Erich Brown and I recently had this exchange in the Information Requests > United States Armed Forces > Top ETO Air Force fighter unit...
9th, 12th, and 15th Air Forces sound more like MTO (Mediterranean Allied Air Force) than ETO. Yes, I am aware they moved around and were at times...
I'm always interested in this sort of record. I've been reading up on the US Army's Amphibious Training Center and Engineer Amphibian Command for...
Finally decided to see what this was all about - found it a simple confirmation of a long-held view: The United States has the best Congress that...
The General suggests - without being specific as to who, when, where: " ... Though their armed forces were very old-fashioned so they had the...
FM7-10: Field Manual, Rifle Company FM7-20: Field Manual, Infantry Battalion You'll probably find both at...
The 320th Infantry Regiment was assigned to the 35th Infantry Division 26 Jan 43, landed Normandy (Omaha Beach) 7 July 44, but was later attached...
Kampfgruppe-Root - Your words of this morning seem intended only to create rancor and dissention among the troops. Your reference to 'adolf'...
I did not realize I had entered into a ....(drum roll).... contest. Historical tidbit, though the rules may have been changed in recent times:...
Erwin, (regarding Eisenhower as a Field Marshal) I would say no. You do the research this time. It would have had to be awarded by a nation...
PzJgr - MacArthur may have been called a Field Marshal, among other things. But that rank was not granted by the United States Government....
A suggestion meant in a kindly way. If it offends you, please just ignore me and it. Thanks. Please don't "bump" any threads, unless it fills a...
Doc Raider - I believe the misunderstanding, if you'll allow me to call it that, arose because the American rank of General of the Army might...
MacArthur was a five-star general, a "General of the Army". Despite what others might have called him, he was not a Field Marshal. Nor did he...
Well, it appears that he-of-the-nimble-fingers took the advice and got his hundred posts today. At this rate he will be in first place sometime...
Snoopy did drink a Veterans' Day toast. My recollection is that it was, however, drunk with or to Mauldin himself. See the penultimate paragraph...
With regard to von Braun, Dornberger, and Peenemunde: Some of the basic dates, operations, and organization can be clarified at...
Combat Commands were the WW II US Armored Division brigade counterparts to the Infantry Division's Regimental Combat Team. Tank, Armored...
No. 9, Sommecourt - The sponsoring organization for this memorial is the Prato section of "UNUCI". the Italian Association of Reserve Officers;...
I am seeking narrative histories, esp. of German 334th Infantry Division and 4th Parachute Division in the vic. of Highways S325 and S65 north of...
