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Discussion published by Steven J. Zaloga on Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Re: Seeking information on World War II army units

The units he seems to be referring to are the 3162th Ordnance Company, 612th Ordnance Base Armament Maintenance Battalion. There was a published history of the battalion from 1945 and it is still listed on Amazon or might be obtainable through inter-library loan. The library at the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, PA has a very extensive collection of WWII unit histories; they may have it and they have an on-line digital finding aid. The Department of Defense does not maintain unit records from World War II except for some personnel files.

Discussion published by Elizabeth Foster on Wednesday, February 26, 2020

X-Post: MiWSR: Geelhoed on Lengel, "Never in Finer Company: The Men of the Great War’s Lost Battalion"

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A review of Edward G. Lengel, Never in Finer Company: The Men of the Great War’s Lost Battalion, by E. Bruce Geelhoed, Ball State University.

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Discussion published by George Cressman on Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Re: Seeking information on World War II army units

The 612th Ordnance Battalion is properly the 612th Ordnance Base Maintenance Battalion (the OBAM in the note). A history was published in 1945 - "612th Ordnance Base Maintenance Battalion: A Brief History," Robert S. Houseman, editor, published by the Engineer Depot E-517, Le Mans, France. Abe Books has two copies for sale, albeit somewhat expensive. The U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, PA has a copy. The web site "Back to Normandy" shows the location for the 612th during their time in England.

H-War Book Reviews

Review published on Thursday, February 20, 2020
Author: 
Michael M. Walker
Reviewer: 
Yan Li

Li on Walker, 'The 1929 Sino-Soviet War: The War Nobody Knew'

Michael M. Walker. The 1929 Sino-Soviet War: The War Nobody Knew. Modern War Studies Series. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2017. 400 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7006-2375-4.

Reviewed by Yan Li (University of Oakland) Published on H-War (February, 2020) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)

Review published on Thursday, February 20, 2020
Author: 
Harlow Giles Unger
Reviewer: 
Ariel Credeur

Credeur on Unger, 'Dr. Benjamin Rush: The Founding Father Who Healed a Wounded Nation'

Harlow Giles Unger. Dr. Benjamin Rush: The Founding Father Who Healed a Wounded Nation. New York: Da Capo Press, 2018. 320 pp. $28.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-306-82432-6.

Reviewed by Ariel Credeur (University of Southern Mississippi) Published on H-War (February, 2020) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)

Review published on Thursday, February 20, 2020
Author: 
Irwin F. Gellman
Reviewer: 
Zachary Matusheski

Matusheski on Gellman, 'The President and the Apprentice: Eisenhower and Nixon, 1952-1961'

Irwin F. Gellman. The President and the Apprentice: Eisenhower and Nixon, 1952-1961. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015. 832 pp. $40.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-300-18105-0.

Reviewed by Zachary Matusheski (Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency postdoctoral fellow at The Ohio State University) Published on H-War (February, 2020) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)

Review published on Thursday, February 13, 2020
Author: 
Simone Turchetti
Reviewer: 
Mary Ann Heiss

Heiss on Turchetti, 'Greening the Alliance: The Diplomacy of NATO's Science and Environmental Initiatives'

Simone Turchetti. Greening the Alliance: The Diplomacy of NATO's Science and Environmental Initiatives. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018. Illustrations. 256 pp. $37.50 (paper), ISBN 978-0-226-59579-5; $112.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-226-59565-8.

Reviewed by Mary Ann Heiss (Kent State University) Published on H-War (February, 2020) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)

Review published on Thursday, February 13, 2020
Author: 
Marc A. Ouellette, Jason C. Thompson
Reviewer: 
Robert Whitaker

Whitaker on Ouellette and Thompson, 'The Post-9/11 Video Game: A Critical Examination'

Marc A. Ouellette, Jason C. Thompson. The Post-9/11 Video Game: A Critical Examination. Jefferson: McFarland, 2017. 200 pp. $35.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-7864-9902-1.

Reviewed by Robert Whitaker (Louisiana Tech) Published on H-War (February, 2020) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)

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