Journal of the staff officers, Fleet Marine Force, regarding operations during Operation Forager, the invasion of Saipan, Guam and Tinian during World War II. Includes reports from air, naval gunfire, engineer, signal, medical, transport...
Operations Plans by the commander of Ambibious Group Nine, A.D. Struble, for the Transport Squadron Thirteen for the landing on Luzon, Philippines in 1945.
These are the procedures for the preparation of units for overseas duty, including the process prior to the movement of the unit to the staging area, final inspection by the port authroities, and the filling of the last minute shortages.
This report constitutes a study of German technical assistance to the Japanese war effort. The study is based on all available intelligence material drawn from all sources. It includes air and land armaments, electronics, manufacturing processes,...
Report on the Eighth Air Force's mission to target multiple defensive installations, consisting of anti-aircraft and artillery positions and strong points covering the Gironde estuary in southwest France and defensive installations in Germany.
FM 100-5, Field Service Regulations, Operations, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned. It contains the doctrines of leading troops in combat and tactics of the combined arms and constitutes the basis of instruction of all...
This study is primarily a treatment of the use of prisoner of war labor by the United States Army. It also provides a comprehensive treatment of the employment of prisoners of war by private employers in the United States. The primary objective of...
Headquarters, Department of the Army; Headquarters, Marine Corps Combat Development Command
This manual is a dual-Service US Army and US Marine Corps publication introducing new terms and definitions and updating existing definitions as reflected in the latest editions of Army field manuals and Marine Corps doctrinal, warfighting, and...
This technical manual includes a preliminary survey on the description of the building (N. P. Ward), instructions for laying out the site, erecting kitchen and office buildings, and procedure for erecting ward buildings. Also included are...
This regulation prescribes planning, programming, budgeting, and execution policies applying to manpower management for activities organized under tables of distribution and allowances (TDAs), modification tables of organization and equipment...
This manual is a guide for airdrome commanders, airdrome defense officers, and personnel available for the defense of airdromes. It treats of the local defense of forward-area airdromes, exclusive of counteraction by aircraft, by the personnel,...
The purpose of this field manual is to present the basic principles of gunnery for seacoast artillery. It aims to acquaint Coast Artillery officers with the principles they must understand and apply in order to fire accurately at the enemy under...
FM 4-20 1944 details formations and inspections, service at the emplacements, preparations for firing, safety precautions, salutes, and care and destruction of materiel.
This manual is a guide for the battery commanders, platoon commanders, section leaders, and light commanders of seacoast artillery searchlight units in harbor defenses or in the field in training searchlight squads in the orderly, efficient...
This manual is designed to serve as a general reference on engineer organization. It covers the mission, classification, organization, equipment, armament, and training of engineer units. Chapters include information on the staff duties and...
The purpose of this manual is to provide suitable plans for the tactical employment of the signal and communication personnel and equipment found in the Infantry Division, in order that signal and communication officers and noncommissioned officers...
The mission of the Ordnance Department in the field is to store and issue ordnance general supplies and ammunition; to inspect, repair, alter, and maintain ordnance materiel in the hands of troops and in storage; to administer the field...
The purpose of this manual is to outline briefly the organization of the corps and Army, the organization and operation of assigned Signal Corps units, and the application of signal corps activities to tactical operations. This manual is based upon...
The purpose of this manual is to outline a general guide for combat practice firing problems for armored units. The typical problems in this manual progress logically from basic ones, involving small units such as tank crews, rifle squads, and gun...