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On the day that Roswell K. Doughty graduated from Boston University he also received a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army of the United States of America. That, though, was in 1931 and it was not until 1942 that he was called to active duty to face some of the toughest fighting of the Second World War. With the rank of 1st Lieutenant, Doughty became an Intelligence Officer with the US 36th (Texas) Division. He subsequently saw action in North Africa, then at the disastrous Salerno landings in Italy where the Allied divisions involved suffered 4,000 casualties about which the author reveals that suspected intelligence breaches led to the Allies plans becoming known to the Germans. Doughty was involved in the grueling battles against the formidable German defenses of the Gustav Line, particularly in the tragic failed attempt to cross the Gari river (Battle of the Rapido River, January 1944) and the struggle to conquer Monte Cassino. After the Anzio landings and the liberation of Rome, Doughty and his infantry regiment, the 141st, took part in the invasion of Southern France in Operation Dragoon, fighting its way up the Rhne River and advancing up to the River Moselle in December 1944. In March 1945, his unit breached the Siegfried Line and crossed into the Germany itself. Promoted to captain and later to major, Doughty led an Intelligence and Reconnaissance unit, the role of which was to learn what it could of enemy strengths, minefields, useable roads and so on, which involved going behind enemy lines to observe enemy movements firsthand. As an Intelligence Officer, it was also part of Doughtys duties to interrogate enemy prisoners, which led him to being involved in the capture and detention of Reichsmarschall Go?ring and in negotiating the surrender of the still-armed and hostile German First Army in May 1945. This is the fascinating and diverse account of one officers part in the liberation of Europe in the Second World War, one which led him from North Africa through Italy and France into the heart of the Third Reich.

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Invading Hitlers Europe
Invading Hitlers Europe
From Salerno to the Capture of Gring The Memoir of a US Intelligence Officer
Roswell K. Doughty
Introduced and Edited by Reiner Decher
First published in Great Britain in 2020 by Frontline Books An imprint of Pen - photo 1
First published in Great Britain in 2020 by
Frontline Books
An imprint of
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Yorkshire Philadelphia
Copyright Roswell K. Doughty 2020
ISBN 978 1 52677 322 7
ePUB ISBN 978 1 52677 323 4
Mobi ISBN 978 1 52677 324 1
The right of Roswell K. Doughty to be identified as Author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
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Contents
Acknowledgements
A word of thanks is due to many people; Ros Doughtys daughter Ann Doughty Bunting, her husband Charles, and to his grand-daughter Laura Landsiedel Ford, who all made material available for this memoir, written almost completely in the authors own words. His diary from which these words evolved has not been found, but luckily with the help of his wife El and daughter Martha, its content has been saved in the form of this memoir. Special thanks is hereby given for the familys trust in my delving so intimately into its history. A special thanks for the map-making skills of Andreas Illert.
and a dedication
Most books begin with a dedication. R.K. Doughty did not leave one for this memoir, although his words are intimately reflective. An event as tumultuous as war surely leads to the full range of human emotions and interactions. As you read this, you will see that a lot of feelings, human feelings, are expressed. Perhaps we can dedicate this writing, these stories, to the good in people and whatever good can come out of war.
Reiner Decher, with my diligent proof reader
and life partner, Mary
September 2020
Maps, Photographs, and References
M aps are provided to orient the reader. The artist is Andreas Illert who noted points in the journey of the 36th Division from the text.
Photos are attributed to the source in the captions. Where such attribution is not provided, the images are from a scrapbook kept by the author with the identity of the photographer unknown.
The reader might benefit from consulting a book produced by the US Government Printing Office: Riviera to the Rhine by J.J. Clarke and R.R. Smith, Center for Military History, Washington DC, 1993.
A more general review of the history of the 141st Regiment and 36th Division, including shorter stories that are rewritten (by the author) versions of this memoir, is available at: http://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum. org/36division/archives/141/ps3.htm.
Another excellent book covering this part of the Second World War is The Day of Battle: the War in Italy and Sicily, 19431944 by Rick Atkinson (Henry Holt, 2007). It describes the larger movements of the 36th Division and its regiments with excellent pictures and maps. This (second) volume is part of a trilogy about the war.
Key Officers
US Officers
Omar Bradley (18931981)
Mark W. Clark (18961984)
John E. Dahlquist (18961975)
Roswell K. Doughty (19092001)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (18901961)
Otto F. Lange (b. 1891)
Alexander Patch (18891945)
Robert I. Stack
Fred L. Walker (18871969)
William H. Wilbur (18881979)
German Officers
Walther von Brauchitsch (18811948)
Hermann Gring (18931946)
Erwin Rommel (18911944)
Gerd von Rundstedt (18751953)
Karl Wolff (19001984)
Abbreviations
AAAnti-Aircraft see Ack-Ack in the Glossary
AGAdjutant General (G-1: administration)
BUBoston University
CCBCombat Command B
CICCombat Information Center, also Criminal Investigation Command
CGCommanding general
COCommanding Officer
CPCommand Post
DSCDistinguished Service Cross
FFIForces Franaise de lIntrieur (French Interior Force)
FTPFrancs-Tireurs et Partisans (French shooters and partisans)
GIGeneral Issue: American soldier
I&Ror I and R, Intell and Recon (Intelligence and Reconnaissance)
LCTLanding Craft, Tank
LCVPLanding Craft Vehicle and Personnel
LSTLanding Ship, Tank
M., Mme.In French: Monsieur and Madame
MLRMain Line of Resistance
MPMilitary Police
ODOfficer of the Day
OPObservation Post
PfcPrivate first class (military rank)
PRPublic Relations or Personal Reconnaissance
PWPrisoner of War
PXPost Exchange
R and RRest and Relaxation
ROTCReserve Officer Training Corps
SOPStandard Operating Procedure
SP(gun) Self Propelled (gun)
TACTactical Air Command
TDTank destroyer
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