Builders And Fighters
Subtitle: U.S. Army Engineers In World War II
Publisher: Fort Belvoir, Va. : Office of History, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Office of History, United States Army Corps of Engineers
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Washington, D.C., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 529
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: FOREWORD iii; title: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS v; title: INTRODUCTION vii; title: I: MOBILIZATION 1; title: Organization and Responsibilities by Martin Reuss 3; title: The Air Corps Construction Mission by Charles Hendricks 17; title: Building the Atlantic Bases by Charles Hendricks 27; title: Air Ferry Routes Across the South Pacific by Donald T. Fitzgerald 47; title: The Engineer Replacement Training Center, Fort Belvoir, Virginia by Paul K. Walker 65; title: The Engineer Replacement Training Center, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri by Larry Roberts 77; title: II. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES 95; title: The Military Construction Mission by Frank K. Schubert 97; title: Constructing the Pentagon by Janet A. McDonnell 107; title: Building the Road to Alaska by John T. Greenwood 117; title: The Louisville Engineer District by Charles Parrish 137; title: Formation of the Manhattan Engineer District by Janet A. McDonnell 147; title: III: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 157; title: The Portable SCR-625 Mine Detector by Frank N. Schubert 161; title: The Tank Dozer by Martin K. Gordon 171; title: The Bailey: The Amazing, All-Purpose Bridge by Larry D. Roberts 181; title: Landing Mat Development at WES by Michael C. Robinson 195; title: Airfields for Heavy Bombers by Anthony F. Turhollow 207; title: IV. CIVIL WORKS 215; title: Civil Works Developments by Martin Reuss 219; title: The Pick-Sloan Plan by Martin Reuse 233; title: War in the Heartland: The St. Paul District by John O. Anfinson 245; title: Mobilizing the Waterways: The Mississippi River Navigation System by Michael C. Robinson 259; title: Rivers in Miniature: The Mississippi Basin Model by Michael C. Robinson 277; title: Bonneville Dam's Contribution to the War Effort by William K Willingham 295; title: V: MILTIARY CONSTRUCTION OVERSEAS 303; title: The Persian Gulf Command: Lifeline to the Soviet Union by Frank N. Schubert 305; title: Reconstruction of Le Havre by Barry W. Fowle 317; title: The Ledo Road by James W. Dunn 327; title: VI.COMBAT ENGINEERING: WAR IN THE FAR EAST 347; title: Aviation and Amphibian Engineers in the Southwest Pacific by William C. Baldwin 351; title: The Battle of Attu by D. Colt Denfeld 367; title: The Liberation of the Philippines by Martin K. Gordon 379; title: Cave Warfare on Okinawa by Dale E. Floyd 393; title: VII. COMBAT ENGINEERING: WAR IN EUROPE 403; title: Engineers in Sicily by James W. Dunn 405; title: The Volturno River Crossing by James W. Dunn 421; title: The Normandy Landing by Barry W. Fowle 433; title: Engineers in the Battle of the Bulge by William C. Baldwin 451; title: The Rhine River Crossings by Barry W. Fowle 463; title: AUTHORS 477; title: ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 483; title: INDEX 487; title: ILLUSTRATIONS; title: 1 August 1940 Reorganization, Office of the Chief of Engineers 5; title: 6 June 1942 Reorganization, Office of the Chief of Engineers 6; title: 30 April 1945 Reorganization, Office of the Chief of Engineers 9; title: Alaska Highway Road Construction: May-July 1942 129; title: Alaska Highway Sector Responsibilities 134; title: Civil Works Expenditures 229; title: Mississippi River Key Commodities, 1938-1948 253; title: Upper Mississippi River Commodities, 1938-1948 256; title: Total Tonnage of Traffic on Mississippi River Navigation System 272; title: MAPS; title: North Atlantic Air Routes 29; title: South Atlantic Air Routes 36; title: Pacific Air Routes 47; title: ALCAN Highway 117; title: Pick-Sloan Plan for Missouri River Basin 233; title: The Ledo Road 328; title: Papua and Northeast New Guinea 360; title: Netherlands and Northeast New Guinea 354; title: General MacArthur's Strategy 1943-1945 363; title: Aleutian Islands and Attu 368; title: Philippine Islands 379; title: Central Luzon 386; title: Okinawa Island Group 393; title: Sicily, 1943 405; title: Volturno River, Italy 421; title: Final OVERLORD Plan 433; title: OMAHA Beach 436; title: UTAH Beach 445; title: The Ardennes 452; title: Advance to the Rhine 463; title: PHOTOGRAPHS; title: I: MOBILIZATION; title: War Department building during World War II 3; title: Major General Julian Schley, Chief of Engineers, 1937-1941 4; title: Lieutenant General Eugene Reybold, Chief of Engineers, 1941-1945 5; title: General George C. Marshall, Army Chief of Staff, 1939-1946 18; title: Hamilton Field, California 20; title: Hangar No. 1, MacDill Field, Tampa, Florida 23; title: Construction, Paine Field, Everett, Washington 24; title: Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, Connecticut 25; title: Paving Runway 2, Harmon Field, Newfoundland 31; title: Bluie West 1 Airfield, Greenland 32; title: Bluie East 