by Mehlo, Noel
SC 167092: Private 1st Class, F.F. Santucci demonstrating how to use a trench knife on “blitz” bayonet course constructed for the training of Rangers, Camp Forrest, Tennessee: 1-12-43: Co I, 319th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Army Ranger School: Photographer T/5 George Clayton
SC 167102: Ranger Students doing a class exercise known as the “windmill” in hand-to-hand combat course, Camp Forrest, Tennessee; 1-18-43; 2nd Army Ranger School: Photographer T/4 Richard H. Spencer
SC 167101: Two Ranger students participating disarmament of an opponent, armed with a knife, during a hand-to-hand combat class. Camp Forrest, Tennessee: 1-20-43: 2nd Army Ranger School: Photographer T/4 Richard H. Spencer SC 167104: Two Ranger students demonstrate dirty fighting tactics in hand-to-hand combat class, 2nd Army Ranger School, Camp Forrest, Tennessee: 1-25-43: Photographer T/4 Richard H. Spencer
SC 157098: Pvt. Geo. McCravey being disarmed by S/Sgt. J.W. Douglas of his bayonet in hand to hand combat clas, Camp Forrest, Tenn. 1/15/43. Photographer T/4 Richard H. Spancer
SC 167097: Pvt. Geo. McGravey applying counter for downward knife thrust of S/Sgt J.M. Douglas in hand to hand combat class. Camp Forrest, Tennessee: 1-15-43: Second Army Ranger School: Photographer T/4 Richard H. Spencer
SC 165100: 2nd Lt. Wm E. Vazzana and Sgt. J.R. Compton instructors at Camp Forrest, Tenn., demonstrating the straight-arm block used in hand-to-hand fighting. 1/12/43. Photographer: T/4 Edgar S. Bagley.
SC 167099: 2nd Lt. Wm. E. Vazzana and Sgt. J.R. Compton instructors at Camp Forrest, Tenn. Demonstrating the rear stranglehold used in hand-to-hand fighting. 1/12/43. Photographer: T/4 Edgar S. Bagley.
SC 167094: Pfc. F.F. Santucci demonstrating how to use the bayonet on blitz bayonet course constructed for training of Rangers, Camp Forrest, Tenn. Company I, 319th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Army Ranger School: 1/12/43. Photographer T/5 George(NMI) Clayton.
SC 167095: Gun crew firing .30 Cal Browning heavy machine gun, Camp Forrest, Tennessee. Left to right; PFC L. Edelman. Pfc. C. Rudnicki, Cpl., E.R. Elmann, and Pvt Joseph Barrett: 1-7-43: 2nd Section, 1st Plt, Co M, 318th Inf on Range B, Spencer Range: Photographer T/5 George Clayton
SC 167489: A car hit by a rocket fired from a rocket launcher at the U.S. 2nd Army Ranger School, Camp Forrest, Tenn 1/18/43. Photographer T/4 Richard H. Spencer
SC 167483; Pvt Nicholas Gomes and Pvt 1st Class Mike Danatsko demonstrate how to descend a cliff me means of ropes. Class in cliff scaling, Camp Forrest, TN; 2/6/43; Company C, 319th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Army Ranger School; Photographer T/4 Edgar S Bagley.
SC 157481: Model of dressed timber bridge (1 inch = 3 feet) H-15 loading. Constructed as training aids for teaching men theory and methods of bridge design and construction. 12/29/42 Photographer T/4 Edgar S Bagley SC 157478: Army Ranger School Demonstration of Infantry crossing toggle rope bridge while under fire from machine guns, rifles, hand grenades, mortars. Estill Springs, TN. Camp Forrest, TN; 1/20/43; 2nd Army Ranger School; T/5 George Clayton
U.S. 2nd Army Ranger School, Camp Forrest, Tennessee, January 1943
SC 167484; Staff Sergeant L.J. Bush of Coxville, WV, inserts an anti-tank rocket 2/36 inch M6 into the anti-tank rocket launcher M1, as Sergeant C.W. Critchfield of Corpus Christi, TX prepares to fire by taking aim and sight on the target. Photo batched with 2nd Army Ranger School photos, although it depicts Camp Gordon, GA
SC 16746: Pvt 1st Class, L.S. Heaton and Pvt. C.O. Aiggin demonstrating two different types of head camouflage at Ranger School. Pvt Heaton’s helmet and face are daubed with mud, dust, and particles of grass. Pvt Higgin’s face is marked with grease paint and his helmet is camouflaged with leaves stuck into a net. Camp Forrest, Tennessee. 1/14/43. HQ Co., 1st BN., 319th Inf, 2nd Army Ranger School.
