by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | Field Services
The Quartermaster ReviewJuly-August 1945 SINCE First Army’s 600th QM Laundry Company landed on Utah Beach, its mission has been that of servicing VII Corps divisions and corps troops. From the Cherbourg Peninsula through France and Belgium into Germany,...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | World War I and Interwar Years
By Lieut. Harry Kirsner, Q.M.C.The Quartermaster ReviewJuly-August 1931 WHEN we speak of ”uniforms,” we immediately think of clothing of similar design made of cloth of like construction and color worn by personnel of military as well as of some civilian and...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | World War II
The Quartermaster ReviewJanuary-February 1946 A few weeks ago, on the “main drag” in Seoul, Korea a soldier clad in an Eisenhower jacket and OD trousers walked up to Lieutenant Richard H. Greene and remarked: “Say, aren ‘t you the guy who...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | Other Aerial Delivery Historical Articles
Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – Summer 1990 New Cumberland Army Depot (NCAD), PA, participated in the U.S. Army’s Operation Dragon Tail recently by delivering supplies directly from the wholesale level to awaiting soldiers on the ground at Fort...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | Bosnia (Humanitarian Airdrop) & New Technology
CPT Brian L. Williams CW3 Ken K. Studer CW2 Nancy E. Studer Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – Autumn 1993 Fighting in Eastern Bosnia-Hercegovenia (formerly Yugoslavia) between ethnic rivals has intensified. More and more civilians are being displaced. The...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | Korean War Era
By PVT. Tony RickettiQuartermaster Review September-October 1953 When it comes to handing out plaudits to the Army the Marines generally change the conversation to the Halls of Montezuma or talk about the weather. But if the talk gets around to the day the Army’s...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | World War II Era
he Quartermaster ReviewMarch-April 1945 Airdrop operations in the first sustained Chinese offensive against the Japanese in WWII. In the wake of the slow-flying green transport the parachutes billowed out, their bundles swaying pendulum-like...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | Rigger Units, Insignia, Clip Art
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | Rigger Essentials
On 9 June 1986, the Chief of Staff of the Army approved adoption of the parachute rigger badge as a permanent special skill badge. The parachute rigger badge is the only special skill badge approved for a Quartermaster specific Military Occupation Specialty (MOS)....
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | Post-World War II Development
Fashion Decrees Greenish-Grat for the Army Uniform in Place of Olice Drab, if the G.I. Approves the Change By Dr. Stephen J. KennedyThe Quartermaster Review – January/February 1952 A PROPOSED new Army uniform has just been issued for service test to two...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | History of Army Heraldry
By Arthur Du BoisThe Quartermaster Review – May-June 1928 WHETHER it is fancy, vanity, a dream, or conceit, the Army has developed a desire to be bedecked with symbolic figures representative of ideals, achievements, and exploits. In 1919 the War Department authorized...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | U.S. Army Symbols
Background: Prior to the establishment of the Department of the Army Emblem, there was no official display item to identify the Army. The Army seal had traditionally been used to authenticate documents only and was not authorized for display. In recognizing the need...
by Josh | Aug 24, 2022 | Flags
by John V. HaggardPhiladelphia Quartermaster Depot HistorianUndated Document (1950s era)from the Quartermaster Museum Library Short history of flag production at the Philadelphia QM Depot The Betsy Ross flag-making story brought to life after the Civil War has been...
by Josh | Aug 24, 2022 | War Dogs
A little known, but interesting chapter in Quartermaster History is the War Dog program. During World War II, not long after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the American Kennel Club and a new group calling itself “Dogs for Defense” mobilized dog owners across the country...
by Josh | Aug 24, 2022 | World War I
Extracted From:America’s Munitions 1917-1918Report of Benedict Crowell, The Assistant Secretary of War, Director of MunitionsGovernment Printing Office, Washington – 1919 SUBSISTENCE. When the American soldier went to war against Germany he took his appetite...
by Josh | Aug 15, 2022 | Other History Resources
By Major Edward E. Adams, Q.M.C.The Quartermaster Review September-October 1946 Experiences of a QM officer detailed to pack and return art looted by the Nazis in World War II. Shortly after VJ-day I was assigned to the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Section of...
by Josh | Aug 15, 2022 | Korean War
By Corporal Mel ScottThe Quartermaster Review(January-February 1951) An article on the 2nd Quartermaster Company, 2nd Infantry Division in Korea A long procession of trucks moved slowly down the main U. S. supply route toward a railhead. A sentry walking his post...
by Josh | Aug 15, 2022 | World War II
Lt. Col. John E. O’Hair, QMC*(*Assistant to the Ground Quartermaster)The Quartermaster ReviewMay-June 1946 Having been the Quartermaster of an Infantry Division from the date of its activation in December 1942 until its inactivation in September 1945, I had the good...
by Josh | Aug 15, 2022 | General History
The Quartermaster Corps traces its origins to 16 June 1775. Two days after Congress authorized the Continental Army it also authorized a Quartermaster General and his deputy, in recognition of the need for logistical support to the new Army. Major General Thomas...
by Josh | Aug 14, 2022 | Civil War
The Story of the USS Chattanooga, a “home-made” steamboat built by the Quartermaster Department in October 1863 to carry supplies to General Grant’s starving army at Chattanooga, Tennessee. As told by Assistant Quartermaster William Le Duc, who “commanded” the...
