The Korean War is a distant memory in our lives, and the lives of the American people to follow. For many veterans that fought, struggled, and tasted their blood and the blood of a fallen comrade, it lives on forever. Today they live among us as...
Read-ahead packet for a staff ride prepared by the USFK/EUSA History Office detailing the Battle of Chipyong-ni, the first tactical defeat for the Chinese forces during the Korean War. Details the order of battle, lists casualties, unit decorations...
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...
This anthology was inspired by its authors and the Soldiers and Marines they lead. Their experiences and reflections appear in this volume, a collection of battle studies that focus on leadership success, and failure, in the great campaigns of the...
Despite the vast research by Americans on General Matthew B. Ridgway's miraculous transformation of the Eighth Army during the Korean War, few studies have examined his operational approach, while contrasting it with General Douglas MacArthur's....
Lists and gives pertinent information on battle sites in chronological order. Looks at Task Force Smith at Osan, the Taejon Defense, the Chinju Offensive and Task Force Kean, the Battle for Tabu-dong, the Inchon Landing, Chipyong-ni, The Battle for...
Throughout history, the Noncommissioned Officers have made significant contributions in time of war. NCOs have been the backbone of the United States Army for generations. The NCO has displayed many examples of be, know and do. I believe that...
Thesis Statement: The U.S. Army and Its rangers intertwine historically and doctrinally, and will remain inseparable into the future.
Discussion: One cannot examine Army history without examining ranger history, for the two began together and...
Historical examples are an expedient way to develop an understanding of operational art theory and concepts. A historical illustration of both operational success and failure is the Korean War. Several aspects of the Korean War remain relevant to...
The operations of the Eighth Army which formed the basis for this study were of the period of maximum reverse and then recovery. The report does not reach back to the initial period when troops were green and our commitments were so limited that...
This book was originally published in 1954, the year following the close of the Korean War. The accounts of small-unit actions were written primarily for junior officers, noncommissioned officers, and privates of the United States Army who had not...