An interesting thing about the Pentomic division I found. I read Gen. Maxwell Taylor's memoir a while ago. He wrote about thinking that conventional divisions seemed awful vulnerable to nuke strikes, and that something should have been done. Many pages later, he mentions that another reorganization needed to be done. Nothing is said about the actual planning, testing or deployment of the Pentomics, much less that it happened on his watch as Chief of Staff of the Army (1955-59).
I think that silence spoke volumes about the Pentomic division.
I can remember when I was in high school, I found my dad's "Army officer's guide," copyright 1961. Under a listing of the various Army posts were some of the unit assignments. As a budding wargamer, I loved that, and tried to construct an OOB. But, I knew WW2 wargames, so "battlegroups" as permanent units, subordinate to divisions, related to regiments? That really confused me. Since Pop didn't really start active duty until '64 (and never served with troops) and it was then about 20 years later, he really couldn't explain it, either.
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My Twilight claim to fame: I ran "Allegheny Uprising" at Allegheny College, spring of 1988.
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