Writings and communications of General DePuy. In the seventeen years between General DePuy's creation of TRADOC and the beginning of the Gulf War, the Army never stood still. Many of the decisions taken by General DePuy were later modified as conditions changed and opinions shifted. Doctrine became more comprehensive and sophisticated. Military education broadened. Training methodologies grew, and the "Big Five" were fielded and improved. The Army DePuy built did not fight the Soviet Army in Europe but, before being demobilized, proved its capability on another battlefield in the Gulf War. The DePuy legacy remains as an attitude toward hard training and readiness for battle. It remains in a consciousness, now institutionalized, that doctrine must remain a living codification of coherent beliefs about warfighting, a body of beliefs that evolve as conditions change. General DePuy is also survived by a legacy of hard, robust thinking and precise, disciplined writing that can serve as a model for his successors who will deal with different challenges, though ones no less in need of sound analysis and decision.

Part I: Pre-TRADOC years. Mission complete! (Platoon battle drill, 1954) -- The guide to competence (rifle squad battle drill, 1954) -- 11 men 1 mind (March 1958) -- The case for a dual capability (January 1960) -- Unification: how much more? (April 1961) -- Lecture of opportunity: "Vietnam" (20 March 1967) -- Army leadership moves upward on performance (January 1969) -- Briefing by LTG DePuy, 7 June 1973 / Part II: TRADOC years. Letter to General Creighton Abrams from General DePuy, 14 January 1974 --Implications of the Middle East War on U.S. Army tactics, doctrine and systems (n.d.) -- Keynote address, TRADOC leadership conference, 22 May 1974 -- Letter to Major General David E. Ott et al. from General DePuy, 23 July 1974, with draft concept paper, "Concept Operations" ("pot of soup" letter) -- Modern battle tactics (17 August 1974) -- Active defense (n.d.) -- Memorandum: how to determine requirements for the Army's weapons (8 January 1975) -- Military letter, subject: basic combat training (24 March 1975) -- Letter to R. W. Komer from General DePuy, 24 April 1975 -- Letter to Major General Gordon Sumner, Jr., from General DePuy, 25 April 1975 -- Letter to General Frederick C. Weyand from General DePuy, 29 April 1975 -- Letter to Senator John C. Culver from General DePuy, 12 May 1975 -- Message, 16 December 1975, subject: infantry fighting positions -- Letter to General Frederick C. Weyand from General DePuy, 18 February 1976 -- Letter to General Frederick C. Weyand from General DePuy, 18 February 1976 -- Message to Lieutenant General Donn A. Starry from General DePuy, 24 May 1976, subject: progress report and other matters -- Message to Lieutenant General Donn A. Starry from General DePuy, 15 June 1976, subject: concepts and plans -- Letter to General Frederick C. Weyand from General DePuy, 8 July 1976 -- Letter to General Bruce C. Clarke from General DePuy, 18 August 1976 -- Letter to General Frederick C. Weyand from General DePuy, 18 August 1976 -- Memorandum: the Noncommissioned Officer Corps-the soldier's manual and the SQT (20 October 1976) -- Letter to General Frederick J. Kroesen from General DePuy, 18 March 1977 -- Letter to General Walter T. Kerwin, Jr., from General DePuy, 24 March 1977 -- Letter to General Bernard W. Rogers from General DePuy, 27 April 1977 -- Letter to General Bernard W. Rogers from General DePuy, 10 May 1977 -- Speech of General William E. DePuy at FORSCOM/TRADOC Conference IV, 24 May 1977 -- Remarks by General William E. DePuy at TRADOC Commanders' Conference, 25 May 1977 / Part III. Postretirement years. Are we ready for the future? (September 1978) -- Technology and tactics in defense of Europe (April 1979) -- "One-up and two-back"? (January 1980) -- FM 100-5 revisited (November 1980) -- Tactical nuclear warfare (April 1981) -- Toward a balanced doctrine (November 1984) -- A World War II story retold from new perspective (February 1985) -- The light infantry: indispensable element of a balanced force (June 1985) -- Letter to Colonel Huba Wass de Czege from General DePuy, 20 July 1985 -- "Tribute to the men who fight" (December 1985) -- Soviet war ways: sizing up a potential foe (January 1986) -- Vietnam: what we might have done and why we didn't do it (February 1986) -- Statement by General William E. DePuy (Ret.) before the Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, 4 March 1986 -- Letter to General John Wickham from General DePuy, 4 April 1986 -- The Army war and the proper way in Vietnam (September 1986) -- Troop A at Ap Tau O (November 1986) -- Letter to General Maxwell R. Thurman from General DePuy, 23 May 1987 -- Our experience in Vietnam: will we be beneficiaries or victims? (June 1987) -- Letter to Lieutenant General Bradley C. Hosmer from General DePuy, 23 July 1987-- Letter to General Maxwell R. Thurman from General DePuy, 16 August 1987 -- "The Future of Land Warfare": a book review by General DePuy (December 1987) -- Concept of operation: the heart of command, the tool of doctrine (August 1988) -- General (Retired) William DePuy presentation to the TRADOC Commanders' Vision '91 Conference, 5 October 1988 -- Excerpt from "An Oral History of Americans in Vietnam,1945-1975" (1989) -- For the joint specialist: five steep hills to climb (September 1989) -- Infantry combat (March-April 1990) -- Statement of General William E. DePuy before the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, 4-20 December 1990 -- Letter to General Colin L. Powell from General DePuy, 26 September 1991 -- Joint operations-an anatomy of functions (n.d.).