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Author | : Paul Van Kavelaar |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2020-02-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1678173959 |
The experiences of a young enlisted man in the Army 1936-45. The first half of the book covers the time period from 1936 through early 1944. As he describes his training, assignments and perceptions of various incidents, the reader sees how he was integrated into the military culture. The second half details his experiences as a prisoner of war after his B-24 Liberator was shot down over Germany. He was the plane's radio operator. He was a POW in four different camps from March 1944 through January 1945: Stalag Luft 8, Stalag Luft 4, Stalag Luft 17 and the POW camp at Moosberg. The book vividly depicts life at each of these sites and the transport from one to another. The book ends with the liberation by Patton's forces and the trip back to the United States. In addition to documents and news clippings there are some black and white pictures taken with a smuggled miniature camera of camp life and the camp's liberation. 55 photos, 5 news clippings, 3 documents.
Author | : Edgar F. Raines |
Publisher | : Government Printing Office |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Aerial observation (Military science) |
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Author | : Edgar F. Raines |
Publisher | : U.S. Government Printing Office |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
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CMH Pub. 70-31. Army Historical Series. Examines the institutional origins of modern Army Aviation by recounting the experiences of the men who flew observed fire missions, or Air Observations Posts (AOP) in light aircraftfor the Field Artillery during World War 2. Identifies the circumstances and debate that gave rise to the AOP program.
Author | : John J. McGrath |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : History |
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"This study provides a historical survey and comparison between two key elements of the joint combined arms team, indirect fire support, as provided by field artillery and mortars, and direct aerial fire support (close air support (CAS) and interdiction) provided by aerial platforms (fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft). Since the beginning of modern combined arms operations in World War I, there has been a continual improvement and refinement of ground and air fire support means ... This study discusses the interplay and use of air and ground fire support elements in the modern period. The work begins with a brief background on the evolution of modern field artillery but is primarily concerned with the period from 1914 to the present. While it discusses all major technological and tactical innovations, the focus is clearly on the United States Army and the United States Air Force. Since at least 1941, the United States has led the way in technological and organizational developments in both aviation and field artillery"--Page 1.
Author | : PAUL. VAN KAVELAAR |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2011 |
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ISBN | : 9781435755475 |
Author | : Air Corps. War Department |
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Total Pages | : 438 |
Release | : 1936 |
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Author | : Major Gary C. Cox |
Publisher | : Pickle Partners Publishing |
Total Pages | : 107 |
Release | : 2015-11-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1786250373 |
This study examines the development and usefulness of US air attack theory and doctrine during the interwar period, 1919-1941. This period represents more than twenty years of development in US Air Corps attack theory and doctrine. It was the first peacetime period of such development. Attack aviation during this time was a branch of aviation used to provide direct and indirect combat support to ground forces in the form of machine gun strafing, light bombing, and chemical attacks. From the earliest origins, attack theory and doctrine evolved primarily along two paths direct and indirect support of ground and air force objectives. The direct support approach was based on fundamental beliefs by the Army that attack aviation was an auxiliary combat arm, to be used directly on the battlefield against ground forces and to further the ground campaign plan. The indirect support approach, or air interdiction, was derived from the fundamental beliefs by the Air Corps that attack aviation was best used beyond the battle line and artillery range, against targets more vulnerable and less heavily defended, to further both the Air Force mission and the ground support mission. As attack doctrine evolved, range and hardened targets became problematic for the single-engine attack plane. Thus, attack theory and doctrine in terms of the indirect support approach, was adequately developed to be useful at the start of WWII. The use of light and medium bombers in North Africa showed the effectiveness of air interdiction and the indirect approach. Attack aviation had, indeed, established itself before WWII. Attack aviation, in the form of close air support, would have to wait for the lessons of WWII.
Author | : Kenneth Schaffel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Robert T. Finney |
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Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1955 |
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Author | : Howard K. Butler |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 680 |
Release | : 1992 |
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