Aid to training engineer amphibian unit. Covers amphibious operations, engineer special brigades, engineer boat and shore regiments, engineer boat battalions, engineer boat companies, engineer shore battalions, engineer shore companies, brigade...
This guide is published as an aid to training engineer amphibian units. It contains the essentials of the mission, procedure and organization of engineer amphibian troops as developed during the past year (1943?). Basic facts are given, as well as...
This is the seventh guide in a series published as an aid to training engineer amphibian units. It is a basic manual for officers and enlisted men in engineer shore battalions and other engineer amphibian units operating on the far shore. It...
The attached troop list by type unit, "BLACKLIST" Operations, contains an allocation of type units, adjusted to availability in the Western Pacific for the months of August and September 1945 for use as a guide in designation of troop units in...
The purpose of this manual is to present the practical aspects of the employment of a regimental combat team in an amphibious operation. The document presents the planning, embarkation, and landing and assault phases of an amphibious operation at...
This mimeographed manuscript was submitted to the Historical Division, War Department, as required by W.D. Circular 64, 1945. It was prepared to make available an accurate digest of important facts concerning the sixty-one divisions assigned to the...
This document sets forth a checklist of basic duties for troop leaders at the platoon, section, squad, and fire team levels in combat operations. Includes duties in the amphibious and helicopterborne assault operations ashore, and special land...
This status report, which includes seven appendices, sets forth the planning assumptions, problems, and summarizes the studies and the progress which have been made regarding the problems of demobilization. Discussed are the following: status of...
This thesis traces the development of doctrine for command relationships in amphibious warfare. The study examines the command relationships employed in landing operations through World War I, with emphasis on Santiago in the Spanish-American War...
Headquarters, European Theater of Operations, United States Army
The purpose of this document is to provide a theater redeployment and readjustment plan in compliance with existing War Department instructions and to prescribe the basic theater redeployment and readjustment policies and procedures for the...
In the battles of the next war, effective use of firepower will be more critical than in any land battle the US Army has ever fought. Changes in battle tempo, mobility, and firepower will challenge field artillerymen as never before as they plan,...
Operation orders for the invasion of Okinawa-Shima and Ryukyu-Retto. Orders covered amphibious operations, supply requirements, evacuation procedures and includes annexes.
This monograph examines the adequacy of doctrinal decision-making procedures for the operational level of war. These doctrinal procedures are found in emerging joint doctrine. For these procedures to be adequate, they should: provide a rigorous...
Office of the Commanding General, Army Service Forces, War Department
The objective of this plan is to insure that the missions of the Control Division, Army Service Forces, are carried out in effecting redeployment, readjustment, and demobilization during period I. Sections include: Control Division plan; plans and...