Index
–A–
Abbeville, 487
ABC-1. See American-British Staff Conversations.
Aberdeen, Md., 571
Ablis, 495
Adcock, Brig. Gen. Clarence L., 1
ADSEC. See Advance Section.
ADSEC Engineer Section, Railway Division, 551
Advance Section, Communications Zone (ADSEC), 211-16. See also Communications Zone; Forward Echelon; Plank, Brig. Gen. Ewart G.
depot structure planning, 312-13
depot system development, 430-31, 493-97
early planning for, 208
established, 212
experience in North Africa and Italy, 212
mission, 212-15
motor transport (Red Ball), 566-67
opposes change in build-up schedule, 302
Ordnance Section, 313
plan, 30 April 1944, 215, 269, 289-90, 293, 296-97
preparation for offensive, 25 July 1944, 489
railway reconstruction plans, 317-18
reconnaissance of Cherbourg facilities, 500
Red Ball planning, 559
regulating stations, 497-99
relationship to base sections, 217-18
relationship to First Army, 212-14, 214n, 433-36, 447, 492-95
relationship to Forward Echelon, 208, 212-14, 219-20
relationship to Third Army, 492, 495
and replacement system, 303
responsibility for port restoration, 288
transportation plans, 314, 315
in UTAH area, 401
Air bases on Continent. See Continental airfields.
Air bases in United Kingdom. See Airfields in United Kingdom.
“Air breakwater,” 272-73
Air Force, U.S. See also Air Force units; United States Army Air Forces in the United Kingdom.
establishment of strategic and tactical air commands, 192-93
establishment in United Kingdom, 28-31
relationship to SOS, 263-64
reorganization, 202-03
Air Force Service Command, 38-39
Air Force units
Air Force, Eighth, 28, 29, 30, 31, 38, 43, 47, 86, 100, 101, 109, 125, 130, 132, 167, 190, 191-92, 202, 257, 375. See also Spaatz, Lt. Gen. Carl.
Air Force, Ninth, 192, 194, 195, 202, 222, 224, 301, 345, 346, 348, 349, 375, 496, 564, 574, 580. See also Brereton, Maj. Gen. Lewis H.
Air Force, Twelfth, 100
Air Force, Fifteenth, 202, 231
Air Force Composite Command, VIII, 169
Air Force Service Command, VIII, 29, 170-71, 192, 202-03, 578
Air Force Service Command, IX, 578
Air Support Command, VIII, 192
Bomber Command, VIII, 28, 76, 124, 192
Pursuit Squadron, 33rd, 18
Air forces, strategic, 192-93. See also United States Strategic Air Forces.
Air forces, tactical, 192-93
Air Ministry (Br.), 26-27, 29, 30, 70, 73, 107, 242, 243, 250-51
Air Section, SPOBS, 46-47
Air shipments, 448
Air Technical Section. See Air Section, SPOBS.
Airborne Divisions
82nd, 351, 360, 371, 375, 376, 377, 427, 457n, 573
101st, 342, 351, 360, 375, 376, 377, 457n, 573
Airfields in United Kingdom, 20, 27, 30, 76
Albrecht, Col. Frank M., 207-08, 218, 435, 436
Alençon, 487, 494, 510, 512, 513, 514, 562
Allen, Maj, Gen. Leven C., 543
Allied air bombardment of French railways, 547-50
Allied Expeditionary Air Force (AEAF), 193, 202, 203, 224, 269, 572, 574
Allied Force Headquarters (AFHQ), 89, 90, 91, 101, 102, 103, 113, 212
Allied Naval Expeditionary Force (ANCXF), 193, 203, 204, 269, 413n. See also Ramsay, Admiral Sir Bertram H.
