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1940 - CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HO.USE 1301 The motion was agreed to; and <at 4 o'clock and 53 minutes Julian Rex Bernheim, Jr. Alonzo Allan Towner, Jr. p.m.) the Senate took a recess until Tuesday, .February 13, Rober·t Paul Hughes Jake William Hearn 1940, at 12 o'clock meridian. Benjamin Hardy Sullivan~ Ephraim Bernard Cohen Jr. David Harry Naimark NOMINATIONS Sterling James Ritchey John Ward Regan Joseph Calvin Lawrence Robert Bresette Gorman Executive nominations received by the Senate February 9 Philip Alexander Bergman Harold Frederick Funsch (legislative day of February 7), 1940 David Hickman Drum- Harry James Grossman · CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION mond Don S. Wenger Ma.j. Robert C. Hunter, Corps of Engineers, United States Joseph Brown Gordon Delmar Eichler Domke Army, for appointment as a member of the California Debris Fred George Lahourcade John Joseph Chizik Commission provided for by the act of Congress approved James Edward Sa.ms Harold Buffington Graves March 1, 1893, entitled .. An act to create the California Louis Harmon Jobe, Jr. Maurice Riordan Connolly Debris Commission and regulate hydraulic mining in the Robert James Goldson James Edward Hix State of California," vice Maj. Frank M.S. Johnson, Corps of PROMOTIONS IN THE REGULAR ARMY Engineers, relieved. · TO BE COLONELS APPOINTMENTS IN THE REGULAR ARMY Paul Sorg Reinecke, Corps of Engineers. TO BE MAJOR GENERAL Raymond Albert Wheeler, Corps of Engineers. Brig. Gen. Walter Campbell Short. United States Army, William Benjamin Hardigg. Ordnance Department. from March l, 1940, vice Maj. Gen. John H. Hughes, United Harry Russell Kutz, Ordnance Department. States Army, to be retired February 29, 1940. -
USAMHI Armor WWII
U.S. Army Military History Institute Armor-WWII 950 Soldiers Drive Carlisle Barracks, PA 17013-5021 30 May 2012 US/ALLIED ARMOR, WWII A Working Bibliography of MHI Sources CONTENTS General Sources.....p.1 Organization/Doctrine.....p.3 Vehicles/Equipment.....p.4 -Light Tanks…..p.5 -Sherman Tanks…..p.6 -Tank Dozers…..p.7 Other Special Aspects.....p.9 -Armor in River Crossings…..p.9 -Canal Defense Project…..p.10 Operations/Units -Pacific Theater General Sources.....p.11 Provisional Tank Group, Philippines.....p.12 Japanese Armor.....p.12 -Mediterranean Theater.....p.13 -European Theater General Sources.....p.13 Hedgerow Cutters....p.15 Manuscript Collections…..p.16 GENERAL SOURCES Army Almanac. Harrisburg, PA: Military Service Publishing, 1959. pp. 16-17. UA25.A75. Chamberlain, Peter. Pictorial History of Tanks of the World, 1915-45. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole, 1972. 256 p. UG446.5.C438. Citino, Robert M. Armored Forces: History and Sourcebook. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1994. 309 p. UG446.5.C54. See Chaps 3 & 7. Conger, Elizabeth M. American Tanks and Tank Destroyers. NY: Holt, 1944. 159 p. UD570.1.C66. US/Allied Armor, WWII p.2 Forty, George. Tanks of World Wars I and II. London: Southwater, 2006. 128 p. UG446.5.F6788. Gillie, Mildred H. Forging the Thunderbolt. Harrisburg, PA: Military Service Publishing, 1947. VA30.G5. Kershaw, Robert J. Tank Men. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2008. 462 p. D793.K47. Lester, J.R. Tank Warfare. London: Allen & Unwin, 1943. 126 p. UD515.L47. Piekalkiewicz, Janusz. Tank War, 1939-45. Poole, England: Blanford, 1986. 332 p. D793.P52713. Chronological narrative of armor developments & operations, with much tech data and diagramming on all the armies. -
BATTLE-SCARRED and DIRTY: US ARMY TACTICAL LEADERSHIP in the MEDITERRANEAN THEATER, 1942-1943 DISSERTATION Presented in Partial
