The Army needs more logisticians who are operational artists and know what operational art is and how to use it. Operational art represents the cornerstone of United States Army doctrine. Its concept represents the common thread that focuses...
This document includes a questionnaire given to German POWs to gain information concerning their attitudes and political opinions for the purpose of evaluating the re-education program prior to repatriation.
This is vol. I, no. 2 leaflet news letter. Contents include an editorial, some results of leaflet operations, recent leaflet reports from PWB, Italy, random notes on leaflet writing, use of prisoners of war in leaflet preparation, and the American...
The heroic acts of SGT William H. Carney, during the Civil War, set the standards of discipline and determination for all who serve in the military. The Civil War provided yet another stage for African-Americans, still enslaved by America, to fight...
The First Rhode Island regiment was the first all-Black unit in America. The regiment assembled into service in July of that year they numbered 197 Black enlisted men commanded by white officers. The regiment saw further service, including...
The American Civil War is one of the most momentous and controversial periods in American history. Military conflict between the United States of America (the Union) and the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy) lasted from 1861 to 1865....
Henry Clark was in the thick of things, fending off federal troops in the Battle of Richmond Kentucky, when the confederate soldier caught an enemy shell in the thigh. Clark was captured. When the medic treated Clark's wound the secret was...
Even though it appears to the general public that the military does not abide by the Geneva Convention and it appears the military mistreats Prisoners of War (POWs), it is actually the media coverage and politics that has impacted our military...
The history of POWs captured by enemy combatants during wars and conflicts dates back from ancient, middle, and modern times to the present. During every conflict there have been POWs taken from large numbers during WWI, WWII, Korean War, and the...
In all conflicts there are war crimes and atrocities committed, however, there are fewer in modern times than conflicts of the past. Throughout the 20th century, war crimes and atrocities were committed by different countries at war. Historical and...
World War II is remembered for some of history’s most unspeakable acts of war crimes and atrocities committed against humanity. In Europe, Germany’s Adolph Hitler attempted to carry out the destruction of the Jewish population, leading to the...
Research was performed on the affect lack of cultural knowledge has had on Military Operations
beginning in the year 1865 with the Reconstruction Era, moving into the Indian Wars, and finally
taking a look at the current conflict in Iraq. There are...
Interrogation in the world has been a difficult subject for many nations to tackle. There will be many challenges for decades with the handling of prisoners of war (POW) and detainees as part of the Global War on Terrorism, and perhaps for...
Sergeant William Harvey Carney was the first African-American to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. Carney’s service in the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, one of the first units to include − and was made up entirely of − black troops,...
This paper will cover significant contributions made by Black NCOs from the American Revolution to the Civil War, focusing on the First Rhode Island regiment, Blacks who participated on either side during the War of 1812, and the Buffalo Soldiers.
Abstract: This essay explores the importance of military forces achieving cultural understanding in order to attain strategic goals in their area of operations. The study compares the United States Army's failures in the post-Civil War south during...