Down Ramp!
Subtitle: The Story Of The Army Amphibian Engineers
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Infantry Journal Press
Published: 1947
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: United States. Army. Engineer Amphibian Command.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States -- Engineer Amphibian Command.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Amphibious operations.
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: FOREWORD ix; title: CHAPTER 1; title: BIRTH AND ORIGIN 1; title: CHAPTER 2; title: EARLY DAYS AT CAPE COD 10; title: CHAPTER 3; title: 1ST BRIGADE TO ENGLAND 16; title: CHAPTER 4; title: ON WITH THE TRAINING 22; title: CHAPTER 3; title: TRAINING SHIFTS TO CARRABELLE: MISSION TO MacARTHUR 27; title: CHAPTER 6; title: NORTH AFRICA. SICILY AND SALERNO 30; title: CHAPTER 7; title: 2D BRIGADE TO AUSTRALIA 48; title: CHAPTER 8; title: 3D AND 4th brigades GET READY 52; title: CHAPTER 9; title: MacARTHUR STARTS HIS RETURN: NASSAU BAY-LAE-FINSCHHAFEN 60; title: CHAPTER 10; title: THE NORMANDY INVASION 70; title: CHAPTER 11; title: ISLAND HOPPING IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC 106; title: CHAPTER 12; title: BACK TO BATAAN AND CORREGIDOR 130; title: CHAPTER 13; title: MOPPING UP THE VISAYANS, MINDANAO AND BORNEO 160; title: CHAPTER 14; title: 1ST BRIGADE TO OKINAWA 176; title: CHAPTER 15; title: VICTORY, OCCUPATION AND HOME 185; title: APPENDIX A; title: CHRONOLOGY 189; title: APPENDIX B; title: TROOP LIST 199; title: APPENDIX C; title: AWARDS AND DECORATIONS 207; title: APPENDIX D; title: KILLED IN ACTION AND DIED OF WOUNDS 243; title: APPENDIX E; title: WAR DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASES ON AMPHIBIANS 247; title: ILLUSTRATIONS 253; title: INDEX 269