Anzio Beachhead, fourteenth in the series of studies of particular combat operations, is the story of how VI Corps of the American Fifth Army seized and held a strategic position far to the rear of the main fighting front, in the Italian campaign...
Lecture given at the Infantry and Cavalry School (now the Command and General Staff College) for the Course in Organization and Tactics on 1 December 1904 by Captain Raymond Sheldon, 18th Infantry.
The cruelty of the Japanese forces in the invasion of the Philippines during WWII forced the migration during the Bataan Death March that ended the lives of many Allied and Filipino soldiers. Out of 78,000 soldiers forced to march, only about...
The number of soldiers who lost their life on the Death March is unknown. Six days after they began their march they arrive at Camp O’Donnell. Those who lived through those 6 days of hell thought once they arrive at the prison camp their...
The Noncommissioned Officers (NCOs) on the Bataan Peninsula made the difference between life and death for many soldiers during World War II. From the initial attack by the Japanese to the Bataan Death March, the NCOs made the difference. The...
"Artillery on the march requires strict discipline and close supervision. There is no greater evidence of the training and discipline of a unit than its conduct on the march."
Bush, James E.; Cochrane, William M.; Gingrich, John R.; Gross, David F.; Hackett, Craig D.; Schultz, Douglas P.
The following document will examine World War II's second battle of Corregidor, which resulted in the recapture of the island by US forces. Corregidor is a rocky outcrop of land which would be totally without significance were it not for its...
The main reason for the study is to determine the application of principles to the defense against the wide envelopment using open warfare situations as examples. General employment of the combined arms is the focus. There are two maps showing the...
Discusses a variety of topics including the general situation, organization, division headquarters, the G-1 section of the Division of General Staff, the services and their functions, supply, introduction, concentration of a division in a training...
Napoleon's invasion of the Iberian Peninsula brought Spain, Portugal, and Britain into a close, if sometimes uneasy alliance. When an expeditionary force led by General Sir Arthur Wellesley, later the 1st Duke of Wellington, disembarked in Portugal...
This is a dinner menu from the Inter-American Military Justice Conference, 26 March 1945 at the Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, golf club. It contains one photograph of the Inter-American officers visiting the fort over 26-27 March.
MAJ Andrew March served with Task Force Odin-Afghanistan (TF Odin-A) in Bagram, Afghanistan during 2010 and 2011 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this July 2012 interview, MAJ March briefly discusses his first two deployments to...
A veteran of two deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, US Marine Corps Major Dave Banning commanded Alpha Company, 1st Tank Battalion, attached initially to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment and later to 1st Marines, in theater from...
In April 2003, Major Kevin Pies, a Christian Military and Alliance chaplain from Fort Carson, Colorado, along with the 64th Forward Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division joined soldiers from Fort Hood in Kuwait at Camp New Jersey....
Major Shane Celeen, Armor Branch, deployed his company - Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor (2-70), part of 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kansas - after a six-month trainup in March 2003. New to the company, his unit had...
This paper uses a limited number of marches made by the French armies and covers the dismounted elements to determine the distances marched and the time it required to complete the march. The study illustrates conditions which existed at the time...
The story of the American soldiers who fought on the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines during World War II is one of misery, horrific atrocities, and death. It is also a story of perseverance, courage, heroic efforts, and the steadfast belief in...
When the continental army was formed in 1775 a typical regimental staff had four NCOs a sergeant major, quartermaster, drum major and fife major. A typical company had four corporals and four sergeants. Regulations stated that the NCO was...
Staff Group 19 A; Liddell, Robert J.; Babiker, Mohamed Elamin; Collins, William P.; Couch, Timothy H.; Donnelly, Michael E.; Edwards, Joseph R.; Franzello, Arty J.; Harrell, William S.; Morrison, Charles M.; Nickisch, Ward B.; Nitta, Alan S.;...
On 21 March 1945, the Fifth Infantry Division was alerted to prepare to launch a surprise night crossing of the Rhine River at Oppenheim, Germany. Despite the haste involved in the assault timing, engineers made elaborate preparations for...