Description

Infantry Journal      July 1945          Vol. LVI No. 6          84 Pages

Cover: Infantry Day, 1945. (Infantry Journal Kodachrome)

Inside Articles:

Infantry In Battle

Battle Facts For Your Outfit
     Jap Mines
     By Lieutenant Colonel R. C. Williams, Jr.
     Ring of Steel
     By Captain Robert W. Stookey
     Successful Patrolling
     By Major At. A. Matthew
     Two Tips from the Hour Glass Division
     By Lieutenant Allen E. Butler
     Marked for Annihilation by Air
     Okinawa (Pictures)
     Patrol into Japland
     By Lieutenant Colonel John M. Finn
     Artillery Was the Answer
     By Captain Elbert B. O’Keeffe

The Army in France
Sketches by Captain Lachlan M. Field

Things We Fight For
By Brigadier General Frederick W. Castle

Above and Beyond the Call of Duty

A Marine Explains His Corps

D-Day On Omaha Beach
By Colonel Paul W. Thompson

Werewolves (German Nazi Resistance Group)

Three Stars and Up — Part I
By Colonel Frederick Bernays Wiener

Aggressive Leadership

Honor Roll

Editorials

“The Infantry Says”

To The Editors

Cerebrations

Meet Our Authors

     Lieutenant Allen E. Butler, 184th Infantry, 7th Infantry Division, is a veteran of Kwajalein and Leyte

     Brigadier general Frederick w. castle, Army Air Forces, was killed in action on December 24, 1944, when his B-17 was shot down over Belgium. A graduate of West Point in 1930, he won his wings at Air Corps flying schools, and resigned from the Army in 1934 to enter the business world

     Lieutenant Colonel John M. Finn, Infantry, is the commanding officer, 32d Infantry, 7th Infantry Division, and a veteran of the Division’s battles on Attu, Kwajalein and Leyte. He is a graduate of the Military Academy and wears the Silver Star

     Major M. A. Matthews, Infantry, was the S-2 of the 350th Infantry, 88th Infantry Division, in Italy before being returned to the States where he is now on duty

     Captain Elbert b. O’Keeffe, Infantry, is in Europe with the 134th Infantry, 35th Infantry Division

     Captain Robert W. Stookey, Field Artillery, is with a Field Artillery battalion in an Infantry division in Europe

     Colonel Paul W. Thompson, Corps of Engineers, was wounded on Omaha Beach on D-day. Subsequently he returned to Washington for duty and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his gallantry in action on D-day. Fie is now on duty in Europe. Colonel Thompson has been a Journal author for the past six years. A graduate of West Point, he later won a scholarship which took him to Germany where for a time he trained with the German Army

     Colonel Frederick Bernays Wiener, Judge Advocate General’s Department, is now in the Pacific with Military Government. He has been a Journal author for a number of years and is the author of Military Justice for the Field Soldier

     Lieutenant Colonel R. C. Williams, Jr., Infantry, recently returned from Okinawa where he was a Ground Forces observer. He had been in action in Europe before returning to duty in the States some months ago

Book Reviews

Picture Credits