By Lieutenant Gordon C. BennettQuartermaster Review January-February 1953 "When there is no book, write the book!" Members of the 8081st Army Unit (full designation: Quartermaster Airborne Air Supply & Packaging Company) were faced with this alternative a few...
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Aerial Delivery of Supplies
MAJOR RAYMOND C. ALTERMATT, Q.M.C.The Quartermaster ReviewSeptember-October 1945 The origin of the parachute dates back many years. The first record of its use was described by a passenger of a burning balloon, who made a successful escape by parachute in July 1908....
Historical Aerial Delivery and Rigger Units
World War II 1942-45 Airborne DivisionAirborne Quartermaster CompanyParachute Maintenance Company11th408th11th13th409th13th17th411th17th82nd407th82nd101st426th101st1st AirborneTask Force#334th Quartermaster Depot Supply CompanyUnkn15th*410th#Provisional 7th Army...
Quartermaster Aerial Delivery
The Story of the Airborne Rigger Compiled from the Archives of the US Army Quartermaster Museum and oral interviewsby K. Born Introduction In the spring of 1950, with the start of the Korean War, the Quartermaster Corps was formally assigned the mission of...
Field Laundry and Shower Operations in Somalia
CPT Bruce E. CoxQuartermaster Professional Bulletin - Spring 1994 On 8 Oct 93, during a four-day weekend, at approximately 0930 hours, the 16th Field Service Company was alerted to deploy to Somalia from Fort Lee, VA. The mission was to support a 1,800-soldier task...
Quartermasters of World War II
This Report was extracted from the Unofficial history of the Australian & New Zealand Armed Services where it had been included because in the Pacific the Australian army was, to a large degree, dependent on the US military for the supply of Quartermaster Services...
Korean War Aerial Delivery Photos
From the collection of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum, Fort Lee, Virginia Korean ConflictPathfinder Group- 8081st Army Unit (Quartermaster)leaving airplane in practice jump 24 May 1952Camp Kokura Photo Lab, U.S. Army Photo Exercise "Snow Storm" A pilot chute...
Fresh Foods for the Army, 1775-1950
by Herbert R. Rifkind The movements of an army are necessarily subordinate to its means of subsistence; or, as Marshal Saxe expresses it, to considerations of the belly.--Winfield Scott The basic importance of wholesome food to armies and navies has been acknowledged...
NCO Viewpoints from Somalia
Quartermaster Professional Bulletin - Winter 1993 The following are some first-hand observations of noncommissioned officers (NCOs) in the 267th Quartermaster Company, 240th Quartermaster Battalion, after deployment to Operation Restore Hope in Somalia. While in...
259th Quartermaster Battalion
In March 1968, the 259th Quartermaster Battalion, a U.S. Army Reserve unit from Pleasant Grove, Utah, was called to active duty in Vietnam. It was one of only 35 Reserve units activated for Vietnam service. This unit was mobilized in May 1968 after being converted...