Index

Advance Force:		Paragraph
	Organization	122
	Reconnaissance by	118
	Seizure of defended areas	119
	Tasks	117
Aircraft:
	Airdromes	630
	Air group	203
	Bases	629, 630
	Battle missions	609
	Carrier-based, disadvantages	120c
	Chemical ammunition requirements	832
	Communications	631-636, 713, 724, 729d
	Composition of air force	603
	Coordination with gunfire	520-529
	Effect on selection of H-hour	155
	Ground attacks	611
	Guide planes	623
	Gunnery observation	626
	Land-based	108
	Missions	606
	Operations against enemy aircraft	120
	Operations during advance inland	627, 628
	Operations during approach to beach	620-626
	Operations during debarkation	617-619
	Operations preliminary to landing	614-616
	Parachute and air troops	612, 613, 619b
	Pilots and observers, training required	625
	Reconnaissance	607, 608
	Reconnaissance versus surprise	604
	Reproduction of prints and mosaics	951e
	Responsibility and employment	602
	Smoke	621, 622, 835, 839
	Spotting artillery fire	813
	Superiority	601
	Transportation marine planes	605, 911f
	Use of smoke and chemicals	610
Ammunition:
	Artillery	805
	Chemical	832
	Classification of	508
	Effectiveness on personnel	508
	Reduced charges	507b
	Requirements, general discussion	507d, 512b, 532
	Smoke projectiles	837
	Types	507a, 508
Antisubmarine Group:
	Definition	203
Area:
	Boat assembly	427
	Boat rendezvous	206a, 427
	Fire support	219, 220, 523, 524
	Landing	137, 146
	Sea, influence of land upon	108
	Station and maneuver	142, 219-223
	Transport	219, 220
Artillery, Field:
	Air spot	813
	Ammunition supply	805
	Assignment	807
	Chemical ammunition	832
	Communication with ships' fire-control party	731
	Control line	133, 812
	Coordination with aircraft	628
	Coordination with naval gunfire	528, 811
	Debarkation plans	809, 810
	General discussion	801
	Initial firing positions	814
	Landing characteristics	803
	Landing diagrams	808
	Motor transportation	806
	Organization for landing	804
	Protection of	815
	Scheduled fires	812b
	Types	802
Attack:
	Against naval defense forces	121
	Forces employed	110-116
	Frontage	147
	Night	161
	Ship-to-shore movement, vital part of	402
	Suitability of terrain	141
Attack Force:
	Landing forces	112
	Naval forces	111
	Organization and command	201
	Replacement personnel	116
	Superiority	110
Aviation. (See Aircraft.)
Bases:
	Aircraft	629, 630
	Denying	105, 106
	Effect on administrative plans	908
	Occupation by advance forces	119
	Securing	105, 106
	Selection, factors governing	103
	Supply depots	939d
	Types	102
Beach:
	Dash to	433
	Definition and discussion	140
	Landing at	434
	Patrolling from sea	440
Beachhead:
	Advance from	136
	Battalion, regimental, etc.	134b
	Definition and purpose	128
	Establishing	135
	Exploitation line	130
	Extent and form	131
	Intermediate lines	134a
	Line for force	129
Boats:
	Ambulance	961
	Areas, assembly and rendezvous	206a, 427
	Armament	306
	Armor	318
	Assignment to boat groups	206, 406
	Capacity in boatspaces	311
	Carriers	302d, 919e
	Channels	954
	Characteristics for assault units	303
	Communication	711, 726
	Crew	315
	Designating letters	315, 421c(9-11)
	Division, definition	405a(3)
	Division formations	445
	Draft	307

Boats--Continued		Paragraph
	Effect of frontage of attack	148
	Equipment	319, 321
	Flotilla, definition	405a(4)
	Formations	405b, 413, 445
	Formation signals	446
	Frontages	413
	Group, deifnition	405a(2)
	Handling in surf	320
	Landing of assault units	414-417, 623, 821, 822
	Latest hour to start lowering	428d
	Lighters and barges	309
	Methods of assembly and loading	427c
	Movement coordinated with gunfire	520-529
	Navy standard, table of characteristics	310-316
	Number and types required	301
	Officers, embarkation	409
	Organization and command	206, 207, 405
	Personnel required for boat group	405d
	Pools	407
	Protection from chemicals	831e
	Reserve units	308
	Size	304
	Smoke from	838
	Special	322
	Speed	305
	Succeeding trips	435
	Transportation of	302
	Types, Navy standard	310-316
Boat Assignment Table:
	Discussion	421
Boat Diagrams:
	Discussion	425
Boat Guns:
	Crew	411
	Employment on approach to beach	433e
	Influence of visibility on fire	158
	Necessity	306
Boat Space:
	Crew	315
	Definition	311
	Matériel	316
Bombs:
	Requirements in	637, 638, 639
Charts (See Maps.)
