Down Ramp!: The Story of the Army Amphibian EngineersDa amerikanske hær trådte ind i krigen var det blandt andet med dens enorme landgangsoperationer. Bogen fortæller om amfibie-begrebets historie, om de mænd der udviklede fartøjet, og om arbejdet for de mænd der skulle bruge det i praksis: amfibie-ingeniørerne. Der fortælles om strabadserne på steder som Sicilien, Normandiet, Okinawa og på andre lokaliteter i Stillehavsområdet. |
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Page 40
... Infantry Division was to land with the 40th Engineer Beach Group and capture the Comiso airfield . In the center the 1st Infantry Division with the 531st Engineer Beach Group would land east of Gela and push in to the airfield at Ponte ...
... Infantry Division was to land with the 40th Engineer Beach Group and capture the Comiso airfield . In the center the 1st Infantry Division with the 531st Engineer Beach Group would land east of Gela and push in to the airfield at Ponte ...
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... Infantry Divisions ; the 3d Brigade with the 38th and 28th ; the 4th Brigade with the 4th Infantry Division ; yet all five infantry divisions went to Europe while all three amphibian brigades went to the Western Pacific . C'est la ...
... Infantry Divisions ; the 3d Brigade with the 38th and 28th ; the 4th Brigade with the 4th Infantry Division ; yet all five infantry divisions went to Europe while all three amphibian brigades went to the Western Pacific . C'est la ...
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... Infantry Division , 19 , 30 , 39 , 41 1st Marine Division , 106-107 , 122- 123 , 189 , 192 1st Ranger Battalion , 32 , 36 2d Armored Division , 40 2d Engineer Special Brigade , 12 , 23 , 27-28 , 48 , 65 , 106 , 130-142 , 194- 195 2d ...
... Infantry Division , 19 , 30 , 39 , 41 1st Marine Division , 106-107 , 122- 123 , 189 , 192 1st Ranger Battalion , 32 , 36 2d Armored Division , 40 2d Engineer Special Brigade , 12 , 23 , 27-28 , 48 , 65 , 106 , 130-142 , 194- 195 2d ...
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1st Brigade 1stLt 2d Brigade 2d Engineer Special 2d ESB 4th Brigade 562d EBM Bn 592d Engineer Boat Admiralty Islands Amphibian Engineers amphibious Arawe Army assault attack Beach Group Biak Island Boat and Shore Boat Battalion Boat Maintenance Brigade Headquarters brigade's Camp Edwards Cape Gloucester Capt Cebu coast Colonel convoy Corps Corregidor D-day DUKW EBSR enemy Engineer Amphibian Command Engineer Special Brigade equipment Finschhafen fire Guinea Hollandia Infantry Division invasion Japs July 43 June 44 landing craft LCMs LCVPs Leyte Lingayen LSTs Luzon miles Milne Bay Mindanao Mindoro mission Nassau Bay naval Navy Omaha Beach operations Oro Bay personnel Philippines Port Company Quartermaster S/Sgt Saidor ships shore engineers shore party Shore Regiment supplies task force troops units unloading Wakde Island WIA Admiralty WIA Biak Island WIA Finschhafen WIA Lae WIA Red Beach WIA Tacloban WIA White Beach