the field artillery journal - Fort Sill - U.S. Army

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Orders are rolling in for FIELD ARTILLERY GUIDE Second THOROUGHLY REVISED � � � � � Edition Typical among comments are remarks like these: "I found the first edition invaluable as a reference and refresher in my duties as Asst. S-3. I anticipate this edition to be even more helpful." "Although I am in the Tank Destroyers, our chief secondary mission is reinforcing FA units with direct fire. My old Guide is quite beat up wth the use and abuse it has received. So I'll be waiting impatiently for the new edition." These officers—in fact, all artillerymen—will find the FIELD ARTILLERY GUIDE fills the bill. This completely reworked second edition IS UP-TO-THE-MINUTE, WITH MATERIAL PUBLISHED THROUGH JUNE, 1944 DIGESTS THE NEW SERIES OF FIELD ARTILLERY FIELD MANUALS CONTAINS OTHER AUTHORITATIVE MATERIAL PURCHASABLE NOWHERE ELSE IS ESPECIALLY STRONG ON SUCH SUBJECTS AS: Communications Command and Staff Functions Tactics and Technique Loading Charts R. S. O. P. Field Fortification BENEFITS FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF COMBAT IN ALL THEATERS Like the earlier version, this revision is: STURDILY BOUND CASED IN DURABLE STURDITE PRICED AT $2, subject to quantity discounts for remittance with order: 2 to 4 copies: 10% 5 to 12 copies: 15% Over 12 copies: 20% AVAILABLE IN LEATHER, WITH YOUR NAME EMBOSSED, for $5.00 � � � � � U. S. FIELD ARTILLERY ASSOCIATION 1218 Connecticut Avenue, N. W. Washington 6, D. C.
LT. COL. JOHN E. COLEMAN, Editor MAJ. BERTRAM H. WHITE, Assistant LENNA PEDIGO, Business Manager MONDAY, DECEMBER 18th, is a date to bear in mind. At 5:30 PM on that day your Association's annual meeting will be held at the Army and Navy Club, 1627 Eye St., NW, here in Washington. All members who are in this vicinity at that time are both cordially invited and urged to attend. You will enjoy it. EFFECTIVE with this issue our "pony" edition for overseas readers will be reproduced by an entirely new process. Type will be sharper, but more important is the infinitely greater clarity given the illustrations. It is a definite improvement. NEXT MONTH will bring a fine account of the use of medium artillery in Burma. This difficult and important theater is too little known. We are glad to help shed light on it. M-12s were a mainstay in our rush across France and Belgium. Their work will be outlined. Also "in the works" is one of the finest forward observer stories of the war. We hope too to publish articles on night aerial observation, and on obtaining locations by sound. As always, the backbone of the January Journal will be accurate, authentic, and useful articles direct from combat areas. RECENTLY several cases have come to light where expiration notices and statements have been delivered although no Journals had been received for months. These, of course, were instances where the members had failed to give us their changes of address. First class mail receives directory service and is forwarded overseas; second class matter does not follow you automatically. In these cases no Journals had been returned by the Post Office Department, to warn us of non-delivery. Obviously some one at the old stations was enjoying a "free ride." If your friends aren't receiving their magazines (or if you read this in a friend's copy, your own being missing), please notify us at once of the correct address. We want every member to receive every issue on time. The United States Field Artillery Association ORGANIZED JUNE 7, 1910 President Major General Lewis B. Hershey Vice-President Brigadier General Jesmond D. Balmer Executive Council Major General C. C. Haffner, Jr. Major General Lewis B. Hershey Brigadier General William H. Sands Colonel Stuart A. Beckley Colonel Ralph C. Bishop Colonel Michael Buckley, Jr. Colonel Alan L. Campbell Lieutenant Colonel James P. Hart, Jr. Secretary-Treasurer Lieutenant Colonel John E. Coleman The Field Artillery Journal DECEMBER, 1944—Vol. 34, No. 12 PAGE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE ...................................................................................................... 802 SEA ISLAND SERENADE By Brig. Gen. P. A. del Valle, USMC, and Col. J. A. Bemis, USMC 803 SEA-GOING GRASSHOPPERS ........................................... By Lt. Col. Gordon J. Wolf, FA 807 MINDANAO .............................................................................. By Col. Conrad H. Lanza 809 AAF WEATHER SERVICE AND THE FIELD ARTILLERY .... By Capt. Robert A. Porter, AC 813 HEADQUARTERS BATTERY IN AN ACTIVE THEATER ............ By Capt. W. V. Ledley, FA 816 CORPS ARTILLERY GROUP OPERATIONS ........................ By Col. Robert D. Schmidt, FA 818 FD TECHNIQUE FOR HEAVY ARTILLERY................................. By Maj. C. R. Oliver, FA 820 TANDEM HITCH................................................................................................................. 824 CHICKENS GO HOME TO ROOST ....................................................................................... 