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Doctorial Dissertations and Projects: "The Coalition of Allied Close Air Support Doctrine During World War II" by David S. Stieghan, PhD, Liberty University. Dr. Stieghan is the MCoE Infantry Branch Historian. Posted with permission from the author.

E-book: "Armor In Battle" published in March 1986 by the Leadership Branch, Leadership and Training Division, Command and Staff Department, United States Army Armor School, Fort Knox, KY. Hardcopy is available at the MCoE HQ Donovan Research Library.

E-book: "Armor In Battle II: Special Edition for the Armored Force, 75th Anniversary" digital version completed December 2015 by the United States Army Armor School, Maneuver Center of Excellence (MCoE), Robert S. Cameron, Ph.D, Editor. Hardcopy will be available at a later date. Posted on Web site with special permission by the Armor School Commandant.

E-book: "Assessment of Men: Selection of Personnel for the Office of Strategic Services by The OSS Assessment Staff_reprint date 1969"

E-book: "Battle Leadership: some personal experiences of a junior officer of the German Army with observations on battle tactics and the psychological reactions of troops in campaign", by Captain Adolf Von Schell, Staff Corps, German Army, 1933 Edition. Printed by The Benning Herald, Fort Benning-Columbus, GA.

E-book: "Canadian Army Trophy Book: Achieving Excellence in Tank Gunnery", by Robert S. Cameron, PhD, United States Army Armor Branch Historian digital version completed May 2018. Posted on Web site with special permission by the author.

E-book: "Chickamauga Staff Ride Briefing Book" by Edward P. Shanahan", Published by the Office of Army Reserve History, United States Army Reserve Command, Fort McPherson, GA.

E-book: "Cold Steel Third: 3rd Airborne Ranger Company, Korean War (1950-1951)", Assembled from Records and Letters of Company Members. Edited and Compiled by Ranger Bob Channon, dated June 1993. Digitized and posted with permission from COL (r) Robert "Bob" Irving Channon.

E-book: "G Troop Vanguard to Liberate Santo Tomas: 100-Mile Flying Column to Manila, 1st Cavalry Division, 1-3 February 1945", by LTC (r) Robert Landry and COL (r) Jon H. Moilanen, dated 2024. Posted with permission from the authors.

E-book: "Gulf War Debriefing Book: An After Action Report ", By Andrew Leyden. Digitized and posted with permission from the publisher.

E-book: "Infantry In Battle - 1939" by Infantry Journal Incorporated, Washington, D.C. This publication is on the Army University Press Web site. Hardcopy is available at the MCoE HQ Donovan Research Library.

E-book: "Infantry In Battle: From Somalia to the Global War on Terror" by the United States Army Infantry School, Joanie Horton, Editor. Posted on Web site with special permission by the Commanding General.

E-book: "Lead the Way, Rangers: a history of the Fifth Ranger Battalion" by Henry S. Glassman. Posted with permission from Bill Lane, COO/President of Ranger Online, son of Ron Lane, Publisher in 1980

E-book: "Life of a Cobra Pilot Who Survived Vietnam" by Richard Parrish. Posted with permission from the author Richard Parrish and edited by Bruce Novak and Hilda Banks, dated 2024

E-book: "Little Big Horn Battlefield, formerly named Custer Battlefield National Monument, Montana ", By Robert M. Utley, dated 1969. Posted with permission from the family publisher.

E-book: "Maneuver Force in Battle 2005-2012" by the US Army Maneuver Center of Excellence (MCoE), Joanie Horton, Editor. Posted on Web site with special permission by the Commanding General.

E-book: "Musicians of Mars II" - CALL Handbook 16-12, dated 16 Apr

E-book: "My Memorable Experiences with the Yankee Division in World War II" by William W. Houle. Posted with permission from the author's family.

E-book: "My Search for the 'Tall Sergeant': An Unidentified World War II Hero" by Bruce Novak. Mr. Novak, a retired high school physics teacher, served in Vietnam as a first lieutenant in the Army Signal Corps. His father served as a first lieutenant in the 9th Armored Division in Europe during World War II. Posted with permission from the author.

E-book: "Soldier's Load and the Mobility of a Nation", Published by the Marine Corps Association, Quantico, VA. Used by permission of the copyright holder, The Marine Corps Association & Foundation.

E-book: "Passing It On: Fighting the Pushtun on the Afghan Frontier" by General Sir Andrew Skeen with Lester W. Grau and Robert H. Baer, Editors. Posted on Web site with special permission by the editors.

E-book: "Russian Way of War: Force Structure, Tactics, and Modernization of the Russian Ground Forces" by Dr. Lester W. Grau and Charles K. Bartles, Editors. Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO), Fort Leavenworth, KS

E-Journal: "The Evolution of Infantry Tactics During the American Civil War" by David S. Stieghan, PhD, Bound Away: The Liberty Journal of History - dated 28 September 2024 - Civil War Seminar. Dr. Stieghan is the MCoE Infantry Branch Historian. Posted with permission from the author.

E-book: "The World War II Memoirs of PFC David A. Markoff" by David Aaron Markoff. Posted with permission from the author's family.

Harvard Classics - Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf/Project Gutenberg

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