The Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM) was contracted by the United States Coast Guard Research and Development Center through the Naval Coastal Systems Center to prepare a set of technical and functional specifications that detail the means/ processes required to perform the conversion of an Electronic Navigational Chart (ENC) in the DX90 Data Transfer Standard format into a System Electronic Navigational Chart (SENC). This report details the activities associated ...
During the period September-December 1944 the US XX Corps encircled and reduced Metz as a preliminary move to enhance the continued attack eastward of the US Third Army. Recognizing the strategic and political importance of the city, seizure by US forces was strongly contested by elements of the German First Army. The Battle is an excellent example of a Corps sized operation against a well fortified and defended strong point, ...