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), 36
American Red Cross Field Hospital Unit, Salisbury, 71n
American School Center, Shrivenham, 81, 190n, 336, 338
American-British Staff Conversations (ABC-1), 14, 16, 18, 19-20, 21, 23, 26, 27, 32, 47
Ammunition, 93, 96, 97, 98, 152, 261, 306, 307, 309, 310, 313, 328, 393, 396, 397, 404, 422, 431, 448, 453, 454, 489, 490, 491, 515, 518, 524, 525-43, 547, 558
60-mm. mortar, 538
90-mm. gun, 446
105-mm. howitzer, 447, 538, 539
155-mm. howitzer, 539
3-inch gun, 446
early planning for, 537-38
meeting at 1st Army Group headquarters, 9-10 May 1944, 537-38
shortage, June 1944, 410
shortage, June–July 1944, 445-48
shortage at Brest, 529-37
shortage at St. Malo, 529
transportation difficulties, 536
Ammunition Supply Points (ASP’s), 525-27, 529, 535
Amoit Aircraft Plant, Cherbourg, 431
Amphibious exercises, 339, 345-54. See also BEAVER; CELLOPHANE; CHEVROLET; DUCK; FABIUS; FOX; GULL; HARLEQUIN; JALOPY; JANTZEN II; JEEP; MINK; MUSKRAT; NUDGER; OTTER; SNIPE; TIGER.
Amphibious Force, 11th, 346, 349, 351
Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet, 335
Amphibious operations, 328-54. See also Amphibious exercises.
early experience, 328-34
German E-boat attack, 351-52
Amphibious Training Center (Br.), 330
Amphibious Training Command (Amphibious Training Center), AGF, 329, 330
Amphibious training program, 329-44
Amphibious training schools, 331, 334-38
Andrews, Lt. Gen. Frank M., 113, 119, 120, 123, 133, 154, 160-61, 163, 191, 194, 268. See also ETOUSA.
Andrews, John, 22
Angers, 324
Antwerp, 480, 485, 500, 514, 535-36, 583
ANVIL, 178, 185-86, 457. See also DRAGOON.
Appledore, 341
ARCADIA Conference, 52
Area Petroleum Office, 81
Area Petroleum Officer. See Lee, Lt. Gen. John C. H.
Area Petroleum Service, 81, 163
Argentan, 478, 479, 483, 547, 550
Armies, U.S. See First Army; Third Army; Fifth Army; Ninth Army.
Armored Divisions
6th, 457
7th, 457
Army Air Forces, 38-39. See also Air Force, U.S.; Air Force units.
Army Exchange Service, 80
Army Field Forces Board, Fort Benning, Ga., 380-81n
Army Finance Office, 154
Army Ground Forces (AGF), 138, 329
Army Group, 1st U.S. (FUSAG), 203, 217, 219, 222, 262, 364, 437, 450, 537, 538n, 573. See also Army Group, 12th; Bradley, Lt. Gen. Omar N.
activated, 191
command responsibilities, 204, 206, 224-26
List B, 301
planning responsibilities, 205, 206
relations with ADSEC, 213-15, 308
relations with ETOUSA, 195-98, 200
relations with FECOMZ, 208-11, 213-14, 219, 220-21, 226
relations with SOS, 196-98, 200, 263, 264-65
relationship to COMZ, 207, 209, 224
Army Group, 12th, 436, 478, 480, 490, 496, 530, 576, 583. See also Army Group, 1st; Bradley, Lt. Gen. Omar N.
and ammunition shortage at Brest, 530, 531, 533, 536
becomes operational, 475
rationing of ammunition, 525
supply allotments to First and Third Armies, 492, 496-97, 541-43
Army Group, 21, 186, 191, 195, 213, 214, 215, 224, 269, 352, 353, 415, 444, 480, 555, 558, 574, 575, 580. See also Montgomery, Field Marshal Sir Bernard L.
activated, 191
command responsibilities, 203-04, 219
plan (AXEHEAD), 467
planning responsibilities, 205-07, 215
relationship to FECOMZ, 208-11, 219, 220-21
Army Invasion Training Center, Fifth Army, 331
Army-Navy Petroleum Board, 81
Army Pictorial Service, 369
Army Service Forces (ASF), 131, 137, 238, 239, 262. See also Services of Supply, USA; Somervell, Lt. Gen. Brehon B.
on ammunition, 539-40
and PROCO, 260-61
on shipping procedures to ETOUSA, 142-46
survey of BOLERO build-up, January 1944, 259
Army Service Forces, Planning Division, 260
Army Talks, “Achtung,” 366
Arnold, Gen. Henry H., 27, 28, 31, 48, 124, 192
Arpajon, 494
Arromanches-les-Bains, 277, 278, 415. See also MULBERRY B.