SC 164160-B: 2nd Army Rangers…cross a stream on a toggle-rope bridge under simulated battle conditions. Demonstration at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, January 23, 1943, preceding graduation. Signal Corps Photo by BPR Ralph Morgan
SC 164161-B: 2nd Army Rangers…cross a stream on a toggle-rope bridge under simulated battle conditions. Demonstration at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, January 23, 1943, preceding graduation. Signal Corps Photo by BPR Ralph Morgad
62. Figure 62: U.S. Department of the Interior Geologic Survey, Fort Pierce, Florida, 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Edition of 1949
63. Figure 63: U.S. Department of Agriculture Aerial Photo showing Fort Pierce. University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, Aerial Photography: Florida Collection, The University of Florida Map & Digital Imagery Library, Aerial photographs of St. Lucie County - Flight 2C (1944), Tile 36
64. Figure 64: Fort Pierce, Florida – Typical training photos from WW II (NARA)
65. Figure 65: Fort Pierce, Florida – Typical training photos from WW II (NARA)
66. Figure 66: Fort Pierce, Florida – Typical training photos from WW II (NARA)
67. Figure 67: USACE16: Figure 211. Crews of two landing craft rubber (LCR) bring their vessels onto the beach at Amphibious Training Base Fort Pierce, FL, 28 November 1943 (NARA College Park, RG 80-G, box 198, photo 43902). ERDC/CERL TR-10-10 pg 133
68. Figure 68: USACE16: Figure 124. Training for amphibious operations where an Army duck receives its loading orders by wig-wag from atop mock-up of assault transport at Amphibious Training Base Fort Pierce, FL, 28 November 1943 (NARA College Park, RG 80-G, box 198, photo 43898). ERDC/CERL TR-10-10 pg 79
69. Figure 69: USACE16: Figure 212. Seabees in a chow line after a practice invasion at unknown location, 8 October 1943 (NARA College Park, RG 80-G, box 377, photo 82511). ERDC/CERL TR-10-10 pg 134
70. Figure 70: USACE16: Figure 271. Navigation class phase of raider training at Amphibious Training Base Fort Pierce, FL, 9 December 1943 (NARA College Park, RG 80-G, box 862, photo 264385).
71. Figure 71: USACE16: Figure 214. An LCVP loaded with rifle squad ready for disembarking in training operations on the Atlantic coast at unknown location, 1 August 1943 (NARA College Park, RG 80-G, box 392, photo 85064). 72. Figure 72: USACE16: Figure 215. Seabees in landing boats prior to an invasion scene at unknown location, 8 October 1943 (NARA College Park, RG 80-G, box 377, photo 82524).
73. Figure 73: USACE16: Figure 216. Seabees leap from their boats in an invasion scene at unknown location, 8 October 1943 (NARA College Park, RG 80-G, box 377, photo 82518).
74. Figure 74: USACE16: Figure 217. Seabees leave the boats and fall flat on the sand in an invasion scene at unknown location, 8 October 1943 (NARA College Park, RG 80-G, box 377, photo 82516).
75. Figure 75: USACE16: Figure 263. The commandos were tough (Becker, 1946, p 51). ERDC/CERL TR-10-10 164 76. Figure 76: USACE16: Figure 267. Phase of raider training at Amphibious Training Base Fort Pierce, FL, 10 December 1943 (NARA College Park, RG 80-G, box 862, photo 264404).
