Bloody Ridge Battle Analysis

On June 6th, 1944 at around 6:30 in the morning, members of the 299th Combat Engineer Brigade would make their way as some of the first men on Omaha and Utah beaches. On Omaha beach companies “A” and “C” would work the entire day under heavy fire while clearing obstacles and mines. Company “B” landed on Utah beach where they would clear mines and obstacles in order to allow tanks to travel up the beach. Company “B” would also be under direct and indirect fire, however, company “B” did not have any infantry support in front of them. The company was supposed to land on

Field Artillery “The King of Battle” dates back as far as the birth of the United States Army itself. The Battle at Bunker

the main assault force, C.O.H.Q called upon the services of the 2nd Canadian Division, under the

Field Artillery also known as “The King of Battle” dates back as far as the birth of the United States Army itself. At the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 1775, six artillery cannons stood and fought with much admiration. Due to poor leadership, five of the six cannons were lost and could not partake in battle. Henry Knox, a former bookseller, took over the artillery and created one of the most impressive and cohesive field artillery units that the United States Army has seen today. The artillery guns consisted of a large bronze or iron cannon, and a wooden frame connected with bolts wheeled on a carriage.

Main points: (numbers –Army/54th Massachusetts Regiment, (1st all black regiment), as well as the Navy/Robert Smalls

The flank companies (grenadiers and light companies) of the 4th, 10th, 18th, 22nd, 23rd, 35th, 59th, 63rd and

They took over the mission of the 97thgroup. Defending Okinawa, Japan, and the Ryukyu Islands. At the time the 97thgroup was manning the Nike-Hercules missiles. It wasn’t until they add some more battalions that they were introduced to the Hawk Air Defense missile. With the new additions they were able to better defend Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands. Until the air defense was handed back to the Japanese government in 1973. With that happening the unit saw another deactivation the in the year of

However, according to my research about the 54th Massachusetts soldiers were issued their uniforms immediately following

I remember the day that it all happen. The day the battle for Yahya Khel started, the first major offensive operation for 3rd Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment (Black Knights), 172nd Infantry Brigade. I was in my rack on Forward Operating Base Super (FOB), in the early morning, I was awoken by a member the Operation Detachment Alpha (ODA) team that we shared the FOB with. He asked me “You the mortar guy?” I said I was. “Grab your gear. We have to go, we loaded your 120mm mortar and all the rounds into our vehicles. I’ll explain the situation on the way.” He said

Sergeant Major Valliant was happy to finally receive a tasking; he got Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 501st PIR to give up a platoon to escort himself and General Cook out to the transportation museum. They loaded up several of the armored Humvees that had M-249 MG mounted in their turret. The others were loaded in old M-35 2.5 tom trucks, each one of them had M-2 .50 Caliber MG mounted in their turrets.

In 1943 after a year of Japanese Americans being denied to join the military the Roosevelt administration allowed them to enter combat. The 442nd regiment was formed from Japanese American men. They fought in the Italian mountains. In a nighttime march up Mt.folgorita the 442 regiment broke a six month stalemate at the Gothic line. They chased the Germans for weeks until they finally surrendered. Meanwhile the 522 field artillery battalion liberated Jews from the nachau concentration camp. The 442 regiment is the most decorated soldiers in WWII (Densho,

The 11th battalion was officially denominated the 11th Reserve Infantry Battalion, CEF on April 29, 1915.14 As a Reserve Battlion, the whole of the 11th did not participate in Allied operations. However, sections of the 11th did reinforce in supplementary roles to other Battalions on the Western Front. Members of the 11th played significant parts in reinforcement during the battles at Ypres (1915,’17), Somme (1916), Arras (1917,’18), Vimy (1917), Passchendaele (1917), Amiens (1918), the Battle of the Drocourt-Quéant Line (1917,’18) and the battle of Canal du Nord. (1918).15 It is unclear in which campaigns Private Beckett personally participated in, though it can reasoned he was involved in the multiple Allied attempts at capturing the town of Souchez in the Pas de Callais region of of Northern France. This town will be examined further in the section Front of Postcard.

The 12th Armored Division was activated on 15 September 1942 at a freshly built Camp Campbell, Kentucky, and soldiers from across the nation began arriving to fill the division's ranks on 24 October 1942. The governors of both Kentucky and Tennessee participated in the activation ceremonies, in which Major General Carlos Brewer was named commander of the forming division.

Heartbreak Ridge was the last major offensive for the United Nations coalition in the Korean War. The delegation of orders to take the hill went down as follows: United Nations Commander in Chief Mathew B. Ridgeway ordered Major General Clovis E. Byers, X Corps commander who ordered Major General Robert N. Young commander of the 2nd Infantry Division (Indianhead Division) to secure Heartbreak Ridge. The Heartbreak Ridgeline was a 3,000-foot long line of peaks which consisted of the following hills: Hill 894, Hill 931, and Hill 851. The North Koreans knew Heartbreak Ridge as “Height 1211” and considered it the most difficult battle of the war (Sandler, 1995).

and draft forces. From 1866 through 1871, the Regiment was posted at Ft. Riley and fought in the Indian Wars, notably at the Battle