US Infantryman in World War II (2),9781841763316

US Infantryman in World War II (2)

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ISBN13: 9781841763316
ISBN10: 1841763314
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2002-06-25
Publisher(s): Osprey Publishing
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Summary

Between November 1942 and May 1945, US Army infantry units fought in eight named campaigns in the Mediterranean Theater. This title follows one soldier from enlistment in 1942, through training in a Replacement Training Center, assignment to the 1st Battalion 133d Regiment, 34th Infantry Division (Red Bull), and into combat. Among the battles covered are Fondouk Pass, Hill 609, Salerno, Monte Cassino, Anzio and the fighting in the Po Valley. A key focus is on the Heavy Weapons Company, which consisted of two machine gun platoons and one mortar platoon. The training and combat roles of the machine gunner's Military Occupational Specialty are discussed in detail.

Author Biography

Robert S Rush PhD is a retired Command Sergeant Major, who served in the US Army from 1969 to 1999. He has worked as a historian to several key policy review teams for the United States Army. His PhD (Hell in Hurtgen Forest: Ordeal and Triumph of an American Infantry Regiment) focused on US and German units in the Hürtgen Forest, Fall 1944. Robert currently works at the US Army Center of Military History, Fort McNair.

Table of Contents

Introduction 4(2)
The Infantry Battalion Heavy Weapons Company
6(2)
.30 Caliber Machine Gun Platoon
.30 Caliber Machine Gun Section
81 mm Mortar Platoon Weapons and Weapons Systems
Weapons in a Heavy Weapons Company
The Effects of Pearl Harbor
8(4)
The Mediterranean Theater of Operations
The Organized Reserve and Army of the United States Our composite soldier
The 133d Infantry Regiment
Chronology
12(3)
John's Enlistment, Reception and Initial Training
15(11)
Camp Wheeler
Replacement
26(2)
North Africa
28(13)
Reception and Integration
First Combat
Italy 1943-44, Salerno to Cassino
41(10)
Night Attack across the Volturno
Winter 1943
Cassino
The Nature of Combat
Anzio
Machine Gunner
Wounded, Recovery and Return
51(3)
War's End
54(4)
Going Home
58(3)
Museums, Re-Enactment and Collecting
61(1)
Bibliography 61(1)
Color Plate Commentary 62(2)
Index 64

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