Heritage & History

The following is a collection of abstracts, anecdotes, articles, reports, chronologies, and illustrations designed to provide a broad perspective of the rich heritage and history of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps. Wherever possible, sources are identified, and authors are credited for the content presented.

Heritage & History

The following is a collection of abstracts, anecdotes, articles, reports, chronologies, and illustrations designed to provide a broad perspective of the rich heritage and history of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps. Wherever possible, sources are identified, and authors are credited for the content presented.

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Water Purification in War

Major Howard McCyostFebruary 1920Quartermaster Service NewsReprinted in the Quartermaster Professional Bulletin - March 1988 Water purification during and after World War I Wholesome drinking water has become recognized as one of the important elements entering into...

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The Army Green Uniform

This document from the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum Archives provides a well researched and written history of the Quartermaster Corps' development of the Army Green Uniform. TECHNICAL REPORT 68-41-CM  THE ARMY GREEN UNIFORM  by Stephen J. Kennedy and...

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The POL Story:  To Keep ‘Em Running

Extracted from the Magazine of the 1st Logistical Command, Vietnam, April 1968 Utilizing ocean-going tankers, fixed and rotary wing aircraft, tanker trucks, and multi-product pipelines, the 1st Logistical Command distributes more than 100 million gallons of jet,...

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Petroleum Supply in Korea

By LT. COL. Merwin H. Smith, Q.M.C.Quartermaster Review, November-December 1951 The war in Korea came at a time when Far East Command petroleum stocks were, in general, in good supply except for avgas and jet fuel and packaged stocks of certain grades of lubricating...

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Fuels & Lubricants for Johnny Doughboy

LIEUTENANT JOHN K. EVANS, Q.M.C.The Quartermaster ReviewMay-June 1944   AN ARMY marches on its wheels these days, and without fuels and lubricants those wheels bog down in a morass of despair and ultimate defeat. Even in the First World War it was said that...

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Supply of Petroleum Products

Extracted from "Quartermaster Support of the Army", pages 660-662Erna Risch, 1962 Storage and distribution of petroleum to the American Expeditionary Force in France during World War I , 1917-1918. The storage and distribution of the bulk of Quartermaster Supplies...

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Petroleum and Water Historical Photographs

World War IWater-Cart showing manner in which it is filled by pumps on rear end. Tank held 150 gal., filled in 20 min, Marbache, (Meurthe-et-Moselle), France,8 September 1918 World War IIRefueling with 5 Gallon-cans NCO from the 4th Quartermaster Company Water Section...

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