✅ This post was reviewed and corrected as part of the 2025 Historical Accuracy Update.Reviewed by Doc Snafu on November 19, 2025. Document Source: Academic Department of the Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia. Advanced Infantry Officers Course. The Operations of the 3rd Battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division, at Algiers (Algeria) North Africa. (The Algeria-French Morocco Campaign). Personal Experiences of a Rifle Platoon Leader, Major Leslie W. Bailey, US Army. (Type of Operation: Battalion Landing Operation on Hostile Shores) Avant Propos The 34th Infantry Division, federalized from the National Guard in 1940, ranks among the longest-serving and most continuously committed US...

Col William Orlando Darby (Feb 8, 1911 – Apr 30, 1945) was an US Army officer who fought during WW-2 and was killed in action in Italy. He was posthumously promoted to brigadier general. Darby's first assignment was as assistant executive and supply officer with the 82nd Field Artillery at Fort Bliss (Texas). In July 1934, he transferred to Cloudcroft (New Mexico), where he commanded the 1st Cavalry Division detachment. He received intensive artillery training from September 1937 to June 1938 while attending Field Artillery School at Fort Sill (Oklahoma). On September 9, 1940, he was promoted to captain and...

(Document Source: US Army in WW-2, Pictorial Record, Office of the Chief of Military History) (Definitive Version: Doc Snafu November 7, 2022) During WW-2, the photographers of the US Army, USAAF, USN, USMC, and USMC created on film a pictorial record of immeasurable value. Thousands of their pictures are preserved in the photographic libraries of the armed services, little seen by the public. In the volumes of the US Army in WW-2 now being prepared by the Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, it is possible to include only a limited number of pictures. A subseries...

✅ This post was reviewed and corrected as part of the 2025 Historical Accuracy Update.Reviewed by Doc Snafu on November 29, 2025. (Document Source: US Army in WW-2, Pictorial Record, Office of the Chief of Military History) (Definitive Version: Doc Snafu November 7, 2022) During WW-2, the photographers of the US Army, USAAF, USN, USMC, and USMC created on film a pictorial record of immeasurable value. Thousands of their pictures are preserved in the photographic libraries of the armed services, little seen by the public. In the volumes of the US Army in WW-2 now being prepared by the Office of the...

9-ID (Artillery) Report General: Units of the 9-ID Artillery (less the 60th Field Artillery Battalion which had been detached) moved on Mar 25/26, 1943, to bivouac areas in the vicinity of Gafsa. Unit commanders made map and terrain recon on Mar 26, but, upon returning to the Artillery CP, which had been established in the palm grove at El Guettar, they were informed that the attack had been postponed 24 hours and that units would remain in bivouac for the night Mar 26/27. During the day of Mar 27, the unit commanders continued recon, and at 1300, the 26-FAB, followed...

In November 1942, the US First Infantry Division embarked on a monumental mission known as Operation Torch in North Africa. This audacious endeavor represented an unyielding commitment to liberate Europe from the clutches of tyranny. With grit and determination coursing through their veins, these brave soldiers stormed the enemy-held beaches under deafening gunfire, facing imminent danger with steely resolve. The chilling winds of uncertainty danced harmoniously with the burning desire for victory that propelled them forward. As they advanced through treacherous landscapes and barren deserts, the division witnessed the horrors of war firsthand; yet, their unwavering pursuit of freedom...

Operations of Love Co, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, in the Night Raid on Maknassy, Tunisia, December 17, 1942. Personal experience of a Company Commander. Maj Stephen B. Morrissey Official histories of World War II, it has been claimed, will toe the most complete and most accurate ever written. With maps and statistics, they will describe the maneuvers of regiments, divisions, and armies around the world. The maps will be in gay colors. Strong, fat arrows will coil, penetrate, envelop, and hammer at enemy forces. The decisions of famous leaders will be analyzed exhaustively. These histories may almost begin to...