Artificial ports. See Ports, artificial.
Ashchurch. See Depots, Ashchurch.
Assault Force, Eastern, 97
Assault Force O. See Task Forces, O
Assault Force U. See Task Forces, U
Assault Training Center, 191, 339-44
Assembly plants (Br.), 258n. See also Vehicles, assembly.
Auray River, 294
AVALANCHE, 334
Avgas. See Gasoline, aviation.
Aviation gasoline (Avgas). See Gasoline, aviation.
Avonmouth, 146
Avranches, 320, 325, 469, 475, 476, 495, 510, 544, 547
Avranches breakout, 484, 546, 574
Ayers, Lt. Col. Loren A., 559, 564
–B–
Baker, Col. Paul T, 78
Ballentine, Lt. Col. Joe M., 534
Banbury, 144
BANG, 145
Barfleur, 270, 288, 290, 432, 433, 489
Barker, Brig. Gen. Ray W, 40, 61, 177, 195, 340
Barnes, Col. Elmer E., 509
Barnstaple, 346
Barnum, Col. Edmund M., 78
Barry. See Depots, Barry.
Base Sections, 84-87, 168-70, 216-18
Central, 162, 169, 218, 227. See also London Base Command.
Continental, 216-18
London, 169
Normandy, 560, 565, 567, 568, 570
Northern Ireland, 84, 86, 169, 217-18, 350. See also Northern Ireland Base Command.
Peninsular (Italy), 212
Southern, 84, 86, 106, 123, 169, 217, 218, 264, 345-46, 350, 353, 359-61, 362, 364-66, 367, 369-370, 423, 424, 425. See also Southern Base Section Districts; Southern Command.
Western, 84, 86, 169, 203, 217, 218, 359, 361-63, 364, 367, 368, 370
Bath, 81
Batson, Col. Roscoe C., 78
Battignolles Yards, 550
Beach. See also OMAHA Beach; UTAH Beach.
clearance, 391
maintenance area, 283, 285, 312, 401
phases, 391
Beach and port plans (OVERLORD), 297
Beil, M. Sgt. Leroy, 157
Belfast, 20, 22, 84, 91, 148, 350, 363, 374
BENEFICIARY, 188n, 468. See also St. Malo.
Bergensfjord, 234
Berthing facilities. See also Beach, capacity; Port capacity.
at Arromanches, 278
on French coast, 182, 271-72, 275
in United Kingdom, 238-40
BIGOT, 175n
Billeting, 242-43. See also Troop accommodations in United Kingdom.
Binic, 473
Birkenhead, 147
“Black Saturday,” 88
Blacker, Brigadier G. C., 363
Blakeney, Col. James L., 78
Blockships. See also CORNCOBS; Ports, artificial. at OMAHA, 402-04, 410, 413
at UTAH, 402
BOLERO. See also Build-up; Cargo; Construction; Local procurement; Marshall Memorandum; Preshipment; Shipping; Supply flow; Troop basis; Troop build-up; Troop flow.
completion of, 231-68
defined, 55
origin of, 52-59
BOLERO Combined Committee
Medical Services Sub-Committee, 71, 108
Movement and Transportation Sub-Committee, 68
BOLERO Combined Committee (London), 54, 55, 58, 61-66, 71, 72, 74, 75, 77, 107, 110, 116, 122, 131
BOLERO Combined Committee (Washington), 54, 55, 56, 58, 66, 122
BOLERO Key Plans, 65, 110, 123
First, 65, 66, 70, 71, 73, 74, 75, 81
Second (July edition), 65, 66, 71, 73, 74, 75, 105, 106, 108, 244
Third (November revision), 105, 106, 107
Fourth, 122, 240, 242, 246, 248
BOLERO-ROUNDUP concept, 88, 104, 107, 110
BOLERO-SICKLE Combined Committee, 122
Bolte, Brig. Gen. Charles L., 17, 22, 39, 40, 61
BOMBARDON, 276-77, 278, 278n, 279, 280, 402, 406, 413, 414. See also “Lilo”; Ports, artificial.
