This field manual details supply and evacuation and regimental service company and medical detachment. Section one includes information on procurement and distribution of supplies, maintenance, repair, and other activities, as well as medical...
General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces
From an official French document. War Department Document No. 802 cancels previous publications of the same title, War Department Documents Nos. 583 and 711. These instructions conform to the American company and are based on French experiences....
This manual deals primarily with the tactical employment of the infantry rifle regiment. The instructions are also applicable in many respects to other types of infantry regiments. The procedures indicated in this manual should be considered as...
The purpose of this manual is to furnish to medical officers a compact source of information bearing upon the military aspects of their profession. This manual includes the logistical data required for the movement of medical units and for the...
The primary purpose of drill is to perfect means and methods for maneuvering and fighting troops on the battlefield. This must be continually kept in mind. The drill prescribed herein may be adapted to any type of tank destroyer unit. Explanations...
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...
The purpose of this manual is to outline general methods of training and employing the reconnaissance battalion of the armored division. Tactical employment of the reconnaissance company is covered in FM 17-20, and that of the tank company in FM...
This manual is a guide to the employment of the assault gun platoon of the tank battalion, armored infantry battalion, the platoon of the assault gun troop of the mechanized cavalry reconnaissance troop, and the assault gun section of the medium...
This manual is intended as a guide for the following types of civilian personnel: civilian personnel employed by firms engaged in manufacturing munitions and equipments of war who may be assigned by the War Department to field forces of the Army as...
This manual is limited to a brief presentation of such of the principles of the law governing the employment of Federal military forces in aid of the civil authorities as the troops in camp or field, in time of war or domestic disturbance,...
The purpose of this manual is to serve as a guide in the identification of United States Government aircraft. Visible features, methods of operation, sounds, and model designation are discussed.
The purpose of this 1941 field manual is to serve as a guide in the identification of armored vehicles of the United States. Only those armored vehicles of the United States in [then] current operation are covered. They are shown by photographs and...
The general fundamentals set forth in this manual establish certain principles governing the mission, organization, and operation of the oversea port. The term "oversea port" as used in this manual refers to those ports which are located in an...
Manual for the use of 4.72-inch gun, Armstrong, 50 caliber, mounted on barbette carriage. "The gun is constructed entirely of steel and is designed for obtaining great rapidity of fire. For this purpose it is mounted in a special mounting and is...
This publication explains how military operations other than war (MOOTW) differ from large-scale, sustained combat operations. It addresses purpose, principles, types of operations and planning considerations. A doctrinal basis is provided for...
Articles include organization, the service of information, orders, the service of security, marches and convoys, shelter, the service of supply, transportation, combat, the sanitary service, and the laws of war- instruction for the government of...