Our War Veterans And Some of Their World

Collection

Actions

Military actions, campaigns, and operations.

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ActionnameCodenameDatedescriptionActiondateActiondescriptionUs LeaderCampaignWar ConflictRemarks
Combat, Mulberry Creek GAAug 3 1864
Combat, Neal Dow Station GAJul 4 1864
Combat, New Hope Church GAMay 25 1864
Combat, New Market Road VAAug 14 1864
Combat, Newark VAJun 12 1864
Combat, Noonday Creek GAJun 20 18641864-06-20 00:00:00.000
Combat, Noonday Creek GAJun 27 18641864-06-27 00:00:00.000
Combat, Noyes Creek GAJun 19 18641864-06-19 00:00:00.000
Combat, Ny River VAMay 10 18641864-05-10 00:00:00.000Maybe what is now spelled Ni River
Combat, Ox Ford VAMay 24 18641864-05-24 00:00:00.000
Combat, Parker's Store VAMay 5 18641864-05-05 00:00:00.000
Combat, Pine Hill GAJun 11-14 18641864-06-11 00:00:00.000
Combat, Pleasant Hill MDAug 1 18641864-08-01 00:00:00.000
Combat, Po River VAMay 10 1864
Combat, Pole Cat Creek VAMay 27 1864
Combat, Powder Springs GAJun 20 1864
Combat, Quarles Mill VAMay 23 1864
Combat, Red Oak GAAug 19 1864
Combat, Richmond Fortifications VAMay 12 1864
Combat, Ruff's Mills GAJul 3-4 1864
Combat, Ruff's Station GAJul 4 1864
Combat, Smyrna Camp Ground GAJul 4 18641864-07-04 00:00:00.000
Combat, Snake Creek Gap GAMay 9 18641864-05-09 00:00:00.000
Combat, Sugar Valley GAMay 9 18641864-05-09 00:00:00.000
Combat, Sunshine Church GAJul 30-31 18641864-07-30 00:00:00.000
Combat, Turner's Ferry GAJul 5 18641864-07-05 00:00:00.000
Combat, Utoy Creek GAAug 5-7 18641864-08-05 00:00:00.000
Combats near Cassville GAMay 18-19 1864
Combats, Dallas GAMay 26-Jun 1 1864
Combats, Fussell's Mills VAAug 16-18 1864
Combats, Kingston GAMay 18-19 1864
Combats, Lost Mountain GAJun 15-17 1864
Combats, Olley's Creek GAJun 26-27 18641864-06-26 00:00:00.000
Consolidation of southern SolomonsJun 1943
Construction of Dam at Alexandria LAApr 30-May 10 18641864-04-30 00:00:00.000
Convoy 10K-204Aug 1945Philippines to Okinawa
Convoy 2050Mar 1942San Francisco to Hawaii
Convoy 2054Apr 1942San Francisco to Honolulu
Convoy 2298Sep 1943San Francisco to Hawaii
Convoy 2410May-Jun 1944San Francisco to Hawaii
Convoy 4072Mar 1942Honolulu to San Francisco
Convoy 4212-AJun 1944Hawaii to Marshall Islands
Convoy AS-4Aug 1942U.S. to Europe
Convoy AT-12Feb 1942From New York
Convoy AT-15Apr-May 1942From New York
Convoy AT-18Aug 1942New York, Halifax to Great BritainLargest troop convoy yet assembled as of that date
Convoy AT-54AJul 1943U.S. to Greenock Scotland
Convoy B-2Jun 1944Plymouth England to Utah Beach, NormandyPart of Operation Overlord landings
Convoy BG-46Feb 1944Milne Bay to Langemark Bay, Finschhafen, NG
Convoy BT-14May 1943
Background and Sources Collection notes, historical context, and related resources

Battles and other Actions

I suppose most of the people who are interested in the military and its past are mainly interested in the “action”. They want to read about the battles. In that sense, this page of my site may be of the most interest to more people. I give some of the sources I’ve used, mostly the official ones, on that subject. Of course there are endless books and other publications about the history of the wars and the battles, many being available in almost any large book store or online.

Civil War

The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, published by the U.S. Army in 128 volumes, are available on disc in a publication titled Civil War-CD-ROM. It is available through the used book market and online.

Of course there are countless books on this popular subject, including a number on many of the individual regiments, both Union and Confederate. An excellent example of the latter is the H.E. Howard series on each of the Virginia Regiments, and some separate battalions. Some are still available new, others most likely in the used book market.

World War I

The United States Army Center of Military History published a number of volumes about the Army’s role in World War I. The Center has made these volumes available on a set of three CD’s.

World War II

Army

The Army has published dozens of volumes that describe its ground forces actions during World War II. They are commonly called “The green books” because they are bound in green covers with a red band on their spine in which the particular theater covered by each volume is described. Many cover the various campaigns of the war, such as Cross Channel Attack (the invasion of Normandy), or The Last Offensive (the Army’s part in the invasion of Okinawa) while others describe the organization and accomplishments of the various technical services (quartermaster, ordnance, etc.). Many contain excellent foldout maps bound into them to help the reader follow exactly where things happened. (The Army makes wonderful maps!)

These books were not available in commercial book stores, having been distributed by the Government Printing Office (GPO). Most are probably available through the used book market, and some may still be available from the GPO book store system via the Internet.

Navy

Probably the most famous and widely used official history of World War II is Samuel Eliot Morison’s 15 volume History of the United States Naval Operations in World War II, published by Little Brown (formerly Atlantic Little Brown). Dr. Morison was already a famous historian before the war and was commissioned by the Navy specifically to write its history of the war, so it is considered “official” even though published commercially, unlike that of the Army, described above.

These volumes contain a wealth of narrative material describing the actions, as well as photographs and maps, and frequently “order of battle” lists of the ships and their commanders, as well as the organization to which each ship was assigned for that action.

Marine Corps

The Marine Corps also published a multi-volume history of their operations during World War II. I have the first three volumes, and there may be as many as six. These were “official” publications and as far as I know, were not distributed through commercial book stores. They should still be available through the used book market.

Air Force

The Air Force was established as a separate military service in 1947. During World War II it was called Army Air Forces, as part of the Army.

A comprehensive seven-volume series of books was published about the Army Air Forces’ role in the war titled The Army Air Forces in World War II, by James L. Cate and Wesley F. Cravens.

These volumes are probably available only through the used book market.

Korean War

As with World War II, each of the military services published official histories of their parts in the war. Probably the best and most readable was the five-volume set published by the Marine Corps. The most voluminous and factually detailed, as might be expected, was by the Army (several volumes). The Navy and Air Force published single volume histories.