Bomber Command, VIII. See Air Force units.
Bombers used as cargo planes, 578, 578n, 579
Bonesteel, Maj. Gen. Charles H., 18
Boston Port of Embarkation, 19, 371
Boughton, 248
Bradley, Maj. Gen. Follett, 124
Bradley, Lt. Gen. Omar N., 358, 364, 443, 483, 510, 523, 531, 538, 543, 570, 579. See also Army Group, 1st; Army Group, 12th; First Army.
alters build-up schedule, 450-51, 457
on ammunition shortage at Brest, 532, 536
assumes command of First Army and 1st Army Group, 191, 226-27
assumes command of 12th Army Group, 475
on Cherbourg seizure, 186
on control of COMZ, 210
places restrictions on First and Third Armies, 491, 515
relations with SOS, 196, 206-07
on releasing supply control to ADSEC, 434, 435-36
Bradley plan. See Bradley, Maj. Gen. Follett.
Brand, Col. Clarence E., 78
Breakwater, 271-79, 413, 413n. See also “Air breakwater”; BOMBARDON; PHOENIX; Ports, artificial.
at UTAH, 402
Brereton, Maj. Gen. Lewis H., 192, 577, 578. See also Air Force Units, Ninth Air Force; First Allied Airborne Army.
Brest, 186, 188, 287, 288, 294, 454, 464, 467, 468, 469-70, 471-73, 478, 479, 480, 528-37
Brett, Maj. Gen. George H., 30, 31
Bricquebec, 432
Bristol, 191, 212, 346. See also Depots, Bristol.
Bristol Channel area, 148, 341, 365
Bristol Channel ports, 65, 86, 144, 146, 169n, 298, 344, 362, 363
British Chiefs of Staff Committee. See Chiefs of Staff Committee (Br.).
British War Office. See War Office (Br.).
British wartime shortages, 24, 60-61
British-American “Q” school, 337
Brittany Base Section. See Base Sections, Brittany.
Brittany ports, 183, 186, 188, 189, 217, 270, 282, 286, 287, 288, 296, 313, 320, 324, 430, 433, 452, 454, 456, 466-69, 470-74, 475-79, 481-84, 486, 487, 488, 490, 495, 507n, 508, 510, 528, 547
Brittany ports, plans for, 296-97
Brownjohn, Maj. Gen. N. C. D., 468
Bryanston Square, London, 191
Brussels, 480
Build-up. See also Logistical plans for troop build-up; Supply.
cancellation of, 118-19
enemy, 450
impact on British economy, 61
troop. See Troop build-up.
in United Kingdom, 29, 31, 32, 33, 47, 59, 60, 97, 114, 118, 121, 132, 137, 231
Buildup Control Organization (BUCO), 302, 363-64, 424, 425
Buildup Priority Lists, 301-02, 309, 363, 364, 457
Bull, Maj. Gen. Harold R., 452, 470
Burford, Col. Freeman W., 320
Burpee, Brig. Gen. Clarence L., 318
Bushy Park, 31
–C–
C-47’s, 578-79, 578n, 580-81, 583
Caffey, Col. Eugene M., 347
Cairo Conference. See SEXTANT Conference.
Caisson, 273-75, 280. See also PHOENIX.
Calais, 179
Calvados, 414
Cambrai, 552
Camouflage, 367
Camp Edwards, Mass., 329, 330n. See also Engineer Amphibian Command.
