Southern Landing Force

Admiral Turner s Joint Expeditionary Force was composed of the Northern Landing Force (V Amphibious Corps) scheduled for Saipan and Tinian, the Southern Landing Force (III Amphibious Corps) earmarked for Guam, and a Reserve Force, consisting of the ayth Infantry Division afloat and the 77th Division in Hawaii. 

Fig. 2.15 A helicopter of the New Zealand Air Force on Shapeless Mountain of southern Victoria Land is being loaded with the camping gear of an American fieldparty in December of 1994. This example of international cooperation is characteristic of operations in Antarctica (Photo by G. Faure, December 1994)...

DRES is located at the Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Suffield, approximately 45 km to the northwest of the city of Medicine Hat, Alberta. CFB Suffield incorporates a federal land reserve of2600 square kilometres (Suffield Military Range) which is used primarily for mechanized training exercises conducted by the Canadian Forces and the British Army. The Experimental Proving Ground (EPG) is located on the southern portion of the range and covers an area of approximately 450 square kilometres. The EPG is dedicated to field... 

On lo July 1943 American, British, and Canadian forces landed on the southern and eastern coasts of Sicily, and in the ensuing 3 8-day campaign the 4.2-inch chemical mortar met its first test in combat. This CWS weapon, still untried in battle nineteen months after the entry of the United States into the war, by 1945 was to become an important part of the Army s arsenal. 

Elements of Company A, landing between 1845 and 1900, had assembled at their predesignated area by 2130 and were prepared to fire on the town of Le Muy. Next morning the company fired 200 rounds of HE on the town and 48 rounds of WP on its southern exits. Le Muy fell by midafternoon. Later that day the airborne troops made contact with reconnaissance elements of the 45th Division. After this junction the mortar companies remained attached to the task force as it pushed to the French-Italian border, being relieved from this attachment on 17 September at Nice, France. ... 

Land development for non-agricultural uses is making inroads into some of the best nut growing areas of the world. This is happening to the pecan industry in Georgia, the walnut industry in middle California, and the almond industry in southern California. This movement may force some nut growing into sub-marginal areas with lowered quantity and quality. 

In 1944, the Emopean component of World War II appeared to be reaching an endpoint. Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944, and by the end of the summer, Paris, Belgium, and the southern Netherlands had been liberated from the Germans. The movement of Allied troops stalled at the Rhine, and... 

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