2 Airfield, Greenland 33; title: Kindley Field, Castle Harbor, Bermuda 35; title: Runway construction, Atkinson Field, British Guiana 38; title: New construction, Valnde-Cdes Field, Belem, Brazil 40; title: Thatched-roof barracks, Roberts Field, Liberia 41; title: B-26 Marauder, Wideawake Field, Ascension Island 41; title: Soldiers on Ascension Island use potable water 42; title: Battery Harlow, Fort Ruger, Hawaii 49; title: Fort Ruger's 16-inch guns 50; title: Luke Field, Ford Island, Pearl Harbor 51; title: An early B-17E lands, Eastern Island, Midway 54; title: Engineers apply lessons learned, Port Moresby, New Guinea 61; title: The Duck Board, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1941 65; title: Military Obstacle Course, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 68; title: Brigadier General Edwin Hall Marks, Commander, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1941-1944 69; title: Assault boat ponton bridge 71; title: Obstacles training Fort Belvoir, Virginia 74; title: Barracks construction, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri 80; title: Physical conditioning, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri 84; title: Firing range. Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri 86; title: Portions of a 25-ton bridge, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri 86; title: Field expedient raft training, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri 87; title: II: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION; title: Continental United States; title: Michael J. Madigan, special assistant to the Under Secretary of War 98; title: Transfer of Army Building Construction to the Corps of Engineers 100; title: Brigadier General Brehon B. Somervell addressing construction workers 101; title: Hangar construction, MacDill Field, Florida 103; title: Northwest exposure of the Pentagon construction 112; title: Construction of the river entrance to the Pentagon 113; title: Pentagon construction, Northeast exposure 114; title: Brigadier General William M. Hoge, commander of Alaska Highway project 118; title: Topographic engineers survey site for Alaska Highway 120; title: Cleared but ungraded and unfinished road for Alaska Highway 121; title: Timber bridge across the Raspberry River 124; title: The Caterpillar D-8 bulldozer cuts road for Alaska Highway 126; title: Timber box culverts in great use along the Alaska Highway 128; title: Permafrost presented many problems on Alaska Highway 130; title: Corduroy roads were necessary in boggy areas in Yukon Territory 131; title: Meeting of the bulldozers at Beaver Creek, Yukon Territory 133; title: Godman Field, Fort Knox, Kentucky 138; title: Enlisted housing, Camp Atterbury, Indiana 141; title: Buildings for hospital group, Camp Atterbury, Indiana 142; title: Village Fighting Course, Fort Knox, Kentucky 143; title: General Leslie Groves 149; title: Clinton Engineer Works, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 152; title: Completed gaseous diffusion plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 153; title: III: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; title: The SAD SACK, "Mechanized War" 161; title: Training soldiers of the 81st ECB to use mine detectors 164; title: Short-Arm Detector Set SCR-625(H) 167; title: Soldiers of the 308th ECB sweep snowy road for mines 168; title: Tank dozer used on antipersonnel obstacles 172; title: Tank dozer breaches obstacles 177; title: British floating Bailey bridge on Mark VI pontons 182; title: Engineers lift the bascule span of a class 70 Bailey bridge 184; title: Traffic crossing class 70 panel bridge with pedestrian walk 187; title: Assembly of floating Bailey bridge 189; title: Duel passageway Bailey bridge across the Varennes River, France 192; title: Pierced plank mat landing field 198; title: Researchers test experimental mat 199; title: Operational testing of pierced steel plank mat 200; title: Experimental bar and rod mat 201; title: Prefabricated bituminous surfacing (PBS) 203; title: Stamplicker lays prefabricated bituminous surfacing 203; title: The XB-19 poised for takeoff 207; title: Conference at Stockton Test Track, California 210; title: A 120-ton pneumatic roller compacts soil 212; title: IV: CIVIL WORKS; title: Barges on the inland waterway system 220; title: Newly constructed submarine heads to sea 221; title: Troops in Arkansas fight flood on the White River 228; title: W. Glenn Sloan and Major General Lewis A. Pick 238; title: The Oahe Project at Pierre, South Dakota 240; title: The Fort Randall Reservoir, Pickstown, South Dakota 242; title: Major Lynn C. Barnes inspecting plant 247; title: Brick laying at Twin Cities Ordnance Plant 248; title: Tanker built at Cargill Corporation 250; title: The towboat Guadalcanal 262; title: Naval craft in Corps dry dock on the Ohio River 268; title: Destroyer escort built at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 270; title: Entrance to Clinton Internment Camp 282; title: German POWs clearing Mississippi Basin model site 284; title: Aerial view of model site during excavation 286; title: German POWs placing drainage system 288