Camp Northway, England, 156
Camp Pickett, Va., 335
Cancale, 290, 294, 471, 472, 473
Cannes, 480
Cannibalization of equipment, 443, 520
Capelle, La, 494
Carentan, 188, 288, 290, 313, 376, 377, 401, 416, 427, 429, 431, 432, 433, 445, 465, 573
Carentan estuary, 188
Cargo, 120, 137, 140, 147-48, 308, 581. See also Cargo flow; Shipping.
CARGO, 350
Cargo flow, 121-22, 132-46, 148-49, 234-40. See also Shipping.
Carmarthen, 339
Carston, 147
Casablanca Conference, 114-16, 117, 118, 119-20, 122, 124, 130, 136, 176, 181-82, 193, 194, 234
Casualties, 305, 404-06, 460, 460n
Caumont, 427
CELLOPHANE, 350
Central Base Section. See Base Sections, Central. Central Group of Armies, 224. See also Army Group, 1st.
Chalons-sur-Marne, 479, 488, 505
Chaney, Maj. Gen. James E., 1-2, 24, 26, 30, 77
as commander of ETOUSA, 39-43
as commander of USAFBI, 21-39, 46, 57
dual role as Commanding General, USAFBI, and Special Army Observer, 48-49
ideas on command and organization, 27, 32, 33, 47
relations with SOS, USAFBI, 37-38
relations with War Department, 13, 19, 20, 22, 23, 27-28, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 47-48
as Special Army Observer, 14-21, 46, 50
Channel Islands, 373
Channel ports, 485
Chapelle, La, 547
Charleroi, 552
Chartres, 189, 478, 486, 487, 491, 495, 499, 510, 513, 530, 550-51, 558, 560, 565, 566, 575
CHASTITY, 186-87, 296, 470-72. See also Quiberon Bay.
Chateau Pont Rilly, 435
Chateau Servigny, 435
Chateaubriant, 217, 313, 324, 433, 493
Chaumont, 488
Chaumont GHQ (1917–18), 223n
Chef-du-Pont, 431
Cheltenham, 44, 70, 78, 81-83, 159-60, 162, 164, 177, 222, 365, 521. See also Services of Supply, headquarters.
Chemical Warfare Service, 156, 419
Cherbourg, 181, 182, 184, 270, 272, 286, 288, 289, 290-93, 294, 296, 297, 312-13, 317-18, 320, 373, 407, 413, 416, 419, 427, 430, 444, 471, 486, 489, 544, 545, 546, 560, 567
Avant Port, 292
Avant Port de Commerce, 292
Bassin a Flot, 292
Bassin Charles X, 292
Bassin des Subsistences, 292
Bassin Napoleon III, 292
capture of, 376-77, 427, 430, 431-33, 439, 445, 451-52
parse Transatlantique, 292
Digue du Homet, 292
Digue de Querqueville. See Digue de Querqueville.
Grande Rade, 291-92
Petite Rade, 291
pipeline system, 500-502
and POL delivery, 323-24, 325, 500-504, 514
plans for capture of, 183, 185-86, 188-89, 270, 282, 302, 463-64
port capacity, 413-14, 415, 464-66, 468, 469, 473
Port de Commerce, 292
Port facilities, 291-93
Port de l’Orglet, 292
Quai de France, 292
Quai de Normandie, 292
reconstruction of, 464n
storage facilities, 500-501
Chester, England, 84
CHEVROLET, 349
Chief of Combined Operations (Br.), 61, 272, 340
Chief of Engineers, 319
Chief of Staff, U.S. See Marshall, Gen. George C. Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander. See COSSAC; Morgan, Lt. Gen. Frederick E.