BATTLE-SCARRED AND DIRTY: US ARMY TACTICAL LEADERSHIP IN THE MEDITERRANEAN THEATER, 1942-1943 DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Steven Thomas Barry Graduate Program in History The Ohio State University 2011 Dissertation Committee: Dr. Allan R. Millett, Adviser Dr. John F. Guilmartin Dr. John L. Brooke Copyright by Steven T. Barry 2011 Abstract Throughout the North African and Sicilian campaigns of World War II, the battalion leadership exercised by United States regular army officers provided the essential component that contributed to battlefield success and combat effectiveness despite deficiencies in equipment, organization, mobilization, and inadequate operational leadership. Essentially, without the regular army battalion leaders, US units could not have functioned tactically early in the war. For both Operations TORCH and HUSKY, the US Army did not possess the leadership or staffs at the corps level to consistently coordinate combined arms maneuver with air and sea power. The battalion leadership brought discipline, maturity, experience, and the ability to translate common operational guidance into tactical reality. Many US officers shared the same ―Old Army‖ skill sets in their early career. Across the Army in the 1930s, these officers developed familiarity with the systems and doctrine that would prove crucial in the combined arms operations of the Second World War. The battalion tactical leadership overcame lackluster operational and strategic guidance and other significant handicaps to execute the first Mediterranean Theater of Operations campaigns. Three sets of factors shaped this pivotal group of men. First, all of these officers were shaped by pre-war experiences. -
OH-486) 345 Pages OPEN
Processed by: TB HANDY Date: 4/30/93 HANDY, THOMAS T. (OH-486) 345 pages OPEN Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations Division (OPD), U.S. War Department, 1942-44; Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1944-47. DESCRIPTION: Interview #1 (November 6, 1972; pp 1-47) Early military career: Virginia Military Institute; joins field artillery; service in France during World War I; desire of officers to serve overseas during World Wars I and II; reduction to permanent rank after World War I; field artillery school, 1920; ROTC duty at VMI, 1921-25; advanced field artillery course at Fort Sill; Lesley J. McNair; artillery improvements prior to World War II; McNair and the triangular division; importance of army schools in preparation for war; lack of support for army during interwar period; Fox Conner. Command and General Staff School at Leavenworth, 1926-27: intellectual ability of senior officers; problem solving; value of training for development of self-confidence; lack of training on handling personnel problems. Naval War College, 1936: study of naval tactics and strategy by army officers. Comparison of Leavenworth, Army War College and Fort Sill: theory vs. practical training. Joseph Swing: report to George Marshall and Henry Arnold on foul-up in airborne operation in Sicily; impact on Leigh- Mallory’s fear of disaster in airborne phase of Normandy invasion. Interview #2 (May 22, 1973; pp 48-211) War Plans Division, 1936-40: joint Army-Navy planning committee. 2nd Armored Division, 1940-41: George Patton; role of field artillery in an armored division. Return to War Plans Division, 1941; Leonard Gerow; blame for Pearl Harbor surprise; need for directing resources toward one objective; complaint about diverting Normandy invasion resources for attack on North Africa; Operation Torch and Guadalcanal as turning points in war; risks involved in Operation Torch; fear that Germany would conquer Russia; early decision to concentrate attack against Germany rather than Japan; potential landing sites in western Europe. -
Defeat at Kasserine: American Armor Doctrine, Training, and Battle Command in Northwest Africa, World War Ii
DEFEAT AT KASSERINE: AMERICAN ARMOR DOCTRINE, TRAINING, AND BATTLE COMMAND IN NORTHWEST AFRICA, WORLD WAR II A thesis presented to the Faculty of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree MASTER OF MILITARY ART AND SCIENCE Military History by MARK T. CALHOUN, MAJ, US ARMY B.S., University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana, 1988 Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 2003 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. MASTER OF MILITARY ART AND SCIENCE THESIS APPROVAL PAGE Name of Candidate: Major Mark T. Calhoun Thesis Title: Defeat at Kasserine: American Armor Doctrine, Training, and Battle Command in Northwest Africa, World War II Approved by: ______________________________________, Thesis Committee Chair Christopher R. Gabel, Ph.D. ______________________________________, Member