This volume, one of the series UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II, is the fifth to be published in the subseries THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC. All the volumes will be closely related, and the series will present a comprehensive account of the activities of the Military Establishment during World War II. A tentative list of subseries is appended at the end of this volume.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 53—61979

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UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II

Kent Roberts Greenfield, General Editor

Advisory Committee

(As of 1 May 1953)

James P. BaxterBrig. Gen. Verdi B. Barnes
President, Williams CollegeArmy War College
John D. HicksBrig. Gen. Leonard J. Greeley
University of CaliforniaIndustrial College of the Armed Forces
William T. HutchinsonBrig. Gen. Elwyn D. Post
University of ChicagoArmy Field Forces
S. L. A. MarshallCol. Thomas D. Stamps
Detroit NewsUnited States Military Academy
Charles S. SydnorCol. C. E. Beauchamp
Duke UniversityCommand and General Staff College
Charles H. Taylor
HarvardUniversity