Chief of Transportation, 99
Chiefs of Staff Committee (Br.), 16-17, 32, 53, 88, 177, 178, 182, 194, 233, 473
Chigwell, 150
Churchill, Prime Minister Winston S., 32, 55, 88, 114, 115, 178, 183, 194, 239, 271-72, 275, 415, 451
Churchill Hospital, Oxford, 71n
Cirencester, 365
Claims Commission, 80, 163, 164
Claims Service, SOS, 80
Clapham Junction, 68
Claridge Conference, 32, 39, 60
Claridge Conference, Second, 89, 104
Clark, Capt. A. Dayton, 278, 281
Clark, Lt. Col. Edward N., 534, 535
Clark, Maj. Gen. Mark W., 89, 96
Clifton College, Bristol, 70
Clyde River ports, 65, 91, 144, 145n, 146
Coasters, 275, 399, 407, 411, 425-26, 446, 471, 473, 516
Cobbs, Col. Nicholas H., 35, 41, 78
COBRA, 475, 482, 501, 504, 510
Coffey, Lt. Col. John W., 17, 22
Colleville-sur-Mer, 379, 383, 390, 575. See also OMAHA.
Collins, Brig. Gen. Leroy P., 2, 23, 84, 168, 169, 218
Combined Administrative Committee, CCS, 276
Combined Air Transport Operations Room
(CATOR), 572, 574, 578, 580, 581
Combined Bomber Offensive, 124, 130
Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS), 32, 40, 52, 54, 58, 87, 106, 107, 121, 123, 124, 131, 132, 176, 177, 178, 182, 184, 185, 188, 192, 194, 202, 231, 233, 240, 272
Combined Operations Headquarters (Br.), 330, 340, 341
Combined Staff Planners, CCS, 54, 122
Command and General Staff School, 266
Commands (Br.). See Western Command (Br.); Southeastern Command (Br.); Southern Command (Br.).
Commodity loading, 237-38, 309
Communications Zone (COMZ). See also Advance Section; Forward Echelon; Lee, Lt. Gen. John C. H.; Services of Supply.
and ammunition shortages, 530-32, 533-34, 536-42, 543
beach organization, 282-85
as channel of communications to the War Department, 437-38
and CHASTITY project, 471
command and organization, 207, 209-11, 219-22, 224, 226, 433-36
headquarters, 208, 209, 226, 288, 308, 435, 436, 437, 514
on LUCKY STRIKE, 467
origins of, 33, 198-200, 201, 204, 206
plan, 14 May 1944, 215, 219, 220, 224, 269, 294, 296-97, 297n, 303
planning responsibilities, 213-15
port reconstruction, 286
regulating stations, 497-99
relationship to 1st Army Group, 206-07, 209-11, 226
relationship with SHAEF, 437-39
supply build-up, 306-07, 308, 310-11
supply in the pursuit, 490-97
and tank shortage, 522
and transportation, 553, 565, 567, 568, 580
troop build-up, 300-301, 455, 456
troops to be used in combat, 463
Compiegne, 552
COMZ. See Communications Zone.
Concarneau, 294
Concentration area, 357-58
Conflans, 552
Consolidated Officers Mess, Grosvenor House, Park Lane, 227-30
Construction, 125-26, 240-54, 361
air force, 73, 109-10, 117, 131, 242, 250-51
assembly plant, 64-65
depot, 70, 106, 107, 242, 248-50
differences in American and British methods, 241-42, 253
hospital, 70-73, 105, 106, 108, 117, 131, 244-48
Construction and Quartering Division, Office of the Chief Engineer, 107, 241, 286
Continental airfields, 574-75, 576-77, 579
Continental Base Sections. See Base Sections, Continental.
Cooks and Bakers School, 361
CORNCOBS, 277. See also Blockships.
Cornwall, 86
Corps, II, 89
Corps, V, 22, 23, 26, 43, 76, 84, 101, 167, 169, 190, 191, 269, 301, 343, 345, 346, 348-49, 351, 352, 353, 374, 375-77, 378, 390, 392, 427, 429, 459, 475
Corps, VII, 269, 297, 301, 302, 343, 349, 351, 352, 371, 374, 376, 377, 392, 399, 400, 401, 407, 427-29, 459, 475, 479, 494, 525
Corps, VIII, 377, 427-28, 475, 478, 479, 480, 507n, 508, 528-37
Corps, XV, 350, 450, 457, 475, 478, 479, 505
Corps, XIX, 377, 427, 429, 450, 459, 475
Corps of Engineers, 118, 248, 257, 260, 286, 314, 318, 321, 323, 564
COSSAC, 124, 132, 164, 166, 201, 203-04, 205, 206, 212, 222, 269, 270, 276, 286, 320, 537. See also Morgan, Lt. Gen. Frederick E.; Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force.
command and organization, 193-94, 195
missions, 177
OVERLORD plan, 179, 182-83, 184, 188, 277. See also OVERLORD.
