"Ask a doughboy or an officer about 'over there' these days, and nine times out of ten his answer will be, 'Oh, what's the use of talking about it? Folks are tired of hearing about the war."
Debriefing interviews of Field Artillery officers combat experiences in the Korean War. Beginning of document includes incomplete index by debriefing number and date.
This is a transcript of an interview with Sergeant Major of the Army Leon L. Van Autreve (USA- ret.) conducted in 1994 for the Sergeants major of the Army History Project.
Field fortification instructions for every branch of the military. Has examples that occurred in the seven years' war between the Prussians, Austrians, and Russians. Translation of: Unter-richt für die officers die sich zu feld-ingenieurs bilden.
The United States declared drugs to be a clear and present danger to the country and proceeded to wage a war on them that was both justified and temporarily successful from 1970 through 1990. Although not prepared for this mission at first, the...
This is a transcript of an oral history interview with Harold L. Hockenberry. It is dated: June 1, 1982. The audio version of this interview is also available through this archive. The interview was conducted by Harold G. Robbins, for the U. S....
This study investigates the use of native forces in counterinsurgency (CI) operations in order to determine effective and ineffective employment roles. This study reviews the effective employment and the effective use of native forces in CI...
Staff Sergeant Steven Jackson was a Reserve Component soldier who reenlisted on his fiftieth birthday in 2003 after a sixteen-year break in service. After a valuable predeployment train-up at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, he mobilized at Fort Bragg, North...
The Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire was a classic example of a successful insurgency. Though it occurred 2,000 years ago, it contains many elements of modern leftist insurgencies. The conflict demonstrates that the nature of...
The command sergeant major for the 57th Field Artillery Brigade, Wisconsin National Guard, when the state received a requirement to put together an embedded training team (ETT) for duty in Afghanistan, Command Sergeant Major Jeff Janke volunteered,...
This is a transcript of a taped interview with Sergeant Major of the Army William G. Bainbridge, conducted by Sergeant Major Erwin H. Koehler (United States Army, retired) for the Center of Military History, United States Army and the United States...
This monograph examines the effect of allowing women into the infantry in the U.S. Army. It focuses on aspects of the moral domain - cohesion, bonding, morale and stress. It attempts to answer the question: Will small level infantry unit (i.e....
Recent operations have forced the United States Army to re-examine the “art” of fighting insurgencies. Although these types of operations are not new to the Army, World War II and the subsequent Cold War diminished any skill or institutional...
In support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Colonel Peter "Duke" DeLuca commanded the 101st Airborne Division's 326th Engineer Battalion during the major combat phase and then, from June 2004 through June 2005, served as the J7 engineer for Lieutenant...