Operation orders for the invasion of Okinawa-Shima and Ryukyu-Retto. Orders covered amphibious operations, supply requirements, evacuation procedures and includes annexes.
Three ships (known as the Forward Floating Depot- FFD) with over 20,000 items of Army Brigade task force equipment valued at close to $9 million, were lying at anchor in Subic Bay, Philippines for nine months. The equipment has been constantly...
This narrative describes the evacuation of more than 1,400 American soldiers, Marines, and airmen, and Vietnamese men, women, and children from the Kham Duc Special Forces camp in southern I Corps on 12 May 1968. It treats the geographical and...
By 1 July 1943, the beginning of the period covered by this report, the German and Japanese plans of aggression had been shattered. Our plan of action had been resolved into two great efforts--one in Europe against Germany, the other in the...
This document on Japan's transportation systems includes information on highways (roads, bridges, motor truck transport), railroads (extent of railroad development, administration, railway lines and equipment, and traffic and freight), a general...
This is a document on communications in Japan. Part one discusses radio- the radio telegraph, radio telephone, radio broadcasting, radio telephoto, and television. Wire communications follows which adds information regarding the telegraph,...
This document includes information on government and administration (with local government) in Japan. Sections describe instruments of national control over local government, regional administrative councils, prefectures, territorial...
This study investigates the hypothesis that there is an increased requirement for command and control systems when US Army and Marine Corps forces conduct large unit joint operations as members of a field army. Based on this hypothesis, this study...
From 1 April 1945 to 21 June 1945, the United States Tenth Army, commanded by Lieutenant General Simon B. Buckner, Jr., executed Operation Iceberg--the seizure of Okinawa for use as a staging base for the expected invasion of Japan. The Tenth Army,...
Periodic summary of enemy trends. Looks at ground issues in Bougainville, New Britain, New Guinea and the Philippines, air issues with air operations and air strength, and Navy issues concerning naval forces, merchant shipping and barge activity.
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...
In the war against JAPAN relatively few prisoners have been taken. However, the quantity of captured documents of military importance has steadily increased. Their numbers have grown as the Allied forces have turned the tide and progressed from...
The evolution of U.S.-Japanese bilateral ground exercises has been characterized by progressive development but also by continual opposition from various segments of Japanese society and government. While many factors have influenced the evolution...
A Report of what U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force personnel have seen, heard and learned in the Northern Ryukyus since the surrender of Japan. It does not include the exhaustive information on these islands which was compiled by various U.S. agencies...