This is a transcript of an oral history interview with Mr. John G. Oechsner. It is dated: January 19, 1982. The audio version of this interview is also available through this archive. The interview was conducted by Sergeant Major Erwin H. Koehler,...
This book contains the regulations for dismounted soldiers in the field artillery and mounted soldiers, firing instructions, the gun squad, conduct of fire, drivers, care of horses, and ceremonies.
"This 1939 manual prescribes the duties to be performed in the service of the piece by the personnel normally assigned to one gun section of the firing battery."
This is a field manual prepared under the direction of the Quartermaster General in 1929. Transport categories contained in the document include equitation, training remounts, use and care of animals, use and care of animal-drawn transport, use and...
This manual contains in condensed form the approved principles and doctrines for the training and employment of Field Artillery. Field service regulations, field manuals, technical regulations, and training manuals cover subjects referred to but...
Small pamphlet encouraging enlistment, giving details about serving in the Army, Navy or Marines. Information on drills, regulations, branch organization, pay, duties, and advancement.
"This 1948 manual prescribes the duties to be performed in the service of the piece by the personnel normally assigned to one howitzer section of the firing battery."
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...
Department of Equitation, the Army Service Schools
It is the aim of the course in Equitation at The Army Service Schools to give the officers the physical exercise called for in General Orders, No. 148, War Department, 1910; to begin their instruction in the training of an officer's mount; to...
"This 1944 manual prescribed the duties to be performed in the service of the piece by personnel normally assigned to one gun section of the firing battery."
"The objects of this instruction are (1) to train the personnel in the mechanism of the methods of fire so that, at the word of command, fire of the desired nature may be delivered with certainty and celerity, and (2) to train officers in the...
This text is designed as a review in mathematics for all personnel planning to attend one of the general or specialist courses offered by the Field Artillery School.
This is a transcript of a taped interview with Sergeant Major of the Army William G. Bainbridge, conducted by Sergeant Major Erwin H. Koehler (United States Army, retired) for the Center of Military History, United States Army and the United States...
"These 1932 regulations prescribe a systematic procedure for the performance of duties in the service of the piece by personnel assigned to howitzer sections of batteries equipped with 155-mm, howitzer materiel, M1917 and M1918."
This 1942 manual prescribes the duties to be performed in the service of the piece by the personnel normally assigned to one-gun seciton in the firing battery.
The purpose of this study is to provide a concise description of Japanese infantry weapons. Contents include nomenclature, pistols and rifles, grenades and landmines, grenade dischargers, machine guns, mortars, antitank and infantry guns, and small...