Chemicals:
	Ammunition requirements	832
	Collective protection	831
	Decontamination measures	831f
	Description of agents	828
	Employment by attacker	829
	Individual protection	830
	Smoke	833-839
	Use by defender	827
Civilian Population. (See Military Police)
Close Supporting Fire:
	By aircraft	627
	Definition	505
	Illustrative problem	538-544
	Task organization	513
Command:
	Attack force	201
	Boats	208d, 405
	Control group	208d
	Embarkation of commanders	205c
	Ship to shore movement	431b, c
	Shore party	212
	Transport group	206
Communication:
	Aircraft	631-636
	Between boats and guide plane	623
	Between ship and shore	715-726
	Boat formation signals	446
	Control group	208c
	General	701-703, 706-708
	Initiation of shore system	727-734
	Personnel and equipment	704-705
	Ship to shore movement	709-714
	With agents ashore	442c
Control Group:
	Definition	203
	Organization and tasks	208
Debarkation:
	Execution	430
	Plans	426
	Preparation	429
Debarkation and Approach Schedule:
	Discussion	428
Debarkation Plans:
	Assignment of boat divisions to gangways	426b
	Data sheet	426c
	General considerations	426a
	Tests	426c
Deep Supporting Fire:
	Definition	505d
	Task organization	513
Defense:
	Characteristics of positions	502
	Enemy dispositions	139, 149, 502
	Enemy reinforcements	115
	Enemy reserves, effect of selection of H hour	154
	Naval forces, operations against	121, 156
	Reduction by aircraft	608
	Time element in preparation	114
Demonstration:
	Definition and purpose	126
	Group	203
	Patrols	441
Deployment Diagram:
	Discussion	424
Destroyers:
	Transport duty	111, 304d1
	Transporting reserves	418c2
Destruction Fire:
	Definition	505a
Distance and Interval:
	Assault battalion	417
	Assault company	416
	Boat division	414
	Definition	412
	Factors governing	413
	Sample order for boat group	422c
Embarkation:
	Allotment of transports	919
	Assignment of troops and matériel to transports	921, 923, 925, 926
	Classification of cargo	927
	Group, definition and discussion	920
	Methods of loading	924
	Officers of boat group	409
	Organization of landing force	916
	Organization of transports	915
	Plans	914, 929
	Sequence of planning	917, 929f
	Shipping requirements	918
	Special ships required	919e
	Stowage plans	930, 931
	Tables	922
	Tonnage tables	927, 928
	Troop and cargo requirements	919
Engineer:
	Boat channels	954
	Duties	950
	Landing of units	949
	Maps and charts	951
	Plans	948
	Responsibilities of CEC	948, 952b
	Roads and trails	953
	Wharves and landing facilities	952

Equipment:		Paragraph
	Communication	705
	Grouping and description, marine	902, 903
	Issue	904
	Landing boats	319, 321, 831e
Exploitation Line:
	Definition and purpose	130
Fire Control Party:
	Assignment to boats for landing	410b
	Communication	724, 731
	Composition and purpose	517
Formation Boat:
	Factors governing	413
	Landing	423
	Landing assault battalion	417
	Landing assault company	416
	Landing assault platoon	414, 445
	Rear boat divisions	415
	Sample order for boat group	422c
	Waves	405b
Frontage:
	Assault battalion	417
	Assault company	416
	Boat division and assault platoon	414
	Factors governing	413
	Naval gunfire affecting	147c
	Of landing force	147
	Sample order for boat group	422c
	Supply of boats affecting	148
Gunfire. (See Naval Gunfire.)
H-Hour:
	Definition and use of term	224
	Factors affecting selection	152-163
	Final selection	228
	Minor adjustments	228f, 526b
	Synchronization of timepieces	229b
Intelligence:
	Discussion	118
	Dissemination en route	167
Interval. (See Distance.)
