This thesis examines the application of battle command during the 100/442d Regimental Combat Team’s rescue of the First Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division, the “Lost Battalion.” As background, this study presents a...
On December 8th 1941 , President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared that a state of war existed between the United States and the Empire of Japan. The brutal attack of the American fleet moored at Pearl Harbor had shocked the nation into action...
The Nisei were the second generation of Japanese to call America home. This generation was both Japanese and American in attitude and cultural heritage. Many of the young Nisei worked alongside their parents on family farms, in storefront...
Many Japanese-Americans born and raised in the United States or Hawaii serving in the military were discharged from the military in 1942 and classified as 4-F (unfit for military service) or 4-C (enemy alien). To a society and culture that holds...
This study is about the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II as it assisted VI Corps in the push through the Vosges Mountains in Northern France. The 442nd RCT was composted mostly of Japanese-Americans, or nisei, who volunteered to...
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and President Franklin D. Roosevelt remarked that that day would be remembered in infamy. This attack not only threw the United States of America headlong into a devastating war with the...
On 7 December 1941, Japan's military launched a devastating bombing attack. The United States Navy Fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor, on the island of Oahu which at that time was a United States Territory, was the primary target. At 0600 hrs, the...
If anyone wanted to know how the Japanese Americans would feel and what they would do if Japan had bombed u.s. soil, Hawaii's Nisei could have told them (Crost 9). This is the story of how the noncommissioned officers (NCOs) of the lOO/442D...
December 7th 1941, the Japanese Navy attacks the Unites States Naval yard at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The next day, President Roosevelt refers to that day as "a day that will live in infamy." Not only would that day be a day of infamy for Americans in...
Since the earliest days of America, people from all cultures have traveled to our Nation seeking the promise of freedom, opportunity, and justice. Many Asian/Pacific immigrants came to America to discover the promise of our Nation and to realize...
In accordance with historical records, Asian-American military service dates back to the 19th century. On July 23, 1863, Chinese-American William Ah Hang became one of the first Asian-American to enlist in the U.S. Navy during the American Civil...
This monograph explores the role of cohesion and morale on unit effectiveness in a culturally and racially heterogeneous environment, whether these elements can be nurtured and maintained within this environment, and what the means are for doing...
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 monograph analyzes the common cause of the three incidents, Balangiga, No Gun Ri, and My Lai and discusses implications for the U.S. Army to prevent such incidents from recurring. The Balangiga incident took place in the last quarter of 1901,...
Report includes data collected on staff procedures, training, organization, equipment, supply, tactics, and techniques with particular attention to infantry matters. The report covers the period 3 March 1945 to 9 April 1945. It is based on...
The 27th Infantry Division's report of intelligence activities with recommendations for the Forager Operation. Period covered is from 1 April 1944 to 6 August 1944 inclusive.
Language competence has long been recognized as a required skill in the collection and analysis of intelligence. Previous experience in coalition warfare and current efforts at multilateral defense reveal the need for facility in other languages in...
The suggestions made in this combat lessons document are drawn from experiences in other theaters of operation. The great combat lesson learned from every operation is the importance of leadership. Leadership, normal operations, airborne...
Proposal dealing with the training of American soldiers of Asian descent in Korean, Mandarin-Chinese and Cantonese-Chinese. Suggests that knowledge of these languages may be necessary for future conflicts and for maintaining current relations by...