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General Walter Krueger Papers
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Administrative Orders

The administrative orders primarily contain data or amendments to accompany Field Orders and are concerned with supply, evacuation, traffic, service troops, personnel, prisoners of war, and miscellaneous items. Also included are instructions and annexes dealing with captured enemy equipment, individual clothing and equipment, supplies, burials and cemeteries, native labor, sanitation, prisoners of war and enemy dead, captured material trophies, air supply circulars, and plans of operation. Maps and sketches are also found among the administrative orders. June 6, 1943 - October 5, 1945

Field Orders

The field orders contain data and instructions relating to hostile dispositions and support of operation, task forces, command posts, supplies, and communications. Also included are annexes concerned with staging, loading and embarkation plans, intelligence, artillery and antiaircraft artillery, communications, and engineering. Maps, sketches, and code names are also included in the field orders. June 2, 1943 - September 6, 1945

Field Orders

The field orders contain data and instructions relating to hostile dispositions and support of operation, task forces, command posts, supplies, and communications. Also included are annexes concerned with staging, loading and embarkation plans, intelligence, artillery and antiaircraft artillery, communications, and engineering. Maps, sketches, and code names are also included in the field orders. June 2, 1943 - September 6, 1945

General Walter Krueger Papers

  • TxAM-CRS 160
  • Collection
  • 1943-1945

This collection includes copies of administrative orders, field orders, and weekly reports compiled by the staff of the Sixth Army and sent to General Krueger, as well as copies of operation reports sent from General Krueger to the Adjutant General in Washington, D. C. Also included are after-action operation reports concerning the 6th Army.

The administrative orders primarily contain data or amendments to accompany Field Orders and are concerned with supply, evacuation, traffic, service troops, personnel, prisoners of war, and miscellaneous items. Also included are instructions and annexes dealing with captured enemy equipment, individual clothing and equipment, supply, burials and cemeteries, native labor, sanitation, prisoners of war and enemy dead, captured material trophies, air supply circulars, and plans of operation. Maps and sketches are also found among the administrative orders.

The field orders contain data and instructions relating to hostile dispositions and support of operations, task forces, command posts, supplies, and communications. Also included are annexes concerned with staging, loading and embarkation plans, intelligence, artillery and antiaircraft artillery, communications, and engineering. Maps, sketches, and code names are also included in the field orders.

The weekly reports contain intelligence information on enemy activities, terrain, counterintelligence, material and equipment, captured documents and POW interrogations, reclassification of documents, enemy tactics, psychological warfare, and code names and numbers. Also included are photographic coverage reports, sketches, and maps.

The operation reports provide the history of the operation, including organization and operating instructions, plans and preparations, background and terrain, reconnaissance, communication, operations, enemy reaction, engineer activities, captured materials, relations with natives, the recapitulation of casualties, commendations, awards, and decorations, conclusions, credit for success, and lessons learned.

Krueger, Walter, 1881-1967

Historical Reports

3/22: "The Story of the Bushmasters" by Roy Lancaster (combat narrative and photographic account of the 158th Regimental Combat Team.)

3/23: "1300 Hours" prepared by the Public Relations Office, 32nd Infantry Division (combat history of the 32nd Infantry Division-World War II.)

3/24: "Going Hard" (history of overseas war service of the 27th Engineer Construction Battalion.) October 1945

3/25: "Inside G-2" published by Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2 Headquarters Sixth Army (a brief symposium on the organization, functioning, and equipment of G-2 and S02 Section in AFPAC Divisions and comments on divisional and regimental reconnaissance agencies.) 1945

3/26: "Antiaircraft Artillery Operations with Sixth Army" (prepared during the early phase of the occupation of Japan.)

3/27: "History of G-4 Section Headquarters Sixth Army” (operations from Camp Columbia, Australia to Kyoto, Japan.) January 25, 1943 - January 26, 1946

3/28: "History of Ordinance Section Headquarters Sixth Army” (narrative of combat operations and experience, including statistics on ammunition supply and expenditures.) January 27, 1943 - December 15, 1945

3/29: "Paradise Paper" prepared by Public Relations Office under the direction of Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2 (a review of the XI Corps campaign from Finschhafen, New Guinea, April 22, 1944, to Yokohama, Japan, September 2, 1945.)

3/30: "I Corps History of the Occupation of Japan" (historical narrative and documents concerning the occupation of Honshu.) 1945

3/31: "Japanese Defense of Cities as Exemplified by The Battle For Manila" published by Assistant Chief of Staff, G- Headquarters of Sixth Army (presenting the first instance in WWI in which a metropolitan city strongly defended by the Japanese was assaulted and captured by U.S. forces.) July 1, 1945

3/32: "XIV Corps M-1 Operation After Action Report (Luzon Campaign.)"

3/33: "Map Supplement to After Action Report M-1 Operation XIV Corps."

3/34: "Allied Geographical Section Southwest Pacific Terrain Study No. 94," Central Luzon—Volume 3, Manila Directory.

Historical Reports

4/1: "6th Infantry Division After Action Report, Final Phase of Luzon Campaign." July 1 - August 21, 1945

4/2: "History of the Luzon Campaign,” I Corps, Philippine Islands. 1945

4/3: "Operations of the 25th Infantry Division,” Luzon Philippine Islands. January 17, 1945 - June 30, 1945

4/4: "Report After Action, Operations of the 37th Infantry Division," Luzon, Philippine Islands (M-1 Operation.) November 1, 1944 - June 30, 1945

4/5: "Historical Report, Luzon Campaign, 43rd Infantry Division," compiled by Sidney P. Marland, Jr., Colonel, G. S. C., A. C. OF S., G-3.

4/6: Luzon Campaign, 6th Infantry Division. January 9, 1945 - June 30, 1945

Operation Reports

3/12: "Report of the Chronicle Operation:" June 22, 1943 - August 5, 1943

3/13: "Report of Dexterity Operation: " December 15, 1943 - February 10, 1944

3/14: "Report of Brewer Operation: " February 29, 1944 - May 18, 1944

3/15: "Report of the Hollandia-Aitape Operation:" April 12, 1944 - August 25, 1944

3/16: "Report of the Wakde-Biak Operation: " May 17, 1944 - September 2, 1944

3/17: "Report of the Sansapor Operation: " July 30, 1944 - August 31, 1944

3/18: "Report of the Noemfoor Operation: " July 2, 1944 - August 31, 1944

3/19: "Report of the Moratai Operation: " September 15, 1944 - October 4, 1944

3/20: "Report of the King II Operation, 7th Infantry Division: " October 20, 1944 - February 10, 1945

3/21: "Report of the Mindoro Operation:" December 15, 1944 - December 31, 1944

Weekly Reports

The weekly reports contain intelligence information on enemy activities, terrain, counterintelligence, material and equipment, captured documents and POW interrogations, reclassification of documents, enemy tactics, psychological warfare, and code names and numbers. Also included are photographic coverage reports, sketches, and maps. November 1, 1944 - July 1, 1945

Weekly Reports

The weekly reports contain intelligence information on enemy activities, terrain, counterintelligence, material and equipment, captured documents and POW interrogations, reclassification of documents, enemy tactics, psychological warfare, and code names and numbers. Also included are photographic coverage reports, sketches, and maps. November 1, 1944 - July 1, 1945