Lieutenant Colonel Marlyn R. Pierce, M.A. Accepted this 6th day of June 2003 by: ______________________________________, Director, Graduate Degree Programs Philip J. Brookes, Ph.D. The opinions and conclusions expressed herein are those of the student author and do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College or any other governmental agency. (References to this study should include the foregoing statement.) ii ABSTRACT DEFEAT AT KASSERINE: AMERICAN ARMOR DOCTRINE, TRAINING, AND BATTLE COMMAND IN NORTHWEST AFRICA, WORLD WAR II, by Major Mark T. Calhoun, 97 pages. The 1st Armored Division was the first American armored unit to enter combat against German panzer divisions in World War II. A product of the contentious mechanization process between the First and Second World Wars, the division soon found itself to be outmatched by its German foe. -
CAMP HOOD KILLEEN, TEXAS SELECTION of SITE, Aind
1 CAMP HOOD KILLEEN, TEXAS SELECTION OF SITE, AiND CONSTRUCTION The Tank Destroyer Tactical and Firing Center was activated at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, 1 December. 1941. The mission of the center was to devise methods of combating the German Panzer divisions. This mission, included organizing tank destroyer units, training troops in this type warfare, selecting weapons and ammunition capable of knock• ing out enemy tanks, and designing gun mounts best suited for tank destroyer tactics. In the beginning, detailed planning and a tremendous amount of research was necessary in order to accomplish this very import• ant mission. Selecting a Camp Site: The necessity of securing a suitable camp, to take care of the expansion that was foreseen, soon became apparent. Several proposed sites were inspected by Colonel Andrew D. Bruce, command• ing officer of the center, and officers from the War Department and the Corps of Engineers. All were rejected for various reasons with the exception of an area northwest of Killeen, Texas, which was favorably considered pending proof of an adequate water supply. The tests which were made proved the water supply entirely sufficient. Area Northwest of Killeen, Texas Ideal: It was of primary importance in considering a camp site to find an area best suited for the training and supplying of the troops that were to occupy the camp. The area north• west of Killeen, Texas, was found to be ideally suited for the type of training required for tank destroyer units, providing.excel lent maneuver grounds and ideal range facilities. It possessed a variety of contours, open fields, wooded areas, slopes, and sharply cut stream lines. -
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES Hall, Charles W
1948 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 7067 Locke, James E. Richwine, Alton J. The following-named .officers for perma LIEUTENANTS (JUNIOR GRADE) Lohman, Frank J. Rigg, Donald C . nent appointment to the rank of lieutenant Helen J,' deMariano Margaret E. Leggett Mandich, Donald R. Ristan, Albert G., Jr. (junior grade) in the. line of · the Naval Anne E: Larkin Eunice Loyd Martin, Robert W. Robinson, James A. Reserve: McDaniel, John M. Schanze, Fred, Jr. Allgood, Vernon L. :Keller, Robert F~ McKee, Richard N. Schirm~r, August A., Bowen, James R. Killian, Roy G. CONFffiMATIONS McKenzie, Harry F., Jr. Jr. Brouse, William Kirichenko, Victor Executive nominations . confirmed by Miller, David E.. Simonson, Eldon D. Cooper, Gordon F. Mincheff, Boris D. Miller, John C. Small, Donald B. Duncan, Janies L. Remillard, Wil-fred J. the Senate June 3 <legislative day of Mueller, Carl C. Smith, Howard w. Eslick, Taliaferro G. Sullivan, William H. June 1), 1948: Mullenmeister, Wil-Smith, Joseph F. Gibson, Stanley M. Tice, John J., III · SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Ham J. Sprague, Raymond E. Janiec, Roy T. Tucker, Robert S. Richard B. McEntire to be a member of Murphy, Francis J. Sulcer, Robert L. The following-named officers for perma the Securities and Exchange Commission for Nelson, Warren F. · Swopes, Bart R. nent appointment to the rank of lieutenant the term expiring June 5, 19.53. Newton, Ernest C. Sylvest, Robert S. (junior grade) in the Supply Corps of the IN THE ARMY Nichols, Horace E. Taylor, Albert T., Jr. Naval Reserve: APPOINTMENTS IN THE REGULAR ARMY OF THE Nimick, David A. -
