Journal of Forager Operations by Expeditionary Troops in the Mariana Islands from June-August 1944. Entries detail front lines, location of troops, weather, operations, supporting measures, combat efficiency and results.
Illuminating Engineering Society. Committee on War Service
This book is designed to give guidance to proper lighting for protecting personal property, water ways, street lighting, piers, water approaches, ships, etc. during times of war.
This manual contains chapters on artillery organization, command, guns and equipment, employment of defensive artillery, artillery operations, targeting and reconnaissance.
This book describes the mark I aeroplane flare. It is an illuminating device which is dropped from an airplane at night to obtain illumination of the ground. Description of components, method of assembly, folding parachute, packing, operation of...
These points of support contain all the material necessary for building or equipping ships;they furnish all the men and supplies required by the navy;and must offer for a beaten fleet, or one which at the outbreak of war has not yet completed it...
This 1958 manual is a guide for field artillery officers and commanders and staffs of all combat arms. It is concerned with the tactical employment of field artillery.
Contains extracts from command reports for information, evaluation and any necessary action in accordance with SR 525-85-5. Includes extracts and items no. 61-94. Discusses: a counter fire experiment, the employment of a counterfire platoon in...
This document describes the Japanese field artillery during World War Two. It addresses the following topics: organization (division and heavy artillery, and observation regiments); basic doctrine (relation of artillery to infantry, forward...
This monograph focuses on the use of analysis in combat operations and concentrates in the utilization of techniques in situations which the authors were personally familiar. It primarily covers the systematic blending of military judgment, data...
This thesis is an examination of Soviet ground force night operations, both from a historical perspective and from current doctrine and training accounts. The objective of this analysis was to determine if the Soviets can be expected to employ...
When war erupted in the American colonies in 1775 at Lexington and Concord, the British Empire was logistically unprepared. Neither the army nor the supporting administration in Great Britain could comprehend the nature of their opponent or the...
This report covers the activities of Combat Team Twenty-Three, of the 4th Marine Division, during the Iwo Jima Operation, from inception to conclusion. Includes planning and preparation, movement operations, landings, narrative of operations,...
This report covers the activities of Combat Team Twenty-Four, of the 4th Marine Division, during the Iwo Jima Operation, from inception to conclusion. Including planning and preparation, ship movements, landing assault, operation narrative, attack...
This report covers the activities of Combat Team Twenty-Five, of the 4th Marine Division, during the Iwo Jima Operation, from inception to conclusion. Including planning and preparation, ship movements, landing assault, operation narrative, attack...
This manual is a definitive source of unclassified information on Soviet ground forces and their interaction with other services in combined arms warfare, including ground forces, military personnel, training, division organization, and equipment...
Published for use as a text book in the Coast Artillery School and in schools providing military training, it includes classifications of ammunition, primers, propellants, projectiles, charges, fuses, and fire effects.