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I appreciate the feedback I get on all of my stories. A professional editor reviewed the first 17 chapters as a favor to me, however, she admitted that she is not familiar with military technology or jargon. Despite that, I missed somethings when making corrections to these documents. Significantly fewer than when I have self-edited.

One of those errors was in the Blurb, that I was concerned would occur repeatedly throughout the story. Fortunately, it did not. Constructive Criticism is greatly appreciated! I have made corrections, and am reposting the first 3 chapters. Only one or two errors (detected so far) per chapter.

Re-reading some of the books I use for sources, I am saddened by the numbers of typos and other errors I notice. I wonder, didn't they use a proof reader or editor? It seems more common in books published since 1990. "To Error is Human, to Really Foul Up you need a Computer!"

In comparison, I have yet to discover a single error in the Order of Battle of the US Army in World War Two by Shelby L. Stanton (1984) a massive tome of more than 600 (large) pages!

If you intend to write about the US Army in WWII, I highly recommend this reference book. It provides a brief overview of the organization and subsequent reorganizations of the US Army from 1939 to 1945. Higher commands, including Armies and Corps are also given a brief overview. The over 100 Divisions (Infantry, Armored, Airborne, and Cavalry). some 500 Regiments, as well as separate Battalions, and other units.

From "Patton's" Third Army, to the "Big Red One" the 1st Infantry Division, or the "Ivy Division" (the 4th ID), the famed "All Americans" of the 82nd Airborne, and their brother paratroopers of the 101st "Screaming Eagles" made famous in "Band of Brothers" to the ill fated 106th Infantry Division, who arrived in France on 6 Dec 1944, only to be shattered on Dec 19th in the opening hours of the "Battle of the Bulge" or the supreme courage and fidelity of the various units of the Philippine Scouts who fought tenaciously primarily on Bataan and Corregidor; but elsewhere too on Luzon and the other islands of the Philippine archipelago. The 26th Cavalry Regiment (Philippine Scouts) who conducted the last successful (horse mounted) Cavalry Charge in the history of US Armed Forces.

This is a reference book, there is only about 4 pages about the "Big Red One" 1st Infantry Division that engaged in ore combat than perhaps any other unit. Most other divisions only get about 2 pages. The 5307th Composite Unit, Provisional (aka "Merrill's Marauders") get a long paragraph. The 777th Field Artillery Battalion (Colored) gets only 2 lines for their 8 months in combat.

Something about the "American Way of War" may be discerned from the nearly 100 pages devoted to the US Army Corps of Engineers. Similar to the Artillery, most units only have a brief 2 line description. Combat Engineers often landed with the First Wave of Infantry during Amphibious Assaults (or even a few minutes before).

Anyway, back to Editing, Researching, and Writing as my best way to demonstrate my Appreciation of the Readers on this site.

 

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