By Captain Robert D. Moore, Infantry

LESSONS

1. Adequate provisions for evacuation of wounded must be made well in advance of an operation.
2. When a small breach has been made in a minefield this breach must be widened and marked as rapidly as possible.
3. When attacking strong enemy positions the attack should employ more than one company in the assault echelon since the fires of the defender can be massed against this one company.
4. Timely employment of reserve forces must be made In order to successfully influence the course of a battle.
5. Heavy machine guns are of little value in the attack in heavily wooded terrain since their fields of fire are so limited.
6. Adequate means of communication must be established and maintained in order to effectively control supporting armor.
7. Current aerial photographs should be made available down to and including companies when an attack is to be made against an organized position.
8. Slit trenches and foxholes are of practically no value in a forest unless overhead protection is provided.

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