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,...
The purpose of this monograph is to present the military lessons during defense of Bataan where United States Armed Forces were involved in actual battle immediately after Pearl Harbor. Although the operations are not comparable in magnitude to...
Historians tend to agree that Ramon Magsaysay's leadership and his relationship with Edward Lansdale are two of the most important features of the Philippine governments campaign against the Huks from 1946-1954. Yet the nuances of his leadership...
It is the purpose of this study to examine the economic, political, and social conditions of the Philippine Islands that bred communist sympathies and the associated Hukbalahap insurgency. It examines the procedures the Philippine government...
This monograph presents the complex story of Army transportation in a theater environment for the use of the Transportation Corps in planning future operations, procurement, and training, and for the general information of military authorities. It...
The relationship of events in time is the essence of history. Chronology: 1941-1945 establishes the sequence of events from the time the first bombs on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 until the instrument of surrender was signed aboard the USS...
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...
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.
This seventh publication in the Historical Analysis Series addresses the American role in the Philippine Hukbalahap insurrection, provides insight and observations to contemporary planners, and examines the achievement and demonstrates how efforts...
This study is an abbreviated history of the operations of G-2 in the Southwest Pacific Area. The purpose is to record the important work done by intelligence agencies in the prosecution of the war against Japan.
This is a report of the Leyte operation, World War II. Constituted on 22 January 1943, Headquarters Sixth Army was activated on 25 January 1943 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The Leyte Operation was the initial phase of the Allied thrust into the...
This study examines the first battle of World War II: the defense of the Philippines on the Bataan Peninsula. Only those units properly equipped, adequately trained, and led by officers who were knowledgeable on the current doctrine are examined. A...
The years between 1926 and 1941 saw the steady development of the 40th Infantry Division as the California National Guard. Devoted to the order and stability of the State, and to the defense of the Nation, thousands of its members gave themselves...
This thesis examines what a soldier's legal, ethical, and moral obligations are when he is ordered to surrender but still has the will and means to resist. The question pits two of the military's highest values against one another. The first is the...
This study examines the doctrinal requirement for a unified command service component. The historical and descriptive methods are used in this case study of Pacific Command service components. Although the functional approach predominates,...
Looks at the organization and function of the quartermaster corps, the plan of supply, the depot policy, subsistence, gasoline and oil, accounting and field service activities, personnel and training, reclamation and salvage and procurement.
This thesis examines the American, British, Dutch, and Australian (ABDA) coalition from its beginning to its end. Following initial Japanese advances and victories in December 1941 and January 1942, Allied forces formed the ABDA coalition as one...
The thesis of this research is that the U.S. Army aviation engineer units played a crucial role in the success of General Douglas MacArthur's island hopping campaign in the Southwest Pacific Theater at the tactical, operational, and strategic...
McKinney, Leonard L; Office of the Chief of the Chemical Corps, Historical Office
This is an account of flame thrower employment and the numerous problems involved. The volume purports to present: a survey of flame warfare prior to World War II; a brief account of the flame weapons developed by both allied and enemy powers...