The Spirit of the Infantry: Battle Fatigue in the Second World War

In studying the infantry’s experience in the European Theater of Operations (ETO), we find circumstances that are almost beyond imagining. We learn, for instance, that fear was ever present. The terror “came and went in varying degrees,” sometimes seeming “intolerable” but at others “dissipating entirely” [1]. At times it was such intense fear that an …

Roger That: Army Infantry Communications in WWII

“Shoot, move, and communicate,” the saying goes. They're the three most important components of the infantry’s mission to close with and destroy the enemy. Good communications enable the rapid collection and dissemination of information within and between combat units so they can coordinate fire and movement successfully and in relative safety. The US Army Signal …