Essay on A History of the 714th Tank Battalion

next day. On 27 August 1951, Ninth Infantry Battalion was directed to reclaim hill 983 and 38th

During the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, the 2nd Infantry was ordered to cover the retreat from Strasburg, Virginia in the battle at Front Royal on May 23, 1862. In this engagement Shaw received a minor wound and was recognized by his men for exhibiting courage and a cool composure during the fight. But the 2nd Infantry would not experience their real baptism of fire until the Northern Virginia Campaign at the Cedar Mountain wheatfield, August 9, 1862. The regiment suffered terrible losses and would be tested again on September 17 at the Battle of Antietam, considered the bloodiest single day in the war. Shaw, now a captain in the unit, received a minor wound but felt the excitement of the battle as never before. However, after experiencing the horrors of this event, he wished more than ever that the war would end. Shaw was offered a deal to take command of a new All-Black Regiment. At first, he declined the offer, but after further thought he accepted the

This unit was practicing improper procedures for their soldiers were drinking, doing drugs, and visiting local brothels. From a tactical stand point the 48th infantry was no better in this aspect either. The patrols they conducted were inadequate and performed far from often. The area supposed to be under their control became dangerous because the insurgents moving in the area were virtually unchallenged. This was no feat for the 101st and 1st platoon because the 101st is a tactically sound unit that could establish control and a presence in the area but for soldiers that had to do so upon arrival when it was supposed to be maintained is not necessarily a good thing. The company commander of bravo, Cpt. Goodwin decided the best way to take back control of their area of operations is to have a three station cycle for his company. Each platoon would have a twenty-one day rotation at a different location carrying out a different task. The three tasks were to set up TCP on a main roads, set up a FOB and be the quick reaction force for the other platoons, and the third task was to patrol the city as per guidance from higher. The least liked job was manning the TCP’s. The soldiers did not like this job because they knew soldiers sitting in the open made for easy targets. The task of patrolling was no easy feat either, as stated earlier the previous unit left the city in poor conditions. The roads were filled with

The task of defending Tennessee and the rearguard against Hood fell to Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, commander of the Army of the Cumberland. The principal forces available in Middle Tennessee were IV Corps of the Army of the Cumberland, commanded by Maj. Gen. David S. Stanley, and XXIII Corps of the Army of the Ohio, commanded by Maj. Gen. John Schofield, with a total strength of about 30,000. Another 30,000 troops under Thomas's command were in or moving toward Nashville.

President Eisenhower sent 1,200 members of the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell, Kentucky and placed them in charge of the 10,000 National Guardsmen on duty.

The 99th Pursuit Squadron was assigned first to Tunisia in 1943, then to a combat mission in the German-held Island of Pantelleria and took part in the allied invasion of Sicily. In September, Davis was recalled to Tuskegee to take over a larger all-black unit preparing for combat in Europe, the 332nd Fighter

Elements of the 4th were stationed at Fort Huachuca from 1884 to 1890. During World War II the 4th was reorganized and redesignated the 4th Cavalry, Mechanized. After numerous reassignments and changes, it became the 4th Cavalry, Armored.

At dawn, the Marine 1st Battalion, 5th Marines—commanded by Major Julius Turrill—was to attack Hill 142, but only two companies were in position. The Marines advanced in waves with bayonets fixed across an open wheat field that was swept with German machine gun and artillery fire, and many Marines were cut down.[9][10] Captain Crowther commanding the 67th Company was killed almost immediately. Captain Hamilton and the 49th Company fought from wood to wood, fighting the entrenched Germans and overrunning their objective by 6 yards (5.5 m). At this point, Hamilton had lost all five junior officers, while the 67th had only one commissioned officer alive. Hamilton reorganized the two companies, establishing strong points and a defensive line.[11]

The troops were divided into two great combat regiments, Regimental Combat Team 1 with 3rd Battalion/ 1st Marines, 3rd Battalion/5th marines, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion, 4th and 23rd Seabees and the US Army 2nd Battalion /7th Cavalry. The other regiment, the Regimental Combat Team 7 included the 1st Battalion/ 8th marine, 1st Battalion /8th Marines and the US Army 2nd Battalion/ 2nd Infantry. Assisting in the assault 2000 Iraqi soldiers were incorporated, and with the order to surround the city to avoid bandits escape, the task was assigned to the 1st Battalion of the British 850 regiment, all supported by air raids and heavy artillery strikes over the city.

North Carolina, Camp Lejeune base camp summer two weeks after Operation Barbarossa or also known as Operation

The battle of the bulge is an military battle that took place in northern France over the course of December 16, 1944 to January 18, 1945. The beggining of the battle on December 16 the U.S. Army VIII Corps including the 106th Infantry Division. The 28th Infantry Division and also the reduced 9th Armored Division. The 4th Infantry Division set up from north to south. The VIII Corps headquarters was located in Bastogne. The VIII Corps were holding the southern edge of the U.S. First Army front lines adjacent to the U.S. Third Army. By 12:00pm on the first day of the attack, December 16, there were twice as many German divisions, including two panzer divisions, identified in the sector moving against VIII Corps. By December 18 there were two

Macarthur would for go on furlough shortly after his return from Veracruz. He would return to the War Department on december 11,1915 and would be promoted to the rank of major for his actions in Veracruz. With his new position Macarthur would be assigned to various administration and intelligence units. However, following the declaration of war against germany on April 6, 1917, Macarthur and Newton D. Baker, the secretary of war, would secure an agreement to use the national guard as an infantry unit on the western front. This new infantry unit would be known as the 42nd Division or the Rainbow Division. The 42nd would be trained at Camp Mills, New York. Their training would emphasize open field combat rather than newly accustomed trench warfare.

At the time, Major General Troy Middleton, who was the commander of U.S. VIII Corps of the 1st Army with his command post at Bastogne, had only two regiments of combat engineers and Combat Command R of the 9th AD left. In an effort to buy some time, while awaiting for the arrival of the 101st Airborne Division to reinforce the defense at Bastogne, Coronel William R. Roberts, Commander of the Combat Command B of the 10th Armored Division, was ordered by MG Middleton to divide the CCB in three teams. The plan was to post each team in Noville, Longvilly and Marvie to the north, northeast and southeast of Bastogne respectively in order to hold or at least delay the oncoming assault of German forces consisting of two armored and one infantry division. Major Desobry with 325 soldiers and fifteen tanks under his command was then ordered to move with his team into

600,000 men would attack with nine divisions and five more in reserve. The infantry was

By 1965, the new "airmobile concept" became a reality. Finally, on 14 November 1965, these new airmobile tactics were put to the test. On this day, the army ordered the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, commanded by Hal Moore, to infiltrate Landing Zone X-Ray on a search and kill mission.