lieutenantdan

  • Hammer: Korea was the first war where the US Army rotated Soldiers in and out of theatre in significant numbers, a practice that has continued ever since. In doing practical and instructional knowledge is lost and lessons have to be re-learned, sometimes at great cost. How would you change the manner in which we now rotate Soldiers into different…[Read more]

  • FSC- FSC: Discuss the three advantages the CCF possessed over UN Forces

    As told in “This kind of War,” Fehrenbach describes the advantages that the CFF possessed over the UN Forces as: “having their own minds, trained to war in the vast reaches of the middle kingdom, which instinctively thought in terms of fluid maneuver, without regard to the…[Read more]

  • lieutenantdan replied to the topic Section 3 in the forum 1-5 Cav 6 years, 4 months ago

    S6

    The lapse in communication between the front lines and the Eighth Army mission command was caused by a number of factors; however, I’ll only touch base on those in which I felt were key.

    One factor, which could arguably be the most influential, was the disproportionate number of men manning the front perimeter. There were many gaps throughout…[Read more]

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  • lieutenantdan replied to the topic Section 2 in the forum 1-5 Cav 6 years, 4 months ago

    Hammer’s question

    After much deliberative research on the bazooka and its types of munition, I came to the same conclusion that Fehrenbach had originally developed. When comparing the stats on the bazooka and the T-34 tank, I found that the bazooka, regardless of the variant, was more than capable of penetrating the steel armor plating of the…[Read more]

  • lieutenantdan replied to the topic Section 1 in the forum 1-5 Cav 6 years, 5 months ago

    S3: What factors made Korea vulnerable and appealing for military occupation? What geopolitical factors in the 20th century led Korea’s invasion and occupation in June 1950

    As told in “This Kind Of War,” Fehrenbach mentions a variety of factors that essentially facilitated military occupation on the peninsula of Korea. One of which was Korea’s…[Read more]

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