Bill Shaw is an Associate Blue Spader, familiar to many members who met him while he was researching his book about his uncle, Sergeant Frank Shaw, Company E, 26th Infantry, 1941-1945. Bill has now published his account of Frank Shaw's five years of service, encompassing three amphibious assaults, six major campaigns, and three months in three different POW camps.
The full text of Bill's book, described in the Spring 2006 Newsletter, is now available on this site. Instructions on how to obtain a copy of the book from the author are included.
Click here to go to the first page of the downloads section
You may reach Dr. Shaw at wpshaw@chass.ncsu.edu
If anyone is interested there is a web site at www.google.com/maps that is a map, sattelite, hybrid map that can be enlarged and you can go anywhere on earth to view a location.
By choosing the "community layer" in the left hand column you and scanning over regions of Tunisia you may notice some of the 26th Infantry battles from WWII such as the battle for Kasserine Passhave already been entered into the Google database.
This document provides information on the Blue Spaders who have won the Medal of Honor
The Fight for Samarra: Full-Spectrum Operations in Modern Warfare
Maj. Gen. John R.S. Batiste, USA and Lt. Col. Paul R. Daniels, USA
Military Review
May-June 2005
The authors would like to acknowledge the assistance of leaders of the 2d BCT (1st ID) as well as Colonel Keith Cooper, Colonel Wayne Grigsby, and Majors James MacGregor, Scott Znamenacek, and Steven Maranian.
Shortly after midnight on the morning of 1 October 2004, Iraqi and U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division (1st ID) forces attacked the predominantly Sunni Muslim city of Samarra, Iraq, to kill or capture anti-Iraqi forces (AIF) and return the city to competent civilian control. The operation was deliberate, precise, and struck the enemy simultaneously from multiple directions. By noon, Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) controlled key government and religious sites. In slightly more than 2 days of fighting, over 125 AIF were killed, 60 wounded, and 128 detained.
