This document contains material whose purpose has been to record significant incidents and conditions, dates and statistics, and methods and opinions of those who were part of the Seventh Amphibious Force.
This document on the Philippines addresses geographical and social backgrounds of the country, with information describing the land (boundaries and frontier districts, and territorial divisions) and the people (population statistics, cultural...
In this Civil Affairs handbook, agriculture in the Philippines is featured. Parts include: general factors affecting agriculture; pre-war agricultural production; agricultural foodstuffs; social conditions pertaining to Philippine agriculture;...
Subjects in this Civil Affairs document about the natural resources in the Philippines include mining, timber and lumbering, fisheries and game, and water and water power.
This attack operations plan contains all information involving movement, gunfire, communications, intelligence, landing, logistics, medical, alternate plan and additional changes made to the annexes of the original plan 4-45.
Given the focus on the Brigade Combat Team as the Army's primary combat unit, the limited availability of U.S. Air Force airlift assets, and the U.S. Army history of employing predominantly medium sized airborne units, future airborne operations in...
General Headquarters, United States Army Forces, Pacific
In the wake of military conquest by foreign invaders, there have been great historical resistance movements within oppressed populaces. It is against a background of peril and savagery that the Philippines guerrilla movement must be gauged. From an...
Contains the following Eighth Army Headquarters orders: Admin. order no. 4 to accompany field order no.17, Admin. order no. 3 to accompany field order no. 11, Admin. order no. 2 to accompany field order no. 9.
General Headquarters, United States Army Forces, Pacific, Military Intelligence Section, General Staff
This individual study of the Intelligence Series was originally prepared to familiarize staff planners in the Southwest Pacific and Central Pacific areas with the potentialities of the Philippines' guerrilla groups. It is a compilation from...
The following topics are covered in this study on labor in the Philippine Islands: labor conditions prior to Japanese occupation (employment conditions, employment agencies, wages/hours/working conditions, labor legislation and policies, labor...
Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army
This volume is concerned with the organization and disposition of United States Army ground forces that opposed the Japanese during World War II. The area covered includes Alaska, the islands of the central and South Pacific, Australia, New Guinea,...
Discusses the history of the regiment (21st Infantry), starting with a brief account in the 1800s. The majority of the document concerns World War II history. Lists battle honors and activities beginning with Pearl Harbor and continuing throughout...
As America's collective memory of the Second World War fades, popular history books and the entertainment industry have filled the knowledge gap with accounts from the European Theater. A resurgence in works focusing on the war in the Pacific has...
Strategic Logistics Branch, Planning Division, Army Service Forces
This document contains official documents such as memorandums, letters, and communications to and from the Commanding General with respect to logistics, training and planning, supply operations, staff operations, organization and functions. Also...
Detailed narration of the military operations; part 1 of this report deals with the Eighth Army operations on Leyte-Samar from 26 Dec. 1944 - 8 May 1945. Part 2 covers the amphibious operations conducted by the Eighth Army in securing the Island...