by Josh | Aug 26, 2022 | Mortuary Affairs in Korea
By LTC John C. Cook, Q.M.C.The Quartermaster ReviewMarch-April 1953 THE respect and care for the honored dead, the men who died for an ideal and their country, traditional with the people of the nations embracing western civilization, has never been so resolutely...
by Josh | Aug 26, 2022 | Mortuary Affairs in World War II
Recovery in 1959 of B-24 Bomber crew lost in Libyan Desert in 1943 Story of the 1959-60 search for and recovery of crew members of the B-24 Bomber Lady Be Good. This aircraft was discovered in the Libyan Desert 16 years after it lost its way back from a World...
by Josh | Aug 26, 2022 | Civil War
By J. Britt McCarleyQuartermaster Professional Bulletin – December 1988 “Who shall have this?” Sergeant John W. Fuller asked in a voice loud enough for all the assembled troops to hear. He stood beside two ordinary army blankets laden with precious...
by Josh | Aug 26, 2022 | World War II
Colonel James C. Longino, Q.M.C.The Quartermaster ReviewMay-June 1946 Food is the most important element in combat efficiency says the General Chairman of the Conference on Military Subsistence in his opening address, delivered on April 1st at the Army War College....
by Josh | Aug 26, 2022 | Korean War
By LT COL. Coy W. Baldwin, Q.M.C.Quartermaster Review May-June 1953 The primary target of a soldier’s gripes since the start of warfare, has traditionally been “Chow.” Today, however, in Korea things are different. Men from a score of nations complain...
by Josh | Aug 26, 2022 | Desert Storm
CW3 Peter MotrynczukQuartermaster Professional Bulletin – Autumn 1991 Short overview of rations used during Operation Desert Shield/Storm 1990-91 The Right Meal, At The Right Place And At The Right Time Before Operation Desert Shield/Storm in Southwest Asia, the Army...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | Other Subsistence Historical Articles
CPT Nanette GallantQuartermaster Professional Bulletin – Summer 1992 Editor’s Note: The Army has been involved with the space program since its earliest days. Until 1984 the Army assumed only a minor supporting role through the Research, Development and...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | Supply & Distribution Management
By Harold Raugh, DLA Chief Historian DLA Public Affairs Fort Belvoir, Virginia In September 1961, Army Lt. Gen. Andrew T. McNamara was named the first director of the Defense Supply Agency, the forerunner to the Defense Logistics Agency. McNamara, then deputy...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | Construction
By Maj. John D. Kilpatrick, Q.M.CThe Quartermaster Review – September-October 1928 Duties and Responsibilities of a Construction Quartermaster in 1928 THE functions of the Building Branch, Construction Service, Quartermaster Corps, as the name implies, have to do with...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | General History
By War Planning and Training Division, O.Q.M.G.The Quartermaster Review – March-April 1928 The Uniform (Hat-Blouse-Breeches-Shoes-Leggins) Introduction The word “uniform” is derived from the Latin words “unus,” one, and “forma,”...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | Gander, Newfoundland
On the morning of December 12, 1985, at 0645 local time (0515 EST), Arrow Airlines flight 1285, a DC-8-63 charter carrying 248 passengers and a crew of eight, crashed just after takeoff form Gander International Airport, Gander, Newfoundland,...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | Jonestown, Guyana
Fort Lee Traveller, December 7, 1978By Frank Wright and Marie M. Russo It started out as a fact finding mission by an American congressman. It ended as one of the most horrendous acts of self-destruction in history. The location: Jonestown, Guyana. The Incident:...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | National Cemetery System
Edward SteereQuartermaster Review, March-April 1953 Congress provided the legal sanction for creation of a national cemeterial system by authorizing President Lincoln in the Act of July 17, 1862, “to purchase cemetery grounds … to be used as a national...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Over in peaceful Arlington, across the historic Potomac, he rests – our Soldier Unknown – his last fight fought, his last journey ended. Within hallowed stone his tired body sleeps, safe for all time, but his lofty spirit quickens with the years in...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | Short History of Mortuary Affairs
By Dr. Steven E. Anders From the Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – September 1988 (Note: This article was written when Mortuary Affairs was calledGraves Registration or GRREG) At 0515 on the morning of 12 December 1985, a chartered DC-8 crashed shortly after...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | Civil War
Civil War Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Civil War Enlisted Uniform
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | Aerial Delivery / Rigger Photographs
From the collection of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum, Fort Lee, Virginia World War II, “Ready to Jump”U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo-Undated Second Army Tennessee Maneuvers 1943, Men packing .30 cal ammunition boxes into canvas wrappers for parachuting...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | World War II
From the collection of the Quartermaster Museum, memorandum indicating clothing issued to new soldiers at Camp Lee, VA in 1943 RECRUIT RECEPTION CENTER1303d SERVICE UNITOFFICE OF SUPPLY OFFICERCAMP LEE, VA., IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS TO: ALL NEWLY INDUCTED MEN 1. In this...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | Other Aerial Delivery Historical Articles
CPT Jordan S. Chroman Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – Spring 1997 Two C-130s circle the sparkling Mediterranean Sea in lazy arcs, the Italian sky is cloudless, all seems calm and peaceful in this sleepy part of Sicily…suddenly the aircraft ramps open...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | Bosnia (Humanitarian Airdrop) & New Technology
CPT Stephen R. Davis CPT Mary E. Denniston CPT Edward F. EhlersCPT John B. Hinson CPT Maria Ogden Quartermaster Professional Bulletin-Autumn 1997 Operation Provide Promise was the largest humanitarian airdrop operation in the history of the United States. Relief...
