evacuation, and in connection with this, the medical battalions of the 29th Division devised a front line "exhaustion center"
Organization and command of US forces.
No full textThe organization and command of US forces will proceed as follows: initial stage (21 Army Group/First Army/S.O.S.); transition stage (21 Army Group/Third Army/Communication Zone); and final stage (SHAEF/Communication Zone)
Counter Intelligence Corps in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations.
No full textTechnical intelligence report summary: background; language qualifications and training; relationship with G-2 and cooperation with other branches of the Army; problem of rank and its effect on the successful operations of CIC personnel; reputation of CIC work enlisted cooperation; drawing of supplies and equipment; lack of harmonious liaison between corps headquarters and agents; lack of directive specifically defining welfare of CIC personnel; promotions; and suggestions for a postwar Army intelligence
Comments on field conditions.
No full textThis is a technical intelligence report. Information was given as of August and September 1944 regarding rations, px supplies, morale, replacements, security, and infantryman's badge
Replacements and combat observations (France and Italy).
No full textReport no. 593, 6 January 1945. Source: Capt. Benjamin A. Blackmer, Company G, 180th Infantry, 45th Division, 7th Army. Interviewed at Camp Kilmer, N.J., 28 December 1944. Summary of report: battlefield promotions recommended; Officer Candidate School training inadequate; orientation of enlisted replacements; more frequent and efficient patrolling recommended; relieving British or French units; map reading; and morale
Discrepancies of the Emergency Furlough Program.
No full textThis technical intelligence report summarizes the American Red Cross investigating overseas requests for leave. Local agencies also investigate, commanding officers usually accept recommendations, higher Army echelons reject recommendations, procedure said to be unfair, and finally American Red Cross feels that efforts were wasted. Because so few furloughs are granted, the time and effort are not justified
Technical intelligence report – infantry troops in France and Belgium.
No full textReport no. 212, 4 January 1945. Source: Private David A. Van Zandt served as a scout with the 30th Division, 119th Infantry, in France and Belgium from 2 July 1944 until he was wounded on 2 September 1944. Summary of report: This is a technical intelligence report relative to the use of scouts and mortarmen/mortar squads during operations in France and Belgium
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