Contains the following Eighth Army Headquarters orders: Admin. order no. 4 to accompany field order no.17, Admin. order no. 3 to accompany field order no. 11, Admin. order no. 2 to accompany field order no. 9.
The Department of the Army sensed the importance of recording wartime experience as speedily as possible to enable the Army to meet similar situations in the future with a minimum of effort, manpower, and equipment. Realizing the value of utilizing...
During Operation DESERT STORM, Third U.S. Army was tasked to perform the roles of Army component command for U. S. Central Command (CENTCOM), theater army for all U. S. Army forces in the Persian Gulf theater, and field army headquarters for...
Cleaver, Frederick W.; Fitzpatrick, George; Ponturo, John; Rossiter, William; Stolzenbach, C. Darwin
This Technical Memorandum ORO-T-64 AFFE is a study that analyzes and evaluates the UN partisan campaign in Korea with the objective of determining ways to improve the conduct of guerilla warfare in the future. The episode of the Korean partisan...
65th Fighter Wing, 8th U.S. Air Force, Headquarters
This document was written to make and show why certain recommendations may help future air force commanders conserve fighters; this is not a training manual, however. It details the fact that flak was by far the most dangerous weapon the strategic...
This research sought to determine the degree to John P. Kotter's 1996 model of Leading Change for transforming businesses could be applied to the Army's current Transformation initiative. The research used three historical examples--Ridgway's...
The relationship of events in time is the essence of history. Chronology: 1941-1945 establishes the sequence of events from the time the first bombs on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 until the instrument of surrender was signed aboard the USS...
Five years after emerging victorious from World War II, the United States became embroiled in the Korean War. In August of 1950, despite the relative industrial and technological disadvantages suffered by the enemy North Korean Peoples’ Army, the...
Report on the Eighth Air Force's mission to target multiple defensive installations, concentrating their efforts against targets in Ruhland, Germany, Drohobez, Poland, Arad, Roumania and Beziers, France.
Before the landings on MINDANAO were wade, aerial
photographs and guerrilla intelligence wore the chief sources of available information concerning the island.
Edwards, Brian D.; Mattie, John; Wallace, Timothy W.
Thesis Statement: General Patton's deviation from the Operation Husky Campaign Plan and the speed of his advance ultimately saved allied lives. Discussion: British General Bernard Montgomery developed the allied plan for Operation Husky; the...
The purpose of this monograph is to examine the doctrine of retrograde operations. Specifically, it answers the question: does current doctrine provide sufficient guidance for retrograde operations at the operational level of war? To answer the...
The attached Staff Study is derived from the Basic Outline Plan for "BLACKLIST" Operations, Edition Three, 8 August 1945. It constitutes the basis for directives to be issued for an initial contingent airborne operation to occupy critical portions...
This report is of X Corps activities against the North Korean Army, launched in September 1950, with the 8th Army executing a successful amphibious operation at Inchon, and ending at the Chosin Reservoir, just prior to the Chinese intervention....
This thesis aims to identify lessons learned for future Security Force Assistance efforts by studying America's advisory mission in South Korea. After the invasion of South Korea by North Korea on 25 June 1950, the Republic of Korea (R.O.K.) Army...
The main objective of this study is to establish an Eighth Air Force organization designed primarily for mobility and composed insofar as possible of standard units. Contains two proposal plans.
Looks at activities of the General Headquarters, Far East Command and United Nations Command (GHQ, FEC/UNC) for December 1950. Provides information on operations in Korea: the general situation and ground, navy and air forces. Also looks at...
Contains instructions for the occupation of Japan. Orders the Allied Occupation Forces to occupy strategic areas and governmental centers in Japan proper to insure enforcement of the terms of surrender, the maintenance of law and order, the...
Contains an evaluation of X Corps operations during October 1950 with maps, and a summary of major activities, including command, intelligence, operations, logistics and personnel, a catalog of plans and orders and war diaries 1-31: daily...