Historians have examined the tactical aspects of the Vicksburg campaign in great detail. Since hundreds of articles have already been written on the tactical conduct of the campaign, not much new information can be added to the body of knowledge...
This study is a historical analysis of the cavalry raids led by Confederate Major Generals Earl Van Dorn and Nathan Bedford Forrest in December 1862 and Union Colonel Benjamin Grierson in April 1863. Each raid is examined in detail based on the...
This manual prescribes the duties to be performed in the service of the 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage, M37, by the personnel normally assigned to a howitzer section of an armored Field Artillery firing battery.
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...
Volume III of three parts, contains description of naval operations and battles along the gulf coast, the Mississippi River, at Vicksburg, at New Orleans, at Mobile, and along the Red River. Appendix lists the vessels stationed at various...
During the 224th Combat Engineer Battalion's January through December 2005 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Lieutenant Colonel Todd Jacobus served as this Iowa National Guard unit's commander. In this interview, he begins by...
Sections of this field service staff manual include staff principles, evacuation, field engineering, equipment and material, maps, orders, organization and road spaces, signal communications, supply, transportation, and miscellaneous forms and...
"This 1944 manual prescribed the duties to be performed in the service of the piece by personnel normally assigned to one gun section of the firing battery."
The General Services Schools, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Section 1 - Directory of periodicals. A guide to Section 2 and Section 6.
Section 2 - Catalog of selected periodical articles. A systematic review of the contents of selected military periodicals; the articles contained therein are listed in...
This may seem like a rant, but to me the Army needs to maintain some consistency through these years of transition and not invent badges and buttons so someone can visit a hostile area and receive a prize.
During the first six months of his December 2004 through December 2005 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Mark Coble served as executive officer of the 224th Engineer Battalion, Iowa National Guard, and then, for the remainder...
This is the final statistical record of battle casualties and nonbattle deaths incurred during World War II by United States Army military personnel, including members of the Army Air Forces. The period covered is 7 December 1941 through 31...