77. Figure 77: USACE16: Figure 268. Log PT phase of raider training at Amphibious Training Base Fort Pierce, FL, 10 December 1943 (NARA College Park, RG 80-G, box 862, photo 264408).
78. Figure 78: USACE16: Figure 269. Seven-man rubber boat phase of raider training at Amphibious Training Base Fort Pierce, FL, 10 December 1943 (NARA College Park, RG 80-G, box 862, photo 264395).
79. Figure 79: USACE16: Figure 270. Seven-man rubber boat phase of raider training at Amphibious Training Base Fort Pierce, FL, 10 December 1943 (NARA College Park, RG 80-G, box 862, photo 264398). ERDC/CERL TR-10-10 169 80. Figure 80: USACE16: Figure 274. Obstacle course phase of raider training at Amphibious Training Base Fort Pierce, FL, 9 December 1943 (NARA College Park, RG 80-G, box 862, photo 264392).
81. Figure 81: USACE16: Figure 275. Obstacle course phase of raider training at Amphibious Training Base Fort Pierce, FL, 9 December 1943 (NARA College Park, RG 80-G, box 862, photo 264391).
82. Figure 82: USACE16: Figure 276. Training of Scouts and raiders for hand-to-hand combat at Amphibious Training Base Fort Pierce, FL, 10 December 1943 (NARA College Park, RG 80-G, box 539, photo 210908).
83. Figure 83: USACE16: Figure 277. Training of Scouts and raiders for hand-to-hand combat a
t Amphibious Training Base Fort Pierce, FL, 20 December 1943 (NARA College Park, RG 80-G, box 539, photo 210912).
84. Figure 84: USACE16: Figure 278. Training of scouts and raiders for hand-to-hand combat at Amphibious Training Base Fort Pierce, FL, 20 December 1943 (NARA College Park, MD)
85. Figure 85: U.S. Naval Amphibious Training Base course completion card (photo image Ross G Furore)
86. Figure 86: Fort Dix New Jersey, view looking generally east: 1943 USAF photo
87. Figure 87: Rangers Detlefsen, Ryan, Copeland, Stevenson and Hodges seated left to right at night club in NYC 1943. (Photo courtesy of JR Copeland)
88. Figure 88: Photo of Randall Ching and Herbert Hull taken in Penny Arcade in Times Square, NYC at set named the “Blitzkreig Bar” (Courtesy of Randall Ching)
89. Figure 89: Rivoli Theatre, Times Square, NYC (Source, New York Public Library)
90. Figure 90: World War II Postcard showing Pepsi-Cola Times Square Servicemen’s Center (public domain) 91. Figure 91: Liberty Island, Photo by National Park Service.
92. Figure 92: US Army photo taken in 1939 of B-17s over New York City showing Empire State Building. NARA, SC 331724 93. Figure 93:Fort Dix Rifle Range postcard: (public domain)
94. Figure 94: U.S. Department of the Interior Geologic Survey, Columbus & New Egypt, New Jersey, 7.5 Minute Quadrangles, Edition of 1948
95. Figure 95: Aerial View of Fort Dix, NJ: Postcard, (public domain)
96. Figure 96: Fort Hamilton, NY: US Army Photo
97. Figure 97: 5th Ranger Infantry Battalion, B Company Morning Report for December 16, 1943 (Colonel Black Collection at USAHEC)
98. Figure 98: U.S. Department of the Interior Geologic Survey, Plainfield, New Jersey; Scale: 1:24,000; Edition of 1947: Area nine assigned to 5th Ranger Infantry Battalion is marked in red.1
99. Figure 99: S/Sgt Hull Identification Card from Camp Kilmer (Author’s collection)
100. Figure 100: U.S. Army Installation Map of Camp Kilmer showing locations of various areas and important areas. Area nine assigned to 5th Ranger Infantry Battalion is marked in red: Courtesy of Rutgers University Library.2 101. Figure 101: 1947 map of Middlesex County, Acme Photo and Blueprint Company, Inc: Public Domain3 102. Figure 102: Camp Kilmer Postcard: Public domain
