Eisenhower served as a staff officer for most of his career. Ike never served directly as a unit commander in combat.
Wilbur Kenneth Morris, Military Occupational Specialty and Number, at the time of his release on 12-10-1945.
I believe FSB Jack was evacuated in late 71 as the war was winding down. My dad was there in early 71, LTC James P. Ryan, and as I understand it, he was the commander of FSB Jack. Dad passed in 2002, God rest his soul! CURRAHEE! I hope folks that know more will post here too! Jim Ryan, Jr. Your dad was commander of the infantry unit. I was battery commander of the 155mm artillery unit (A/2/11th Arty). I remember your dad very well. He was agreat man. Fire Support Base Jack was abandoned in Dec of 1971 as units were deactivated and sent home.
The "Africa Corps" was the German unit fighting in North Africa under the command of General Rommel, the "Desert Fox." The commander of US tank units opposing Rommel in North Africa was General George Patton.
American platoons had four squads - three rifle squads, and a weapons squad. The weapons squad had 60mm mortars and two .30 caliber air-cooled machine guns. (A German platoon was larger and had eight machine guns, and they were better machine guns). Rifle squads had twelve men at full strength, led by a sergeant with a corporal as assistant squad leader. So the platoon commander had available three maneuver units and a support unit. This fit in with the "triangularization" the army implemented on the eve of the war. This was a change from the old WWI "square division" army organization. General Marshall, the Army's commander, simplified many things. He knew that in the coming war the army was going to need thousands of platoon leaders, and higher officers, far and away more than could be supplied by West Point and ROTC. There would be no time to give these new officers thorough professional training. So, in the newly created Officer Candidate Schools Marshall set up, the officer candidates were taught exactly one tactic - the holding attack. This involved using one or two maneuver units to pin the enemy in place while the remaining one or two maneuver units tried to flank the enemy position, and come at them from a new, unexpected direction. Since Marshall's newly implemented organization was "triangular" this tactic worked at every level, up to and including divisions. A platoon commander had three rifle squads for maneuver units, plus a support unit in the weapons squad to provide a base of fire. A company commander had three rifle platoons for maneuver units, plus a weapons platoon (with 81mm mortars and .30 caliber water cooled machine guns) for a base of fire. A battalion commander had three rifle companies for maneuver units, plus a weapons company for fire support. The commander of an infantry regiment had three battalions for maneuver, plus an artillery battalion. A division commander had three infantry regiments for maneuver, plus more artillery.
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