Forging the Shield : The U.S. Army in Europe, 1951-1962 / by Carter, Donald A., 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Illustrations: -- General Thomas Handy, September 1949 -- Lieutenant General Manton S Eddy, August 1950 -- 12th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, in Dorningheim, October 1951 -- Company A, 1st Engineer Battalion build a ferry -- 19th Infantry patrol near Hanau, October 1951 -- Soldiers conceal M26 tank near Hanau, October 1951 -- V Corps Artillery Fire Support Control Center -- Situation map for exercise combine, October 1951 -- Armored half track of the aggressor forces during exercise Combine, October 1951 -- Field dental clinic, December 1952 -- Soldiers prepare fried chicken during a field exercise, November 1952 -- Headquarters, 7917th Labor Supervision Detachment, Fontenet tent area, January 1952 -- 571st Ordnance Ammunition Command, Captieux, France -- LACM pulls up to a floating dock and crane -- USNS Private Francis X McGraw at Le Tur Belle, France -- Troops unloading at La Pallice, France, April 1953 -- East German border guards and tank, 19 June 1953 -- Soviet tanks in Berlin, June 1953 -- Lieutenant General Charles Bolte, January 1953 -- Marshal of France Alphonse Juin and General Hoge -- 106-mm recoilless rifle, October 1953 -- Major General James Gavin checks map coordinates -- Brigadier General Raymond Bell, Lieutenant General Anthony McAuliffe Major General Ira Swift, French General Marcel Carpentier -- 43d Infantry Battalion and 67th tank Battalion, 2d Armored Division, move into attack position -- Heavy tank company from 6th Infantry in Gruenewald -- 43d Infantry Division conducting reconnaissance with "westland" forces in Gresenhren -- Soldiers of Company K, 110th Infantry, move through the outskirts of Gerberstein -- 280-mm cannon, October 1955 -- 1st Gun Section, Battery B, 59th Field Artillery Battalion -- Gun crew of the 91st Anti-Aircraft Artillery battalion -- Battery B 26th Field Artillery, 9th Infantry Division, October 1955 -- 5-gallon gas cans ready for stacking -- M47 tank -- Housing project at Gelnhausen -- Star and stripes was available in all PXs -- Brigadier General George Rehn, General Lauris Norstad , and Major General Dean Strother -- General Mathew Ridgeway inspects French troops at Baderces -- General Alfred Gruenther inspects the 2d Armored Division Honor Guard -- Marshal of France General Alphonse Juin -- General Hodes greets General Heusinger at the Heidelberg Airstrip, 21 June 1956 -- German Army trainees attend class on the American carbine -- American instructor holds class on the carbine -- Small-unit tactics being taught at German Army Officer Candidate School -- Engineer technique course at German Army Officer Candidate School -- Honest John and launcher at Darmstadt on Armed Forces Day 1956 -- General Hart and General Hodes discuss exercise Cordon Bleu -- Corporal missile at White Sands, New Mexico, October 1955 -- Tanks from 1st Battalion, 14th Armored Cavalry Regiment, during exercise Cordon Bleu -- Aggressor forces in Dinkelsbuhl during exercise Cordon Bleu -- Real injury is evacuated during exercise Cordon Bleu -- Troops board a train to Bremerhaven to take them to Kaiserslautern -- Soldiers from the 11th Airborne Division arrive as part of operation Gyroscope -- Soldier and his family are met by Major General E D Post -- Aerial view of the Boblingen housing area, August 1955 -- 350th Infantry prepare to case the unit colors -- Soviet tanks in Budapest, 1956 -- Tanks and wreckages outside Killian Barracks in Budapest -- General Taylor, 1st Lieutenant Robert Breckenridge, and Brigadier General Stanton Babcock -- Paul Simmon and Herman Hagen view the Nike missile display at Campbell Barracks -- Secretary of the Army Wilbur Brucker and General Hodes -- General Clarke -- 280-mm gun is loaded onto British raft "Alice" -- V Corps communication venter during Command Post exercise Summer Stock -- Explosion from 3-5-in rocket -- Gun jeep with 106-mm recoilless rifle -- SETAF's 543d Field Artillery Missile Battalion prepares a Corporal missile -- M59 armored personnel carrier -- Soldiers board and H-34 helicopter -- Corporal erector -- Corporal missile ready for launch -- General Clyde D Eddleman -- H-34 helicopter airlifts a 105-mm howitzer -- Jeep equipped with recoilless rifles attached to an H-34 helicopter -- Field maintenance shop in Rheinau -- Corpsman administer Salk vaccine to US dependents -- SETAF helicopter transports a small chapel to the summit of Mt Grignone -- Rear Admiral Sherman R Clark and Major General John P Daly -- 2d ACR trooper checks an East German guard tower near Hof, Germany -- Russian military missile display -- Tanks moving through Red Square -- 1st Airborne Battle Group, 187th Infantry, 24th Infantry Division unloads west of Beirut -- Soldiers of the 1st Airborne Battle group move out after landing at Beirut airport -- Major General Paul D Adams -- Soldiers catch up on the news in a foxhole in Beirut -- Lifeguard on a sand made of C-rations watches soldiers swim in the Mediterranean -- Airborne Annie helps soldiers lay wire in Lebanon -- 187th Infantry, 1st Airborne Battle Group on patrol -- German child meets a man portraying a Native American in Mannheim -- Red Diamond chorus and German orphans sing Christmas carols -- Santa visits the children of Friedberg Kinderheim, December 1955 -- Sargent Elvis Presley briefs his reconnaissance team -- Construction of the wall around Brandenburg Gate -- Wall of same looking for East Berlin -- 1st Battle Group, 18th Infantry, passes Helmstedt checkpoint -- 1st Battle Group, 18th Infantry, waits at Helmstedt checkpoint -- US MPs on the West Berlin side of Wilhelmstrasse -- US armed patrol escorts a USAREUR-registered civilian vehicle into East Berlin -- Reinforced rifle squad preparing to set up on border -- Allied entry pint to East Berlin at checkpoint Charlie -- Davy Crockett in Jeep mounted mode -- Three-man crew prepares the Davy Crockett -- Lieutenant General Garrison H Davidson -- Battery A, 1st Battalion, 2d Artillery, 8th Infantry Division during Exercise Wintershield II.…”