103. Figure 103: Map of Camp Kilmer included in US Army Publication: Welcome to Camp Kilmer
104. Figure 104: US Army Photograph of Camp Kilmer, NJ
105. Figure 105: US Army Photograph of Camp Kilmer
106. Figure 106: Postcard of Camp Kilmer: Public Domain
107. Figure 107: US Army Photograph of Camp Kilmer Gate 1
108. Figure 108: US Army Photograph of Camp Kilmer Headquarters
109. Figure 109: Camp Kilmer postcard showing Usual Camp Duty: Public Domain
110. Figure 110: 5th Ranger Infantry Battalion, B Company, Morning Reports, January 7-8, 1944, NARA, NPRC, St. Louis, MO, 5th Ranger Infantry Battalion, World War II morning reports (0005 Ranger INF BN), January, 1944, Microfilm reel number 34685
111. Figure 111: U.S. Army Signal Corps photo: Camp Kilmer, rail yard. (Courtesy of Dan Cupper, Railroad Historian)
112. Figure 112: Troops preparing for overseas movement. (Wardlow; Center of Military History)
113. Figure 113: The ferry terminal at Weehawken, New Jersey during WW II. (New Jersey Division of Archives and Records)
114. Figure 114: Weehawken railroad terminal in 1947 with a great locomotive juxtaposed with the NYC skyline (University of Louisville Library)
115. Figure 115: USGS 1935 Weehawken, NJ, The West Shore Ferry Terminal is on the west side of the Hudson River and the NYPE is to the southeast across the Hudson River.
116. Figure 116: Troops embarking onboard troop ships. (USCMH)
117. Figure 117: Troops embarking aboard ship (USCMH)
118. Figure 118: The HMS MAURETANIA II painted in her wartime grey. (public domain)
119. Figure 119: In her grey wartime paint, the HMS MAURETANIA II leaves Liverpool for a safe haven in New York on 10th December, 1939. (MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (FOXHILL))
120. Figure 120: Mauretania II docks in Newport News w/2,036 German prisoners 9/16/42. (Public Domain)
121. Figure 121: The new Queen Elizabeth arrives off Pier 90 to join Queen Mary, Normandie, Mauretania and Franconia (Public Domain)
122. Figure 122: The T2 tanker Hat Creek in August 1943 (NARA Number 80022 from Record Group 80, General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1798-1947. The photo was taken on 16 August 1943. The picture was researched by Dave Whittaker, Suffolk, VA)
Whittaker, Suffolk, VA)
06-1944. Arrows are the estimated positions of the HMS Mauretania and SS Hat Creek at 0900 hours on January 8, 1944
124. Figure 124: View from HMS Mauretania leaving New York Harbor, January 1944. Courtesy Rob Gorrell
125. Figure 125: Navigation lights (Seaman's Pocket-Book, 1943)18
126. Figure 126: Cramped troop accommodation on the MAURETANIA (USCMH)
127. Figure 127: Cramped conditions in the MAURETANIA's first-class dining saloon for some of the 6,500 troops the ship could carry. (USCMH)
128. Figure 128: Typical enlisted mens sleeping quarters aboard ship (USCMH)
129. Figure 129: Typical entertainment aboard ship provided by the soldier’s themselves (USCMH)
130. Figure 130: Princess Dock, Liverpool, England looking northward (public domain)
131. Figure 131: Princess Dock, Liverpool, England looking southward (public domain)
132. Figure 132: The HMS Mauretania berthed in the Mersey River at the north end of Princes Landing Stage, Princess Dock, Liverpool, England. Ahead of her is the hospital ship ORANJE (Liverpool Museums, UK).