Cotentin, 176, 179, 181, 183, 184, 185, 186, 188, 217, 270, 282, 297, 302, 314, 326, 371, 377, 384, 407, 427, 430, 432, 434, 442, 486, 495, 500, 521, 545, 573
Coubert, 514
Coucy, 494
Coutances, 320, 324, 325, 427, 428, 475
Craon, 324
Crawford, Maj. Gen. Robert W., 2, 164, 166, 222, 452, 470, 472, 473, 534, 556
–D–
Dahlquist, Brig. Gen. John E., 22, 38, 39, 40
Daley, Maj. Gen. Edmund L., 23
Date-line system, 146
Davis, Col. Thomas J., 101
Davison, Brig. Gen. Donald A., 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 31, 33, 50, 78, 84, 101, 286
Demolition teams, 379
Depots, 70, 91-92, 116, 152, 158-59, 250, 250n, 263, 432. See also Construction, depot.
Ashchurch (G-25), 91, 92, 150, 152, 154-59
continental, 312-13, 430-32, 493-96
East End (London), 77
G-14. See Depots, Liverpool.
G-25. See Depots, Ashchurch.
G-40. See Depots, Barry.
Laval, 467
Lison–St. Lô, 469
Liverpool (G-14), 91, 152, 154
Normandy, 496
Rennes, 467
replacement (14th), 459
Wem, 248
Deputy Area Petroleum Officer, 164
Deputy Quartermaster General (Liaison) (Br.), 62, 64, 65, 73, 74, 81, 105-06, 240, 241. See also Wootten, Maj. Gen. Richard M.
Deputy Theater Commander for Supply and Administration, 161. See also Lee, Lt. Gen. John C. H.
Devers, Lt. Gen. Jacob L., 123, 124-25, 128, 129, 132, 163, 164, 167, 191, 193, 194-95, 196-97, 198, 202, 268, 336. See also ETOUSA.
De-waterproofing, 369. See also Waterproofing. Dieppe, 110n, 329
Digue de Querqueville, 291, 293, 323, 324, 500, 501. See also Querqueville.
Dijon, 480
Dill, Field Marshal Sir John, 16
Dinan, 529
Districts. See Southern Base Section Districts.
Division slice, 299-300, 299n, 306, 307, 458, 458n
Donges, 324
Doolittle, Maj. Gen. James H., 202
Dourdan, 514
Douve River, 184, 185, 376, 384, 386
Douve valley, 314
Dover, 272
DRAGOON, 480. See also ANVIL.
Dreux, 189, 478, 487, 499, 550, 551, 558, 560, 565, 575
Driver shortage, 556-57
Driver training, 556
DUKWs, 289, 332-34, 344, 349, 389, 394-96, 399, 400, 400n, 402, 406, 407, 411
Dufferin Quay, 23
Duke of Abercorn, 22
Dunes de Varreville, Les, 384
Dunkerque, 319
Dunn, Col. Ray A., 78
–E–
Eaker, Brig. Gen. Ira C., 28, 29, 30, 31, 124, 192, 202
East India docks, London, 280
Eastern Base Section. See Base Sections, Eastern. E-boats, German, 351-52
Edgai, Commodore Campbell D., 372
Egginton. See Depots, Egginton.
“Eggs,” 363. See also Marshaling camps.
Eighth Air Force. See Air Force units, Air Force, Eighth.