825 PERIMETERS IN PARAGRAPHS.................................................. By Col. Conrad H. Lanza 826 FIELD ARTILLERY SONG (SOUTH PACIFIC STYLE)............................................................ 837 BITTER LESSONS.......................................................... By Lt. Col. Joseph R. Couch, FA 838 NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING, U. S. FIELD ARTILLERY ASSOCIATION........................... 839 TRENDS IN FIELD ARTILLERY ORGANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT ..................................... 840 COUNTERMORTAR ...................................................... By Lt. Col. Robert C. Gildart, FA 841 T/OS AND T/ES FOR FA AS OF 25 OCT 44......................................................................... 847 GERMAN GRID SYSTEM ........................................................ By Lt. Samuel J. Tobin, FA 848 THE CAVES OF ANZIO ................................................ By Maj. Edward A. Raymond, FA 851 FOR FAST WATER HEATING........................................ By Capt. Joseph L. Amell, Jr., FA 855 CAMOUFLAGE FOR ARMORED ARTILLERY ........................... By T/5 Ralph Williams, FA 856 NOT IN THE BOOK ............................................................................................................. 858 DIARY OF WAR EVENTS.................................................................................................... 859 FOR HEROISM AND SERVICE............................................................................................. 860 BOOK REVIEWS................................................................................................................. 869 INDEX TO VOLUME XXXIV (1944) .................................................................................. 877 Published monthly by the United States Field Artillery Association. Publication office 3110 Elm Avenue, Baltimore 11, Md. Editorial and general offices United States Field Artillery Association, 1218 Connecticut Avenue, Washington 6, D. C. Address all communications for publication to the Washington office. Entered as second class matter August 20, 1929, at the post office at Baltimore, Md. Accepted for mailing at the special rate of postage provided in Sec. 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, Copyright, 1944, by The United States Field Artillery Association. Subscription price $3.00; Canada $4.00; foreign $3.50; single recent copies to members, 25 cents; non-members, 35 cents. THE FIELD ARTILLERY JOURNAL does not accept paid advertising. It does pay for original articles accepted but unsolicited manuscripts must be accompanied by return postage if they are to be returned. Addresses and ranks will be changed as frequently as desired, upon notification; not otherwise. Changes should reach the editor three weeks before date of next issue. Immediate notice should be given of any delay in the receipt of the magazine. Authors alone are responsible for statements made. No articles are official unless specifically so described.
Page 4 and 5: Christmas Message LIEUTENANT GENERA
Page 6 and 7: THE ARTILLERY ASPECT Artillery supp
Page 8 and 9: against the 3d Division from the op
Page 10 and 11: it handles in the air with no appre
Page 12 and 13: The inhabitants of the two Misamis
Page 14 and 15: from Misamis Occidental and continu
Page 16 and 17: For winds the meteorologist of toda
Page 18 and 19: Artillery units and the weather uni
Page 20 and 21: CORPS ARTILLERY GROUP OPERATIONS AU
Page 22 and 23: FD Technique for Because of the pra
Page 24 and 25: A pin is placed in the templet loca
Page 26 and 27: TANDEM HITCH REPUBLISHED BY COURTES
Page 28 and 29: in (BASED UPON LATEST INFORMATION A
Page 30 and 31: In the area of Oostburg (1) Canadia
Page 32 and 33: into untaken Fort Driant. This had
Page 34 and 35: THE WAR IN ITALY (19 Sep to Oct 44)
Page 36 and 37: The 4th Ukraine Army Group (Col. Ge
Page 38 and 39: convoy is intercepted the barges sc
Page 40 and 41: BITTER LESSONS By Lt. Col. Joseph R
Page 42 and 43: TRENDS in Field Artillery Organizat
Page 44 and 45: sighting down the barrel, and then
Page 46 and 47: Figure 8 90º as the case may be, t
Page 48 and 49: is desired. The maximum range of bo
Page 50 and 51: GERMAN GRID SYSTEM The Germans have
Page 52 and 53:
the distance in cm to the arbitrary
Page 54 and 55:
observing, showering him with stone
Page 56 and 57:
grew light, 25-pdrs laid down an ex
Page 58 and 59:
Camouflage for Armored Artillery By
Page 60 and 61:
Not in the BOOK EDITOR'S NOTE: This
Page 62 and 63:
For Heroism and Service LEGION OF M
Page 64 and 65:
fire knocked his telescope out of h
Page 66 and 67:
in Italy from 1 Oct 43 to 1 Apr 44.
Page 68 and 69:
him to call down immediate, precise
Page 70 and 71:
During the 45-minute period he was
Page 72 and 73:
HERE ARE THE BASIC FACTORS WHICH MA
Page 74 and 75:
"BEST SELLERS" get that way largely
Page 76 and 77:
When planning for Anniversaries rem
Page 78 and 79:
ORDER FORM for books reviewed in th
Page 80 and 81:
FIRING IN THE JUNGLE By Lt. Col. T.
Page 82 and 83:
Ehrich, Lt. Manfred W., Jr., FA ...
show all

the field artillery journal - Fort Sill - U.S. Army

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?