Mary, millions of soldiers served during WWII. It would not be so strange if there were more than one Edward J. Bukowski among those millions....
I have a 661-page hard cover book titled Essentials of Infantry Training: a text prepared especially for the study training and examination of...
To add: S-2 is the Intelligence section i.e. the enemy, his capabilities and possible intentions. S-3 is the Operations section i.e. the conduct...
AAR's start at regiment, then division, corps, and army. The only exception are independent battalions. They were generally submitted to the next...
They did get a beer ration. Described as watered down beer. As the HBO series depicted, Red Cross girls were there, kept behind an armed compound...
I was born in 1957, so my childhood years were spent in the 1960s. My father, a WWII combat veteran, passed on when I was only five. All my...
The underlying idea was that the U.S. Marines were sent to Australia to bolster the defense of the country, since the majority of the Australian...
Welcome Joe from a fellow Jersey native. Please post more as I am down the GSP in Ocean County. Greg C.
Author Bill Sloan gives a fairly good account of this raid in his book, The Ultimate Battle: Okinawa 1945 - The Last Epic Struggle of World War...
Welcome Mike. Great intro. I look forward to your posts. Greg C.
Welcome Brian. I can relate to being surrounded by WWII veterans as a kid growing up. In fact, almost every adult male (and some women) I knew...
Welcome SgtMike. I look forward to reading your posts. Greg C.
Whitaker's book was the first thing that came to mind when I read the original post. The seminal work on that campaign. Greg C.
Oh yes, I have watched many WWII weapons firing vids at YouTube, but never ran across hickok45's vids. I subscribed and plan to catch up on him....
Allied tactical air supremacy was certainly a key factor. But I have always been a fan of Eisenhower's "Broad Front Strategy." Much has been...
I am not an expert gamer, so my question/comments will be generalized. I have played mostly first person console versions of "Call of Duty" (PC...
Welcome Ante I look forward to your posts. Greg C.
Darren, very well done! I love oil paintings, and even dabbled a bit when I was younger...not that I was very good. But deep in my heart of...
I applaud your ambition to study military history while pursuing a BA degree. But be warned, "race, culture, class, & gender" studies dominate...
Welcome and thank you for your service. My father's WWII unit, 8th Infantry Division married up with the 3rd Armored Division twice: entering the...