Landing:
	Artillery	803-810
	Assault battalion	417
	Assault company	416
	Assault platoon	414
	Comparative times of	152-163
	Dash to beach	433
	Diagram	422
	Effect of smoke	833
	Engineer units	949
	Execution at beach	434
	Illustrative diagrams	151
	Main, definition	124
	Night	161
	Of agents	442
	Of patrols	443d
	Preliminary aerial operations	614-616
	Reserves	417g, 418
	Schedule	419
	Secondary, definition, purpose, and exploitation	125
	Shore party	213
	Succeeding trips of boats	435
	Surprise	127
	Parachute and air troops	127, 155c, 603g, 612, 613, 619b
	Tanks, fighting	818, 821
	Through surf	320
	Types	150
	Water supply	942
Landing Area:
	Coast line, discussion	143
	Definition and selection	137, 138, 146
	Effect of weather on selection	145
	Enemy dispositions	139
	Suitability of terrain	141
	Time of occupation	225, 226
Landing Diagrams:
	Artillery	808
	Discussion	422
Landing Force:
	Administrative requirements	909
	Aircraft, employment	602
	Communication, between ship and shore	715-726
	Communication, system on shore	727-734
	Composition and organization	206
	Embarkation of commanders	205c
	Frontage	147
	Gunfire support of subordinate units	513
	Mat&eacut;riel	911
	Methods of loading	924
	Organization for embarkation	916
	Parachute and air troops	127, 155c, 603g, 612, 613, 619b
	Pilots and observers	625
	Replacements	116
	Superiority	112
	Task organization	403, 404
	Tasks	202b
	Tonnage tables	927
	Transportation aircraft	605
Landing Group:
	Definition and composition	404
Line of Departure:
	Activities near	432
	Approach to	431
	Control of boats	432d
	Definition and location	221
	Marking	208d, 431i
Loading--Transport:
	Classification of cargo	927
	Combat unit	924b, c
	Commercial	924a
	Convoy unit	924b
	Methods	924
	Organization unit	924b
	Plans	929
	Responsibility	923, 925, 926
	Ships data required	919
	Stowage	930, 931
	Tonnage tables	927, 928
Maps, Charts, Overlays:
	Fire control	522
	General discussion	951
	Reproduction, responsibility for	951e
	Use	166
Matériel
	Assignment to transports	921
	Boat spaces required	317
	Captured and salvaged	941
	Classification	901-903
	Issue	904, 905
	Landing force	911
	Loading plans	929
	Methods of loading	924
	Naval, special	913
	Responsibility for assembly and loading	923
	Stowage	930, 931
	Tonnage tables	927, 928

Medical:		Paragraph
	Aid and collection stations	963-965
	Ambulance boats	961
	Ambulance service	966
	Casualties	957, 960, 961
	Duties	215
	Evacuation, shore to ship	961
	Hospitalization	958, 959, 967
	Personnel, landing force	962
	Plans	955
	Water purufication	942j
Meteorological Conditions:
	H-Hour, effect on	162
Military Police:
	Civilian population	946
	Duties	943
	Prisoners of war	944
	Stragglers	945
	Traffic	947
Mine Group:
	Definition and tasks	203, 210
Naval Gunfire:
	Aerial gunnery observation	626
	Annex	535-537
	Assistance by control group	208e
	Battery	507c, 510
	Characteristics	507
	Chemical ammunition	832
	Classification of ammunition	508
	Classification of fires	504
	Classification of guns	509
	Classification of ships	511
	Close support	505d, 509a
	Concentrations	505b
	Coordination	520-529, 624, 627, 811
	Deep support	505d, 509b
	Destruction	505a
	Direct fire	532a
	Effect on frontage of attack	147c
	Effectiveness on personnel	508
	Fire control maps	522, 531
	Fire control parties	517
	Fire support areas	523
	Fire support group	203, 507d, 513, 523
	Fires required	506
	Firing runs	524
	Harassing	532d
	Illustrative problem	538-544
	Indirect fire	532b
	Influence of visibility	159
	Interdiction	532d
	Liaison	516
	Mission	501
	Neutralization	505a
	Preparation	505d, 509d
	Procedure for determining ships	541
	Procedure for planning schedule	544
	Projectiles and fuzes	508, 532c
	Pyrotechnic signals	529, 714, 726
	Requirements in guns and ammunition	507d, 512, 518
	Schedule fires	505c
	Smoke, effect of	833
	Special missions	505d, 509c
	Spotting	514, 528, 534, 626
	Support areas	219, 220, 523
	Support or subordinate landing force units	513
	Target designation	531
	Targets of opportunity	505c
Naval Task Groups. (See Organization.)
Objectives:
	General	101
	Successive	132, 134
Orders:
	Basic	165
	Dissemination en route	167
	Sample for boat group	422c
Organization:
	Air force	603
	Anti-submarine group	203
	Attack force	201
	Attack group	204
	Boats	207, 405
	Control group	208b
	Demonstration group	203
	Fire support group	203, 507d, 513, 523
	Landing force	205, 916
	Mine group	203
	Naval task groups	203
	Reconnaissance group	203
	Salvage group	203
	Screening group	203
	Shore party	213
	Transport group	206, 915
Overlays. (See Maps.)
Patrolling. (See Reconnaissance.)
