SFC Webster Anderson's story is an example of one Non-Commissioned Officer's contribution to battlefield success. It seemed nothing could stop Webster Anderson, not North Vietnamese troops, not the loss of both legs and a hand. Until the end, Army...
"The following Provisional Machine Gun Firing Manual, 1917, is publiished for the information and guidance of all concerned. By order of the Secretary of War: Tasker H. Bliss, Major General, Acting Chief of Staff."
Discusses the state of the art of field engineering after World War I. Discusses general principles of field fortification, tools and material, field level and field geometry, the siting of trenches, machine gun emplacements, obstacles, details of...
Document provides information on kinds and profiles of trenches, clearing the foreground, obstacles, demolitions, location of trenches on the ground, and shape of the terrain.
This manual was translated at the Army War College in order to be used in courses by students. Also known as War Department document no. 626, Office of the Adjutant General.
Course of lectures upon The Defense of the Sea Coast of the United States delivered before the U.S. Naval War College by Bvt. Brig.-Gen. Henry L. Abbot.
This manual is published for the information and guidance of all concerned. The following books, pamphlets, and paper have
been freely used:
British army publications
drill regulations, 6" Newton,
notes on aerial photography,
artillery notes no.6,...
This handbook contains general military instructions for cadets; covers Army organization, duties, discipline, operations, training, drills, hygiene, and first aid. Includes photographs and illustrations.
This study investigates the role that Engineer Operations played in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. A background study and description is made of the structure, composition, capability, and employment of engineer officers and...
Full report consists of two volumes.
Special report #28, ETOUSA.
1 Jul 43.
Special report #33, ETOUSA.
Air support of landing assault operations, by Brig. Gen. R.C. Candee; Airborne troops in a landing assault, by Col J.T. Dalbey;...
In imparting instruction in Artillery drills, it should be borne in mind, that in every change of numbers men have to learn different duties and to handle different implements from those they were previously engaged with; the duties again vary with...
Field artillery field manual (1940) which contains reference data of special value to field artillery personnel in the theater of operations, or references to authorized training literature containing these data.
1916 description, adjustment and operation in drill and target practice / prepared especially for officers and enlisted men of the National Guard, and recommended for their use by the Division of Militia Affairs of the War Department.
It must be borne in mind that this book deals with principles and example of methods of warfare, and not fixed rules. There are no fixed methods in warfare. Development in warfare means change of methods or the invention of new ones to overcome...