These are a collection of prisoner of war documents with languages and translations in English, German, Italian, French, and Japanese. Topics include the convention between the U.S.A. and other powers- amelioration of the condition of the wounded...
This pamphlet is intended to serve as a supplement to FM 27-10, "The Law of Land Warfare", 18 July 1956. Both Geneva and Hague conventions are described as well as additional agreements.
United States. Marine Corps. Fleet Marine Force. G-1 Section
Journal of the G-1 Section of the Fleet Marine Force, regarding military assault operations and casualties during Operation Forager, the invasion of Saipan, Guam and Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands during World War II.
From the General Headquarters of the United States Army Forces in the Pacific. Contains a summary of daily messages, a resume of the situation and miscellaneous information pertaining to the war in the Pacific, including information on conditions...
This is the after action report of XIV Corps in the M-1 operation, Sixth Army. The general mission assigned the XIV Corps in the M-l Operation was to move overwater to Luzon, Philippine Islands, make an amphibious assault and seize beachheads in...
This is part 2 of the after action report of XIV Corps in the M-1 Operation. The document gives reports of the Assistant Chiefs of Staff, G-1 and G-4, as well as reports from the Signal Officer, Chemical Officer, Ordnance Officer, Quartermaster,...
Contains documentary appendices, including information on the guerrilla resistance movement in the Philippines, Intelligence activities in the Philippines during Japanese occupation and operations of the Military Intelligence Section, the Allied...
The purpose of this manual is the instruction of Army and Navy personnel in military government and civil affairs field operations. The manual contains first hand reports of numerous, typical military government and civil affairs situations and...
The US Army's experience with detainee operations spans the period from the Revolutionary War to the present. More to the point, over the past 60 years a body of international law and military regulations, the joint and Army doctrine derived from...
Prisons and detention centers are recruiting grounds for radical Islamists. The National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism Campaign Plan does not sufficiently develop a strategy to counter the violent Islamic ideologies in order to...
This handbook deals with proclamations- and general orders- and instructions (general and special administrative instructions) of the allied military government in Italy; it was prepared in the theater of operation. Sections for imposition of...
On 20 May 1945, the Combined Chiefs of Staff directed the Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean, the Supreme Allied Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, and the Supreme Allied Commander, Southeast Asia Command, to take steps to insure that,...
The face of the battlefield has changed since the original Hague and Geneva Conventions were ratified in 1949. The change of the battlefield mandates changes in our laws and rules of engagement. Discussed here are the foundations for the Law of...
The United States Armed Forces in Iraq currently provides healthcare for thousands of detainees in U.S. custody. Required healthcare, in accordance with Department of Defense Directive and U.S. Army regulation, for detainees surpasses current...
Journal of the G-1 Section of the 27th Infantry Division, regarding medical operations and casualties, military police, civil affairs, Red Cross, and psychiatrics during Operation Forager, the invasion of Saipan and Tinian in the Northern Mariana...
Flournoy, Angelia; Teubert, Michael; Horsley, Steven; Quarm, Brian; Bittel, Dan
Terrorism has been practiced throughout history and throughout the world. The ancient Greek historian Xenophon (c. 431-c. 350 BC) wrote of the effectiveness of psychological warfare against enemy populations. Roman emperors such as Tiberius...
Current training of Soldiers on handling detainees is very proscriptive in terms of what actions may or may not be taken. Far less time is spent on how to deal with unlawful orders, although Soldiers are told to refuse to follow one should they...
Appendices: air dropping of emergency supplies to POWs and Civilian Internees, base establishments, port and base development, airfield development, hospitalization, summary of construction materials requirements, amphibious and heavy cargo...
Enemy order of battle, troop dispositions, schedule of demobilization and disarmament, status of surrendered armament, distribution of Japanese police, Japanese airifields. Notes: Subjects include disarmament, Japanese War Ministry, prisoners of...