All generalizations are untrue, including this statement. Notwithstanding that, during World War II I lived in New York, New Jersey, Alabama. and...
I had the impression that "S" and "Schu" mines were the same. Can someone please point me to a good link which describes in general the types and...
The first raid on Ploesti was not the one implied by b17sam. Read, instead, from the USAAF Chronology: FRIDAY, 12 JUNE 1942 MTO, HALPRO...
See http://www.34infdiv.org/history/135inf/4210.0306.txt for a report of the Americans captured by the French at Algiers. I've seen nothing about...
Fair counterpoint ... it's all in my adverbs. As I read over what I just wrote, I see it's long-winded and somewhat rambling, but the gist of it...
Two points ... Za Rodinu suggests "... the point of these Murmansk convoys was mainly political, to show Stalin how engaged the Brits really...
There was no fixed date for uniform changeovers. The decision seems to have been left to theater, division, or installation command ... or when...
Before we give all the A-Bomb credit to America, perhaps someone more familar than I with the 'Tube Alloys' project would comment. Quoting from...
Interesting ... There is no 343rd Engineer Battalion listed in Stanton's Order of Battle US Army WW II, which is generally accepted as...
In the pre-WWII days of the 'square division' (4 regiments) each division had a numbered Military Police Company. For example, 34th MP Co in the...
Sending homosexuals to concentration camps does not suggest that Hitler was or was not homosexual any more than his sending left-handers to...
I would like to recommend the recently published "Monte Cassino: The Hardest-Fought Battle of World War II" by Matthew Parker. ISBN 0-385-50985-5
Two other airmen, although not recipients of the medal for action in the air, were Col Demas T Craw, AAC, 8 Nov 42 (French Morocco)...
The source index for the 'jakesnake' citations is most likely http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/war/15_wwii.html or a comparable database
Rick Atkinson, currently a Visiting Professor (or comparable title) at the US Army War College, notes on one of his websites -...
'Red Baron' errs in a couple of minor aspects. The Polish II Corps went into action on 12 May 1944 in the Fourth Battle of Monte Cassino. He...
Christmas, 1944 Colonel Wallace M. Hale, Division Chaplain, 88th Infantry Division, writes in his Christmas letter [last] year about the "Blue...
A short note on patrolling under winter conditions (WW II Italy) is found at http://www.milhist.net/mto/patrol.html
The Navajo Nation pressured Congress for the Congressional Medals to be given their Marine Code Talkers. This was, in effect, their deliberate...
http://philmont.troop18.org/history/crash.html
