From: Beth Fulton <beth.fulton@m...>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 17:24:25 +1100
Subject: [OT] Military History Archive CDs
G'day guys, Sorry for the OT, but this came over another list I'm on. Its beyond my means, but I figured some of you might be interested (given SG interest in organisation etc). I've included Mitch's contact email address at the top of his message. Cheers Beth > [quoted text omitted] From: Mitch Osborne <hosborne@EROLS.COM> Subject: [Piquet] Off Topic: Military History Archive CDs Last year I discovered a great online resource, the US Army Military History Institute's Digital Library. It is located at: http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/DL/ and is well worth a visit. The scope of the files available spans the entire history of the US Army. The problem is, if you have a 56K modem like me (mine never runs faster than 28K, because of my phone line), accessing most of the files is excruciatingly slow, and with the larger ones, virtually impossible. Fortunately, I gained access to a high-speed internet connection and over the course of several weekends, downloaded nearly a Gigabyte of primary and secondary source material in PDF format. That includes the vast majority of MHI books, pamphlets and reports covering both World Wars, Korea and Vietnam. There are a significant number of "lessons learned" documents, after action reports and the like. After I'd finished downloading and transferring the files to my home computer, it occurred to me that others might want fast and easy access to these materials too. What I've done is create two CDs, the first covering World Wars I and II (69 files, 566 megabytes), the second covering Korean and Vietnam (157 files, 510 megabytes). This is literally thousands of pages of reading material - a virtual library you can hold in the palm of your hand. I'm selling each CD for $30.00, or a two-CD set for $50.00. Shipping in the U.S. is $2.50. If you are interested in purchasing, send me an email and I will send you my contact information. Checks or money orders only. I don't accept credit cards because I'm not a business, and I don't intend go into business. I'm just trying to offset the costs of my hobby interests and share some terrific source material with the hobby community. Regards, Mitch Osborne Below is a sample of the titles included on the disks: World War I AEF Combat Instructions, Pamphlet, 1918 AEF Report of German Trench Raid, 2-3 Nov 1917 Germans Comment on US Soldiers, 1917-1918, AEF Intelligence Report Infantry Drill Regulations, 1911/1917 Pershing, Final Report of AEF, 1920 Survey of German Tactics 1918, AEF Pamphlet World War II, 1939-1945 After Action Report 38th Cavalry Recon Squadron, 44-45 Amphibious Operations, Staff Officers' Manual, USMC, Nov 1944 Combat Lessons No. 1 -9 German Operations at Anzio, Report, 1944 Hitler Jugend, SHAEF Handbook, 1944 Recon in XIX Tactical Air Command, Report, 1945 Standard Ordnance Items Catalog, 1944 Korean War, 1950-1953 Combat Stress, Korea, 1952, Operations Research Study, Dec 1952 Dissemination of Combat Information from Korea, 32 individual Bulletins Employment of Armor in Korea, Vol 1, Operations Research Study, Oct 1951 Enemy Tactics, Techniques & Doctrine, Intelligence Studies, 1951 Ineffective Soldier Performance Under Fire, Korea, 1951, Research Study, 1954 Operation Chromite (Inchon Landing), X Corps Report, Oct 1950 Tactical Air Support of Ground Forces, memo, 13 Sep 1951 Vietnam War, 1960-1973 Battle of Dong Ap Bia (Hamburger Hill), Summary Report, 101st Airborne Division, May 1969 Enemy Jungle Tactics for Platoon Leaders, Handbook, Vietnam, 1967 Howze Board on Airmobility, Final Report, Aug 1962 Lessons Learned Bulletins No. 1 - 83 Mechanized and Armor Combat Operations in Vietnam, Study, Mar 1967 Operation Apache Snow, After Action Report, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry, 18 Jun 1969 Operational Report - Lessons Learned, 101st Airborne Division, May-Jul 1969 Special Forces and CIDG Program, Vietnam, 1961-1970, Report 1971