Dan Priscu and Joe Humbert
Mr. Thomas
U.S. History 11 H, Period 7
20 April 2006
Annotated Bibliography
Lanzendorf, Tim.  "The Pacific War: The U.S. Navy".  20 April 2006.
<http://www.microworks.net/pacific/>
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-“The reason for it all. Includes the whys, the hows, the whens, and an overview over the histories of the U.S. and Japan from 1853 to 1945.” S-1/2
"MP: The Story of the Corps of Military Police.” Stars & Stripes. 2005.                        <http://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_booklets/militarypolice/index.html>.

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“Offensive action is not customarily the job of the MP, but they were often asked to fill in for regular infantrymen while they waited for reinforcements.” 
MP training, aside from its specialization, bore many similarities to infantry training. MPs were familiar with the light and heavy machine gun, the 60mm mortar, Tommygun, carbine, M-1, Springfield and Enfield rifles, .45 pistol and revolver and riot-type shotguns. They knew offensive and defensive infantry tactics, methods of attacking a town, protecting an airport or bridge
Lawrence A. Humbert. Personal Interview. 23 April 2006.
            Training and Guard duty from 1944 – 1946.  was stationed in Shanghai, China.
            Had to contest with Chinese Civil War

Luster, Kelly (Sgt.1st Class). "Army Military Police (MPs) Deployed." 2005. About.com.

        http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/army/a/ardeployedmp.htm 

• "After the convoy is clear we stop along the route and wait for trouble," Estes said. "Almost everyday something happens along the route and we need to be close by to react."
• The MP’s had to be ready to do almost any job.  They were used to guard, to attack, and to escort.  They were forced to do the jobs that the infantry didn’t have time to do.

Gallagher, Robert F. "Chapter 28 – Military Police Duty." 18 February 2005. Ask.com. http://www.gallagher.com/ww2/chapter28.html  

• “We knew putting on the symbols of an MP would automatically make us unpopular with most GIs. This dislike (or hatred in some cases) resulted from personal experiences and from horror stories about some harsh treatment being handed out. Perhaps the greatest underlying reason was the feeling MPs were an extension of the military that reached out of the camps where we were and infringed on our free time”

Dominisque M. Priscu. Personal Interview. 20 April 2006.
Duty as private on navy vessel.  Stationed in Northeastern waters of Sumatra.
Shaw, Anthony. World War II Day by Day. 2000: Brown Partworks Limited. Singapore
Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 series.  Volume 10.
            Peter B. Norton, Joseph J. Esposito.  Chicago, Illinois
            Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc./North America.
Overy, Richard. How the Allies Won. W. W. Norton & Company. 1997: London

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