World War II CMH PUB 10-12-1: THE QUARTERMASTER CORPS: ORGANIZATION SUPPLY AND SERVICES, VOLUME I By Risch, Erna, 1904-; Kieffer, Chester L https://archive.org/details/CMHPub10-12/mode/2up The U.S. Army in World War II: The Technical Services, World War, 1939-1945 --...
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Experience of an Infantry Division QM
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...
MG Robert M. Littlejohn Chief Quartermaster in the ETO
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...
Quartermasters on D-Day June 6, 1944
Quartermasters hit the beach (Quartermaster Review Sept-Oct 1944) "No one seems ever to think a soldier in QM ever gets to smell any gunpowder, dig any foxholes, get into any fighting, go without food, mail and the like. Our QM outfit hit the beach on D-day right when...
The Garrison of Gouvy
The Quartermaster ReviewMarch-April 1945 89th Quartermaster Railhead Company in the Battle of the Bulge 1944 On the thinning western flank of the Ardennes Forest, jammed against the Belgium-Luxembourg border, is the village of Gouvy. Gouvy,...
Travelogue of a Division Quartermaster- Part I
Lt. Col. James H. Caruthers, Q.M.C.The Quartermaster ReviewMarch-April 1945 This is an account of the duties, experiences, and problems of a division quartermaster from the time the Second Infantry Division departed from its home station at Fort Sam...
Travelogue of a Division Quartermaster- Part II
Col. James H. Caruthers, Q.M.C.The Quartermaster ReviewMay-June 1945 Part I of Colonel Caruthers' Travelogue closed with a description of the Channel crossing on D+1. This concluding installment covers the following days of action and the reduction of...
One Swell Job!
The Story of the 970th QM Service Company By PFC Herman C. Klein, Q.M.C.The Quartermaster Review – November/December 1945 It was a raw bleak morning on the 27th of February when the 970th QM Service Company sailed out of the New York harbor on the first leg of a...
Mettle Without Medals
The Story of the 4009th QM Truck CompanyThe Quartermaster Review – March/April 1946 FROM the Normandy invasion to an occupation assignment in conquered Germany is a long and not uncommon stretch of duty for any organization. But when that duty is coupled with...
HTD Mac Arthur’s Red Ball Express
by Major James B. Deerin, Q.M.C.Quartermaster Review January-February 1946 It wasn't until MacArthur's forces reached Luzon and were pushing rapidly down the Central Valley toward Manila that the need arose in the Pacific for long-distance, overland hauling...