The United States destroyer force underwent significant design improvement during the Interwar Period. The roles and missions of the destroyers evolved from WW I to the end of WW II, based on design and tactics improvements, as well as the overall...
Hearings before the General Board of the Navy, 1917, vol. 1 and vol. 2 [personnel of Merchant Marine, naval constructor stocker, memorandum for the General Board, aeronautics, wireless, gunnery, fire control, submarine detection, mines and mining,...
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...
The United States submarine force underwent significant improvement between the two world wars. In World War I, United States’ submarines sank no enemy ships. A little over 20 years later the United States’ submarine force crippled Japan’s...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
The organizational history of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) is comparatively short compared to other Army units. Although the unit's history is short, a mere 25 years, as of 2005 it has compiled a long list of...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
This is a replacement volume which is missing pages 1-2 from the original document (section on Corps surgeon special action report, Iwo Jima campaign- Appendix 8- report by Medical Officer). It contains reports by: Engineer Officer, LVT officer,...
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...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
From late 1962 through mid-1966, President Sukarno of Indonesia sought to gain control of East Malaysia, the northern portion of the island of Borneo, by a combination of political and military means. This process was called Confrontation. His...
The end of communism changed the global strategic environment marked by a bipolar world and replaced it with uncertainty and a readily defined threat. Over a relatively short period of time, a multipolar world began to emerge while academia and...
This paper discusses a role for the light infantry division in Central Europe during a mid- to high-intensity conflict, namely as a stay-behind force in a corps covering force area. The purpose of such a mission would be to disrupt the enemy's rear...
Under public pressure to reduce defense spending and a Congressional demand for increased efficiency created by the collapse of the Soviet Union during the early 1990's, the Department of Defense has repeatedly been accused of maintaining...
This operation plan includes: directions for the movement of forces, approach to objectives and assault phases for the landing on Saipan and the subsequent attack, capture and defense of Guam.
The summary stated in the Task Organization section: "This force will capture, occupy and defend IWO JIMA, develop air bases on that island, reduce Japanese naval and air strength and production facilities in the Japanese homeland, and protect air...
United States. Marine Corps. 4th Division, 4th Engineer Battalion
This is the report of the 4th Engineer Battalion, 4th Marine Division, including planning and preparation, movement to objective, landing, narrative of operations, mine removal, road construction, water supply, administration, intelligence, and...