Military Tuesday: US Army Center of Military History Prints
A gallery showcasing a selection of downloadable wallpaper-sized prints and accompanying accounts of battles fought by the US Army since the American Civil War to Operation Desert Storm a decade ago, as presented by the US Army Center of Military History.
Battle of Bud Bagsak (Moro Rebellion, 11 - 15 June 1913)
© US Army Center of Military History
One of the conflicts in the Philippines where fiercely independent Moros revolted against the introduction of American rule in the early 1900s. The Moro Rebellion (otherwise known as the the Philippines-American War) also heralded the introduction of the Colt M1911 .45 pistol as the service pistol of the US armed forces which served until the introduction of the Beretta 92F as the M9 in 1985.
Some additional information on the Battle of Bud Bagsak from www.bakbakan.org.
Siege of Vicksburg (American Civil War, 19 May 1863)
© US Army Center of Military History
The 13th Infantry Regiment led by General William Sherman was the only Union unit to raise its colours over the Confederate lines during the siege at Stockade Redan on 19 May 1863, earning its motto “First at Vicksburg”.
The American M4 medium tank of WWII was named after him as with all other American tanks and major armoured fighting vehicles which came from the British tradition of naming American tanks after famous American generals during WWII starting with M3 medium tank “Lee” (after American General Robert E. Lee).
More information on the Vicksburg campaign on Wikipedia.
Battle of Chipyong-ni (Korean War, February 1951)
© US Army Center of Military History
A breakout by the 23rd Regimental Combat Team (2nd Infantry Division) together with armour reinforcements from the 5th Cavalry Regiment after three days of defense at Chipyong-ni against massive human wave attacks attempted by overwhelming numbers of Chinese communist troops during the Korean War. A first hand recollection of the battle by then Captain Ansil L. Walker of the 23rd Regimental Combat Team can be read at historynet.com.
Battle of San Juan Hill (Spanish-American War, 1 July 1898)
© US Army Center of Military History
Gatling machineguns of Lieutenant John H. Parker’s Gatling Gun Detachment being used on the offensive to support the frontal assault on entrenched Spanish troops on heavily defended San Juan Hill, Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
Lieutenant John H. Parker was in command of the Gatling Gun Detachment composed of men from four different infantry regiments. Parker believed that his guns, which normally played only a defensive role in battle, could be of decisive importance in the attack by giving fire superiority to the infantry just when most needed. Receiving permission to advance the guns, Parker brought his detachment abreast of the Infantry, in fact ahead of some elements of it, and opened fire. This, the United States Army’s first use of close support machine guns in the attack, was decisive in the capture of San Juan Hill. Lieutenant Parker’s initiative developed an important principle of fire and maneuver — the use of close support machine guns in the attack.
Capture of Ludendorff Bridge (World War II, 7 March 1945)
© US Army Center of Military History
The capture of the Ludendorff bridge during Operation Lumberjack by the Combat Command B, 9th Armored Division and 27th Infantry Regiment which paved the way for the Allies to establish a bridgehead at Remagen as a base for attacks into Germany itself, leading to the eventual defeat of Germany and ending the war in Europe.
Battle of Resaca de la Palma (Mexican-American War, 9 May 1846)
© US Army Center of Military History
An account of the battle can be found at Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic site.
Some of the Desert Storm prints.
© US Army Center of Military History
Download the prints or view the US Army in Action gallery or the Desert Storm gallery at US Army Center of Military History.
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Is there a written history of the motorcycles used by U.S. forces
during the first world war.
Hi Barry, haven’t seen one but found a couple of links on the use of motorcycles in WWI.
A memoir of a despatch rider, Adventures of a Despatch Rider by W. H. L. Watson on Project Gutenberg and an article titled The first Yank and Harley-Davidson to enter Germany. 11/12/18.
Sorry I’m not much of a help here - didn’t know that motorcycles were used by the armies of WWI.