by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | World War II Era
The Quartermaster ReviewMay-June 1945 A NEW streamlined container for dropping supplies by parachute has just been perfected by the SOS quartermasters of the India-Burma Theatre. It’s called “Amsac” – American sack...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | Rigger Essentials
I will keep constantly in mind that until men grow wings their parachutes must be dependable. I will pack every parachute as though I am to jump with it myself and will stand ready to jump with any parachute which I have certified as properly packed. I will remember...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | Post-World War II Development
By MAJOR A. M. KAMP, JR.The Quartermaster Review – May/June 1954 The man was wearing the uniform of a soldier. He sauntered about the bus terminal with no apparent objective but to mingle with the people coming and going, and to stand in front of the magazine...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | Somalia
CPT S. Carter CorselloQuartermaster Professional Bulletin – Winter 1993 Soldiers establishing camp operations at logistics support activity in Jilib, Somalia Operation Restore Hope served to illustrate a number of challenges that face logisticians in...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | History of Army Heraldry
By Arthur E. DuboisThe Quartermaster Review — September-October 1954 The heraldic Program of the Department of Defense provides assistance to the Secretaries of Defense, Army, Navy and Air Force, either individually or collectively, in establishing and...
by Josh | Aug 24, 2022 | War Dogs
Alene Erlanger The Quartermaster Review March-April 1944 Since the initiation of the War Dog program so much has been said, written, filmed, and even sung about it that War Dogs are now firmly established in the public mind as an integral part of our armed forces....
by Josh | Aug 24, 2022 | Civil War
Captain Robert O. Zinnen, Jr.Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – Spring 1991 A person standing on the banks overlooking this harbor and the massive facilities surrounding it would have been amazed at the sights and sounds. A vast fleet of ships stretched as...
by Josh | Aug 23, 2022 | General History
The intent of this webpage is to provide a short overview of significant historical events in Army Quartermaster history. Because this page is a work in progress, there are sure to be some omissions and errors. Send your comments to qmfoundation01@gmail.com....
by Josh | Aug 15, 2022 | Other History Resources
By Lieut. Colonel C. S. HAMILTON, Q. M. C.The Quartermaster Review – July-August 1927 THE Jeffersonville Quartermaster Intermediate Depot is located in the outskirts of Jeffersonville, Ind. Its location in Jeffersonville is particularly fortunate....
by Josh | Aug 15, 2022 | Korean War
By 1st LT. Charles A. RogersQuartermaster Review July-August 1951 Nailed to a tree on a typical dust-laden Korean road, a roughly lettered cardboard plaque reads: “______QM.” Innocuous and insignificant, it in no way reveals what it symbolizes: nine months...
by Josh | Aug 15, 2022 | World War II
Major General Robert M. Littlejohn–Chief Quartermaster in the ETO Dr. Steven E. AndersQuartermaster Professional Bulletin – Autumn 1993 Logistics-once defined simply as “gitten stuff” –entails what many perceive as the unglamorous side of war. Its successes are often...
by Josh | Aug 13, 2022 | Heritage
MG Thomas Mifflin – First Quartermaster General (August 14 1775). MG Nathanael Green – Third Quartermaster General. Reorganized the Army’s supply system after Valley Forge and established its first depot system. BG Thomas Jessup – Longest running Quartermaster General...
by Josh | Aug 26, 2022 | Other History Resources
Dr. Steven F. AndersFormer Quartermaster School HistorianCombined Arms Support Command Historianand the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum Staff Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights. Nineteen fifty-eight....
by Josh | Aug 26, 2022 | General History
Conference NotesPrepared by The Quartermaster SchoolFor the Quartermaster GeneralJanuary 1949 THE HISTORY OF RATIONS History has known feeding problems Long before Napoleon uttered his now famous words, “an Army travels on its stomach,” much thought had...
by Josh | Aug 26, 2022 | Mortuary Affairs in Korea
Quartermaster Review-July/August 1954Search and recovery operations in the Korean War Note: At the time this article was written the term Graves Registration was used for what is now call Mortuary Affairs. SILENTLY searching every foot of the South Korean countryside...
by Josh | Aug 26, 2022 | Mortuary Affairs in World War II
COL Elbert E. LeggQuartermaster Professional Bulletin – Autumn/Winter 1994 This narrative relates some of my personal experiences as a sergeant squad leader in the 603rd Quartermaster Graves Registration Company in the first days of the Allied invasion at...
by Josh | Aug 26, 2022 | World War II
MAJ. GEN. ROBERT M.G. LITTLEJOHN, U.S.A.The Quartermaster ReviewJanuary-February 1944 Supplying food to American forces in Europe during WWII. DIFFERENT peoples have different tastes. Methods of living are also affected by environment. That is why the British Army and...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | National Cemetery System
by Edward SteereQuartermaster Review, November – December 1953 As aptly stated by Quartermaster General M. I. Ludington in 1899, the return of Spanish American War dead from Cuba and Puerto Rico for private burial by their relatives, or for reinterment at public...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
By Lt. Donald R. Neil, Q. M. C.The Quartermaster ReviewJanuary-February 1932 Details of the construction of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier AFTER a period of over two years, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is now in its final stage of completion, and is...
by Josh | Aug 25, 2022 | World War II
Harold P. GodwinThe Quartermaster ReviewMay-June 1945 Looking at today’s trim, well-fitted GIs, a soldier of World War I must wonder, when he remembers the day he was bundled into his serviceable but none-too-snappy uniform, with its peasant brogans and its wind-up...
