Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Winter 2021
Abstract
Contributing Editor’s Note: Before the Americal in Vietnam was the historic formation of the Americal on New Caledonia after it arrived as Task Force 6814. But what were the conditions that shaped the Task Force to come to that part of the world which sealed the legacy of the Americal as a jungle-fighting infantry division? This article gives you the unique background to what was to become “The Americal Story.”
Publication Title
Americal Journal
Issue
Winter 2021
First Page
16
Last Page
21
Recommended Citation
Thompson, Roger R., "Before The Americal (Part Two): Task Force 6814 and Saving the British and French Empires in the Asia-Pacific, 1940–1942" (2021). History Faculty and Staff Publications. 84.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/history_facpubs/84
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Infantry; Militarism--New Caledonia; World War, 1939-1945--New Caledonia
Subjects - Names (LCNAF)
United States. Army. Infantry Division, 23rd; Patch, Alexander McCarrell, 1889-1945; Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Geographic Coverage
New Caledonia
Genre/Form
articles
Type
Text
Rights
Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
