This study is an examination of historical data to determine if weather was the decisive factor of the Aleutian Campaign. The campaign was carried out early in World War II along the over 1,000 miles of the Archipelago. Island warfare made joint...
1st Calvary Division Operational Report for the period ending January 31, 1968, detailing operations on the Bong Son Plain, Pershing Area of Operations and the Jeb Stuart Area of Operations.
Since 1991, there has been a significant drop in the number of amphibious ships, a change in the forcible entry concept and a singular military and fiscal focus on the land wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The current state of amphibious assault...
The mission of pack animals is to transport loads on the backs of animals over terrain which is difficult for or impassable to wheeled or track laying vehicles. This manual presents the fundamentals of training, caring for and packing mules for...
The mounted drill prescribed herein is designed primarily for organizations and units of horse cavalry. Some of the explanation is of a general nature which gives sufficient latitude for adaptation to specific organizations. Chapters detail...
The purpose of this manual is to describe methods and means by which patients may be transported in the field. This manual includes a brief description of all common methods of transporting patients by land, sea, and air; means of transport,...
The purpose of this manual is to establish standard practices for the installation, operation, and maintenance of field wire systems of tactical units. Such standardization is essential to efficient wire communication. The individual duties of wire...
The mission of pack transportation is to transport loads on the backs of animals over terrain which is difficult for or impassable to wheeled or track-laying vehicles. Its success depends largely upon the careful selection and training of personnel...
Between February 2003 and May 2004, the 2632nd Transportation Company deployed in support
of Operation Iraqi Freedom (DIF 1). This paper describes some of the missions the soldiers of the 3rd Platoon conducted during this operation. It also...
In the spring of 1995 a small detachment from the 82nd Medical Company (AA) comprised of 4 aircraft and 23 personnel deployed from Fort Riley Kansas to Port-Au-Prince Haiti in support of the United Nations Mission in Haiti. The mission was to...
This monograph examines the nature of Allied strategic bombing on The Netherlands in the Second World War. It discusses the endless controversy on strategic bombing and classifies its discourse into six different narratives. It adds the policy of...
United States. Army. Ordnance Dept.; War Plans Division
The following pamphlet, entitled "Handbook of the 155-mm. Filloux Gun Materiel," is a reprint of a pamphlet adapted from an official French document at headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces, France. [War Dept doc no. 806.]
This Civil Affairs document describes the employment conditions and exchanges, wages/hours/working conditions, labor legislation and policies, labor and employers' organizations, industrial relations, cooperative movement, and social insurance in...
"Wire is one of the principal means of communication for all field artillery except mechanized and antitank artillery. It consists of telephone or telegraph communication. All other means augment and supplement wire."
"This 1954 manual is a guide to assist commanders in developing the sections of 8 inch gun M1 and 240-mm howitzer M1 firing batteries into efficient, smooth-working teams that have a sense of discipline that will impel them to operate effectively...
The following account for my participation and experiences during the three campaigns of the Gulf War while assigned with VII Corps, Personnel Service Group. It includes the notification of deployment, travel to Saudi Arabia, duties during the war...
This Field Artillery Guide has been designed primarily for field use and reference. The staff of the Field Artillery Journal intends it to give each Field Artilleryman all necessary working data, when supplemented only by the manuals and range...
This thesis evaluates the history of the 761st Tank Battalion from its activation to its deactivation. The battalion was one of the three African American tank battalions established during World War II. The 761st Tank Battalion was the first...
This personal experience paper covers my second deployment to Iraq OIF 3. The following events, reconsolidation of equipment in Kuwait, Convoy to Camp Sykes, Operation Restoring Hope make up the content of this paper. My name is Stephen D. Tillman,...