House of Representatives
2432 · CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE IilARCH 9 Delaware, vice Charles Stewart Lynch, term Howard Arnold Craig inheritance and make l{nown Thy provi expired. David Goodwin Barr· dence in guiding the desting of our Re COLLECTORS OF INTERNAL REVENUE Howard Kendall Loughry public. As we walk humbly among men. Lipe Henslee, of Dickson, Tenn., to be col James Millikin Bevans we pray Thee to keep us true and un-· lector of internal revenue for the district of Curtis Emerson LeMay Robert Battey McClure daunted in our labors to maintain those Tennessee, in place of Joe F. Hale. institutions upon which it must forever James P. Finnegan, of St. Louis, Mo., to be Bennett Edward Meyers collector of internal revenue for the first dis George Clark Dunham rest for its perpetuity. trict of Missouri, in place of Robert E. Hanne Roderick Random Allen Blessed Lord, at times we are silent Cecil Ray Moore ~ gan, resigned. and bewildered; take Thou our chilled George Jacob Richards IN THE MARINE CORPS hearts and our determined wills and Robert Wells Harper mold the:rp in responsive devotion anj Col. Walter G. Farrell to be a brigadier ~en Daniel Noce eral in the Marine Corps, for temporary serv Hugh John Casey obedience. Whatever may betide us, ice, from the 25th day of November 1943. whatever fails us, grant 'that it shall not To be brigadier generals The below-named citizens to be second dim the insignia of our responsibility. lieutenants in the Marine Corps from the Whitfield Putnam Shepard When sorrow comes, teach us how to 7th day of August 1943: Everett Ernest Brown use it and impress us tha · the human Frank,C. -
The Battle of Kasserine Pass: an Examination of Allied Operational 5B
AU/ACSC/03-1368E/2003-04 AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE AIR UNIVERSITY THE BATTLE OF KASSERINE PASS: AN EXAMINATION OF ALLIED OPERATIONAL FAILINGS by Vincent M. Carr, Jr., Major, USAF A Research Report Submitted to the Faculty In Partial Fulfillment of the Graduation Requirements Advisor: Dr Richard Muller Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama April 2003 Form Approved Report Documentation Page OMB No. 0704-0188 Public reporting burden for the collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington VA 22202-4302. Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to a penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if it does not display a currently valid OMB control number. 1. REPORT DATE 2. REPORT TYPE 3. DATES COVERED APR 2003 N/A - 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER The Battle of Kasserine Pass: An Examination of Allied Operational 5b. GRANT NUMBER Failings 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 6. AUTHOR(S) 5d. PROJECT NUMBER 5e. TASK NUMBER 5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER Air University Press Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6615 9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 10. -
Service in the United States Military 1909 William Q. Reno, Sr. Army
MEN FOR OTHERS Service in the United States Military 1909 William Q. Reno, Sr. Army Lieutenant Veteran World War I 1923 Neal E. Fitzgerald Lieutenant Veteran World War II 1925 Charles C. Creedon Veteran World War II 1928 Paul J. Schafer Army Retired World War II Somewhere in 1929 Adam B. Kronk Army Lieutenant Veteran France "suffered injuries to his legs" 1929 Joseph A. Mendryga KIA World War II Killed in action World War II Battalion Surgeon 1931 Stephen M. Gillespie Army Major Veteran with the 1st Army on the Wetern Front; Bronze Star World War II Participated in D- Day with the 18th Infantry 1931 William M. Moynihan Army Major Veteran Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division 1932 James G. Andary Veteran World War II 1932 Raymond M. Andries Veteran World War II Updated: April 12, 2019 Page 1 of 118 MEN FOR OTHERS Service in the United States Military 1932 Elmer J. Barton Veteran World War II 1932 James C. Berg Veteran World War II World War II Dental Corps; Served in European Theater " … 1932 Robert E. Coleman Army Captain Veteran from the Beaches of Normandy to ... Bremen, as my four battle stars will attest." 1932 Albert B. Gregory Veteran World War II 1932 William Janecek Army Veteran World War II Dental Corps Lieutenant 1932 William R. Mulleavy Veteran World War II Colonel 1932 Casimir J. Rozak Veteran World War II 1932 Ralph S. Sharkey Army Veteran World War II 1932 Francis L. Sward Veteran World War II World War II Decorated Naval 1932 Dawson Taylor Navy Veteran Officer "radar school before he went to sea." Updated: April 12, 2019 Page 2 of 118 MEN FOR OTHERS Service in the United States Military 1932 William W. -
