Bracketing the enemy: forward observers in World War II
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-264) and index The evolution of forward observation -- Mobilizing for war : the 37th (Ohio National Guard) and 87th Divisions -- Tactical parity and disparity : different enemies -- Baptism of fire : the 37th Division on New Georgia -- Massed fires and mass slaughter : Bougainville -- Collateral damage in the Philippines : Luzon and Manila -- Initiation to combat : the Saar basin -- Forward observers in the Ardennes : the Bulge -- Through the wall and across the rhine -- Conspicuous gallantry : forward observers and the Medal of Honor -- The key to successful infantry-artillery coordination |
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| adam_text | Contents
List of Illustrations
ix
List of Charts and Maps
xi
Preface and Acknowledgments
xiii
Introduction
3
1.
The Evolution of Forward Observation
8
2.
Mobilizing for War: The 37th Division (Ohio National
Guard) and 87th Division
29
3.
Tactical Parity and Disparity: Different Enemies
40
4.
Baptism of Fire: The 37th Division on New Georgia
57
5.
Massed Fires and Mass Slaughter: Bougainville
74
6.
Collateral Damage in the Philippines: Luzon and Manila
87
7.
Initiation to Combat: The
Saar
Basin
106
8.
Forward Observers in the Ardennes: The Bulge
122
9.
Through the Wall and across the Rhine
136
10.
Conspicuous Gallantry: Forward Observers and the
Medal of Honor
161
11.
The Key to Successful Infantry-Artillery Coordination
173
Epilogue
183
Notes
191
Glossary
235
Bibliography
243
Index
265
VII
Illustrations
37th Division howitzers,
1941 16
37th Division motor convoy,
1941 32
Battery C, 135th Field Artillery, Ohio National Guard,
1940 33
Entrance to Camp Shelby, Miss.,
1941 35
Members of Battery C,
1941 36
Lt. Clemens
Schmitt,
334th Field Artillery, and L-4,
May
1945 38
Robert Harshbarger, Battery C,
1941 68
John Wendell Josh, Battery C,
1941 91
Woods near Medelsheim
110
Don Walker, Battery C,
1941 112
Medelsheim s church and steeple, rebuilt after the war
114
Near
Ves
queville, Belgium
126
Dragon s teeth obstacles near the German-Belgian border
137
Schnee
Eifel
from Kobscheid
139
Intact
Westwall
bunker in the 63rd Division s sector
141
Rear of a large bunker
143
Statue of the kaiser at
Deutsches Ecke,
Koblenz
152
East bank of the Rhine River opposite Boppard
153
German civilians walk among the ruins of Plauen.,
May
1945 157
German soldiers near Plauen after armistice, May
1945 157
IX
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ILLUSTRATIONS
87th Division 105-mm howitzers, Kottenheide
158
Lt. Don Walker by
a Stuka,
May
1945 159
U.S. Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Okla.
187
Forward-observer training class on the firing range, Fort Sill
188
Smoke rounds bracket a target, Fort Sill
188
Chart
and Maps
Organization of a Triangular Infantry Division
31
The 37th s plan of attack on New Georgia
58
Bougainville Island
75
The Luzon Campaign
88
XII
Corps, December
1-2, 1944 125
The 87th Division s attack on the Siegfried Line
138
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