Personnel:
	Assignment to transports	921
	Communication	704
	Method of loading	924
	Navy medical, landing force	962
	Replacements	116, 910
Plans and Planning:
	Administrative	906-913
	Centralization	168
	Change of, ship to shore	409c
	Debarkation of artillery	809, 810
	Dissemination en route	167
	Embarkation	914-922
	Engineer	948
	Flexibility	164
	Flexibility in ship to shore movement	408
	Hold stowage	930, 931
	Illustrative gunfire problem	538-544
	Medical	955
	Procedure for determining gunfire ships	541
	Procedure for planning gunfire schedule	544
	Ship to shore movement	419-428
	Transport loading	929
	Use of smoke	833
Prisoners:
	Capturing of	444
	War	944
Raids:
	Landing, purposes	107
	Capturing prisoners on shore	444c
Reconnaissance:
	Aerial, during approach to beach	625
	Aerial, during debarkation	618
	Aerial photographic	615
	Air reconnaissance versus surprise	604, 614
	Capture of prisoners	444
	Group, definition and tasks	203, 209
	Information required	118a
	Means employed	118c
	Necessity for	118b
	Patrolling coast line from sea	440
	Patrolling on shore	443
	Patrols	436-444
	Patrols, courses of action	438
	Patrols, demonstrations	441
	Patrols, general conduct	439
	Patrols, information desired	437
	Patrols, landing of agents	442
	Surprise, aid to	118e

Reference and Control Points:		Paragraph
	Definition, purpose, and location	222
	Illustrative diagram	222
Reserves:
	Boats for	308
	Landing of battalion	417g
	Landing of	418
	Transporting by destroyers	418c(2)
Salvage Group:
	Definition and tasks	203
	Operations	447, 448, 449
Schedule:
	Artillery fires	812b
	Debarkation and approach	428
	Landing	419
	Naval gunfire	544
	Operations	227
Scheme of Maneuver:
	Factors affecting	147-150
	Illustrative diagrams	151
Screening Group:
	Definition and tasks	203
Ship to Shore Movement:
	Boat division formations	445
	Boat formation signals	446
	Communications	709-714
	Control of movement	208d, 430b, c
	Coordination with gunfire	520-529
	Execution	429-435
	Formations, frontages, and distances	412-418
	General discussion	401, 402
	Guide planes	623
	Planning	419-428
	Reconnaissance patrols	436-444
	Task organization	403-411
	Vital part of attack	402
Shore Party:
	Communication between ship and shore	715-726
	Communication installations	730
	Composition, command, and duties	212
	Engineer units	949
	Landing of	213
Small Wars:
	Application of this publication to	109
Smoke:
	Aircraft	621, 622, 835, 839
	Destroyers	836
	From boats	838
	General discussion	833
	Means of projecting	834
	Projectiles	837
Station and Maneuver Area:
	Assignment	219
	Discussion, naval forces	142
	Illustrative diagrams	223
	Reference and control points	222
	Transport and gunfire support	220
Supplies:
	Battalion, regimental, force	934, 937-939
	Carried in initial movement	912
	Carried on or with troops	937
	Debarkation	935
	Dumps	936-938
	Echeloned in depth	933
	Echeloned on vessels	934
	Following troops ashore	937b
	Force depots	939
	Grouping and description	902, 903
	Issue	905
	Post exchange	940
	System of supply	939-942
	System on shore	932
	Water	942
Surprise:
	In connection with reconnaissance	118c, 604
	Influence of aircraft	155
	Landings	127, 155c
	Selection of H-hour	153
Tanks, Fighting:
	Assignment	819
	Boat organization for landing	822
	Debarkation and landing	824, 825
	Methods of landing	818
	Stowage aboard ship	823
	Time of landing	821
	Types and employment	817
Targets:
	Aircraft	616, 619, 624, 626
	Opportunity, definition	505
	Relative importance	503
Tasks:
	Air group	203
	Antisubmarine group	203
	Control group	208a
	Demonstration group	203
	Fire support group	513, 518
	Landing force	202b
	Mine group	203, 210
	Naval task groups	202a
	Reconnaissance group	209
	Salvage group	203
	Screening group	203
	Shore party	213
	Transport group	206
Task Organization. (See also Organization.):
	Discussion	201-218
	Naval gunfire	507d, 512d, 513, 518
	Ship-to-shore movement	403-411
Time:
	Arrival in landing area	225, 226, 617
	H-hour and D-day	224
	In connection with mission	144
	In preparation of defense	114
	Latest hour to start lowering boats	428d
	Of landing	152-163
Transport:
	Allocation of matériel	921
	Allotment for embarkation	919
	Areas	219, 220
	Boat carrier	302d, 919e
	Data required	919
	Destroyers as	111, 304d(1)
	Division, definition and discussion	920
	Group, organization of	206, 915, 920
	Loading plans	929
	Matériel, responsibility for assembly and loading	923, 925, 926
	Methods of loading	924
	Protection by aircraft	617
	Quartermaster	926
	Stowage plans	930
	Tonnage tables	927, 928
Water:
	Development of supply	942
Wave:
	Definition	405b
Weather:
	Effect	145
	Meteorological conditions	162
Wharves and Landing Facilities:
	Location and responsibility for	952b, c
	Types	952e

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