Special Observers: a History of SPOBS and USAFBI, 1941-1942
Special Observers: A History of SPOBS and USAFBI, 1941-1942 BY © 2016 Richard H. Anderson Submitted to the graduate degree program in History and the Graduate Faculty of the University of Kansas in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. ________________________________ Chair: Adrian R. Lewis, Ph.D. ________________________________ Co-Chair: Theodore A. Wilson, Ph.D. ________________________________ Sheyda Jahanbani, Ph.D. ________________________________ Paul Atchley, Ph.D. ________________________________ John M. Curatola, Ph.D. Date Defended: 06 December 2016 ii The dissertation committee for Richard H. Anderson certifies that this is the approved version of the following dissertation: Special Observers: A History of SPOBS and USAFBI, 1941-1942 ________________________________ Chair: Adrian R. Lewis, Ph.D. ________________________________ Co-Chair: Theodore A. Wilson, Ph.D. Date approved: 06 December 2016 iii Abstract In late spring, 1941, a small group of U.S. Army officers traveled to Britain to plan for Anglo-American cooperation if and when the U.S. entered World War II. Because the United States was still a neutral country and to prevent potential enemies from knowing the group's purpose, the U.S. Army called its mission to Britain the "U.S. Army Special Observer Group" (SPOBS). From May, 1941 until June, 1942, SPOBS (known as U.S. Army Forces in the British Isles or USAFBI after January 8, 1942) developed plans with the British for establishing U.S forces in the British Isles. Changing strategic conditions however, made much of this work obsolete. As a result, the Allies had to develop new plans for establishing U.S. -
MARSHALL INTERVIEWS in 1956-57 General Marshall Recorded on Eape Some Forty Hours of Answers and Comments in Response to Questions Submitted by Me
MARSHALL INTERVIEWS In 1956-57 General Marshall recorded on eape some forty hours of answers and comments in response to questions submitted by me. This material was recorded in sessions at the Pentagon, at Leesburg, and at Pinehurst. Some of the comnients were recorded without my being present, with his orderly, Sergeant William Heffner, run- ning the machine. In addition, General Marshall talked to me about fifteen hours without a tape recorder. Part of the comments in these sessions was recorded by his secretary, Miss Mary Louise Spilman, and part by me. The interviews and this biography began with a project first suggested in 1951by friends and admirers of General Marshall. In 1953 a group of graduates of his alma mater, the Virginia Military Institute, headed by the late John C. Hagan. Jr , estab- lished the George C. Marshall Research Foundation to collect material on the Gen- eral’s career which would furnish information for a definitive biography and for numerous special studies on the period in which Marshall served as soldier and statesmen. Earlier the group had been assured of the backing of President Harry S. Truman in the collection of documents and the development of a Research Center. Shortly before leaving office, Mr. Truman issued a directive to the General Services Administrator, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Defense “to cooperate with Virginia Military Institute and the proposed George C. Marshall Research Founda- tion in procuring documentary material relating to the activities of General Marshall as a soldier, as Secretary of State, and as Secretary of Defense.” In 1956 President Eisenhower wrote a similar letter, and this official support was reaffirmed by Presi- dent Kennedy in 1962 and President Johnson in 1965.