CONTENTS
List of illustrations VII
General description of the 9.2-inch howitzer materiel (Vickers) 1
9.2-inch howitzer, Model 1917 (Vickers) Mark I 5
Howitzer body 5
Breech mechanism 6
Breech closing mechanism 6
Firing mechanism 8
T-Tube type...
I. DEFENCES
1. General organization of a German position 9
2. Trace of trenches 11
3. Design of trenches 11
4. Wire 11
5. Saps 12
6. Revetments 12
7. Drainage 12
8. Observation posts and sentry posts 13
9. Dug-outs 13
10. Battle...
Made of six (three large, three small) 1 1/4" thick staves, the bucket has 1 1/4" iron bands. The top band is loose, the middle has new bolts and the rear connects the bottom to the sides.
The CSM Theodore L. Dobol Collection contains several biographical and miscellaneous materials related to CDM Dobol’s military career. The textual files include photographs, transcripts of oral history interviews; a short autobiography; the...
Photograph of St. Ignatius church on one side and main parade on the other side. The view is looking across main parade towards barracks and other quarters.
Large fragment from ceramic crock. It has a tan exterior surface and a brown interior. It has a rounded lip at what would have been the opening. On the outside just below the lip is a handle formed as a loop, arch shaped, with a slightly beveled...
Air raid alert poster published by the Army for the Command General Staff College. Document entitled "Actions During Air Raid", printed on heavy weight paper, heavily stained and warped. Lower right corner has hole and stain where a thumbtack was...
Dark blue wool officer's cap with silk lining, leather sweatband, and heavy black leather visor. Two pattern 1851 metal cavalry buttons (either gilt or painted) sewn to the sides. Gold cord looped around buttons, with two basket type adjusters. The...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
Report includes data collected on staff procedures, training, organization, equipment, supply, tactics, and techniques with particular attention to infantry matters. The report covers the period 3 March 1945 to 9 April 1945. It is based on...
The research hypothesis is that the percentage of black male Army officers is significantly less than the percentage of black males in the 18-24 age group in the United States. This study examines the effects of population, crime and prisons,...
Large decorative two handled loving cup trophy with round bowl, narrow neck, wide lip, and beaded edge saucer base. Engraved on both sides and stamped with maker's mark on the bottom.
"Ask a doughboy or an officer about 'over there' these days, and nine times out of ten his answer will be, 'Oh, what's the use of talking about it? Folks are tired of hearing about the war."
This report contains the concept and findings of a field experiment designed to evaluate the ability of forward observers to adjust artillery fire on moving materiel targets.
.30 caliber, 24" round barrel semiautomatic, rifled with four grooves, 29 3/4" stock. Front hand guard extends the stock with rear hand guard in front of receiver. Bayonet stud is under barrel on gas cylinder. Rounded butt plate has trap for...
Oblate spheroid made of two convex circles of tin with concentric circles pressed in them, soldered together around rim. Pewter mouthpiece with tin topped core stopper connected to body by a chain. Grey wool woven cover sewn over canteen and around...
57.21.28: brown leather hat box with padded wine colored silk lining and straps (broken) for securing lid. 57.21.28a: brown leather hat box lid with wine colored silk lining. Handle on top.