133. Figure 133: The MAURETANIA backing off Princes Landing Stage, Liverpool, on her way to join another convoy. Her escort is taking up position. (Liverpool Museums, UK)
134. Figure 134: Troops crowded on to the MAURETANIA's foredeck. Note the 'de-gaussing' cable, which neutralized the ship's magnetic field, and so helped in stopping magnetic mines being attracted to the ship (Liverpool Museums, UK)
135. Figure 135: Map showing Princess Dock and Liverpool Station (unknown author),
136. Figure 136: Liverpool Riverside Station (Courtesy Nick Catford, From the John Mann collection)
137. Figure 137: Historic Postcard of Broad Street in Leominster, Herefordshire, England (public domain)
138. Figure 138: Picture of soldier taken at Leominster Station in England (Collins).
139. Figure 139: Aerial view of the 76th General Hospital, Leominster (NARA)
140. Figure 140: Location of Berrington Hall in relation to Leominster. (A Vision of Britain Through Time – public domain)
141. Figure 141: Key to English Ordinance Survey Maps.4
142. Figure 142: 5th Ranger Infantry Battalion, B Company Morning Report, February 4, 1944, NARA, NPRC, St. Louis, MO, 5th Ranger Infantry Battalion, World War II morning reports (0005 Ranger INF BN), February 1944, Microfilm reel number 25356
143. Figure 143: Map of Leominster drawn by S/Sgt Hull in February, 1944. (Author’s collection)
144. Figure 144: SJX Early Postcard, Tignabruaich from East, Kyles of Bute; Argyllshire, Scotland; (public domain)
145. Figure 145: Kyles of Bute at Tighnabruaich - from original by Brian Gerlad - No.A.796, circa 1934 (public domain)
146. Figure 146: Map showing areas described in the email above. Auchenlachen, Kames and Tighnabruaich are circled. Ordinance Survey of Scotland Popular Edition, Sheet 65 – Dunoon and Loch Fynne
147. Figure 147: British Combined Operations badge
148. Figure 148: Ranger training in Scotland (left) and Rangers practicing assault landings in Scotland (right)(NARA) 149. Figure 149: Ranger log training in Scotland from movie fil
m. Note movement of logs. (NARA)
150. Figure 150: S/Sgt Hull and Corporal Herman Stuyvesant in Scotland (Author’s collection)
151. Figure 151: World War II Nissen Huts in use as part of a Station Hospital (NARA)
152. Figure 152: 5th Ranger Infantry Battalion conducting cliff climbing training in Scotland (NARA)
153. Figure 153: The U.S. Army Assault Training Center, Woolacombe, England (Courtesy Richard T. Bass) 154. Figure 154: Assault Team in LCVP (NARA)
155. Figure 155: USATC, Area A map (Courtesy of Richard Bass)
156. Figure 156: Soldiers analyzing mock German defenses in Area A at Braunton Burrows (NARA)
157. Figure 157: USATC Area A; (U.S. Army, courtesy of Richard Bass)
158. Figure 158: USATC, Area B, Practice Assault Beach, Engineer Obstacle Course (U.S. Army, courtesy of Richard Bass) 159. Figure 159: USATC, Area B, Practice Assault Beach, dragon’s teeth anti-tank obstacles (U.S. Army, courtesy of Richard Bass)
160. Figure 160: USATC, Area B map (Courtesy of Richard Bass)
161. Figure 161: USATC, Area C, Practice Assault Beach, Rocket wall at Assault Range (U.S. Army, courtesy of Richard Bass) 162. Figure 162: USATC, Area C, Mortar Range (U.S. Army, courtesy of Richard Bass)
163. Figure 163: USATC, Area D map (Courtesy of Richard Bass)
164. Figure 164: USATC, Area D, Assault Range (U.S. Army, courtesy of Richard Bass)
165. Figure 165: USATC, Area D, Flamethrower Range (U.S. Army, courtesy of Richard Bass)
166. Figure 166: USATC, Area E, Croyde Bay, Area F in top left of photo (U.S. Army, courtesy of Richard Bass) 167. Figure 167: USATC, CROYDE BAY - AREAS "E", “F”, “G”, and “H” map (Courtesy of Richard Bass) 168. Figure 168: USATC, CROYDE BAY - AREAS "H", “L”, “M”, and “N” map (Courtesy of Richard Bass) 169. Figure 169: Modern day photo of area of USATC, Area M, Morte Point (courtesy of Richard Bass) 170. Figure 170: Combined infantry and armor landing U.S. Assault Training School, Woolacombe, England (U.S. Army, courtesy of Richard Bass)
