"In coast defense, the general mission of the armed forces is to prevent or repeal a landing by hostile forces on United States soil or in any theater of operations designated by the President."
Although the U.S. had conducted amphibious operations since the Revolutionary War, it was not until after the Spanish-American War that the military services attempted to codify procedures in doctrine. Early emphasis focused on command...
The enclosed operation report for the Ryukyu Campaign, 96th Infantry Division, 1 April 1945, gives a factual picture of the division's operations including the mission, task force organization, preliminary planning, etc. There is also a narrative...
Over the Beach, written by historian and retired Army Colonel Donald W. Boose Jr., is the definitive history of the extensive but little known US Army amphibious operations during the Korean War, 1950-1953. Building on its extensive experience in...
The enclosed operation report, 96th Division, gives a factual picture of the Division's operations in the Ryukyus Campaign. Contents include: the mission; task force organization; preliminary planning; loading and embarkation; training and...
In coast defense, the general mission of the armed forces is to prevent or repel a landing by hostile forces on United States soil or in any theater of operations designated by the President, and includes all measures taken to provide protection...
This study covers the preparation for the landings at Anzac and Helles, the actual conduct of the troops disembarking, and what lessons should be learned.
This document contains material whose purpose has been to record significant incidents and conditions, dates and statistics, and methods and opinions of those who were part of the Seventh Amphibious Force.
United States Army Forces in the Central Pacific Area
Report of the United States Army Forces in the Central Pacific Area's participation in the Marianas Operation. Volume 1 of 2. This volume contains an introduction to both volumes, information on the headquarters of the United States Army forces in...
To relate how Joint Task Force Seven assembled, organized, and dircted the components of this effort--in short, how Operation Redwing became a reality, is the purpose of this account.
An analysis of the factors bearing on the formations to be adopted by Combat Teams and Infantry Reserve Battalions during a ship-to-shore movement incidental to a forced landing, in joint operations of the Army and Navy, to include presentation of...
This is a document on communications in Japan. Part one discusses radio- the radio telegraph, radio telephone, radio broadcasting, radio telephoto, and television. Wire communications follows which adds information regarding the telegraph,...
This book deals with the European Theater of Operations, covering the period from the build-up in the United Kingdom through V-E Day. Its seven sections are arranged chronologically.
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.; Gerow, Leonard T. (Leonard Townsend), 1888-1972
On 8 November 1947 the regular class and a large number of the faculty of the Command and General Staff College (nearly 600 army officers) traveled to Coronado, California, in twenty Marine Corps air craft. During the period 9-14 November they...