Eisenhower, Gen. Dwight D., 40, 48, 78, 89, 111, 112, 118, 159, 183, 184, 193-95, 196-97, 198-200, 201, 202, 203, 209, 210, 214, 221, 224-26, 264, 300, 373, 374-75, 434, 443, 451, 462, 473, 483, 521-22, 539. See also ETOUSA; Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force.
on ANVIL, 185-86
appeal to Churchill on port congestion, 239
on BOLERO Combined Committee, 53-54
as chief of OPD, 39
chosen Commanding General, ETOUSA, 43-44
chosen Supreme Allied Commander, 195
on construction, 106
directive, 1 June 1944, 226
directive, 6 June 1944, 223-26, 437
directive, 19 July 1944, 437
on MULBERRIES and storm, 413, 415
on OVERLORD, 185-86
relations with Lee, 98, 112-13, 201, 221, 223, 264, 265-67, 268, 268n, 437-39
on TORCH, 90-91, 113, 118, 131
Electronics Training Group, 31, 50
Embarkation area, 357-58
Embarkation Control (EMBARCO), 365, 424-25
Emergency Medical Service hospitals, 108, 244
Emergency Medical Service program, 71
Emergency Powers Defense Act, 67-68
Enemy air attacks. See Air attacks, enemy.
Engineer Amphibian Brigade, 1st, 329-30. See also Engineer Special Brigade, 1st.
Engineer Amphibian Command, 329, 335, 342
Engineer Camouflage Battalion, 604th, 367
Engineer Combat Battalions
147th, 381
149th, 381
234th, 344
336th, 383
348th, 383
Engineer Combat Groups
1116th, 335, 343. See also Engineer Special Brigade, 6th.
1119th, 335, 343. See also Engineer Special Brigade, 5th.
Engineer Combat Regiment, 540th, 334
Engineer Corps. See Corps of Engineers.
Engineer General Service Regiments
38th, 399
359th, 444
360th, 362
373rd, 362
388th, 557n
1323rd, 557n
Engineer Group A, 552
Engineer Group C, 552
Engineer Petroleum Distributing Company, 786th, 444
Engineer Port Construction and Repair Groups
1056th, 292
Engineer School, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, 338
Engineer Shore Regiment, 531st, 331, 332, 388
Engineer Special Brigades, 283, 284, 342-44. See also Provisional Engineer Special Brigade Group.
1st, 283, 290, 332, 335, 343, 345, 346-50, 351-52, 354, 365, 370, 387, 388, 398, 400, 401, 411. See also Engineer Amphibian Brigade, 1st.
2nd, 335
5th, 283, 343, 348, 349, 350, 353, 365, 383, 384, 396. See also Engineer Combat Group, 1119th.
6th, 283, 343, 344, 348, 350, 353, 365, 384, 396. See also Engineer Combat Group, 1116th.
Engineer Shore Regiment, 531st, 330, 332, 387, 398-99
ETOUSA (European Theater of Operations, United States Army), 67, 70, 72, 74, 115, 132, 219, 226, 264, 471. See also Eisenhower, Gen. Dwight D.; ETOUSA-COMZ; ETOUSA-SOS; Special Observer Group; United States Army Forces in the British Isles.
command and organization, 190-230
decline of power and control, 195-97
G-2, 40
G-4. See Crawford, Maj. Gen. Robert W.; Stratton, Brig. Gen. James H.
headquarters, 196, 197, 201, 219, 222, 312, 363, 472
and misplaced supplies, 96-97
origins of, 13-51
predecessor commands. See Special Observer Group; United States Army Forces in the British Isles.
relationship with SOS, 40-43, 78-80, 195-203. See also ETOUSA-SOS.
relationship with War Department, 59, 93, 96-97, 123, 127-29, 141-42, 233, 260-61, 449, 461-63, 522-23, 538-39, 540, 553-56
Standing Operating Procedure 7, 496
Standing operating procedures (SOP’s), 216, 219, 261, 311
subordinate commands, 190
ETOUSA-COMZ, 215, 219, 221-22, 223
ETOUSA-SOS, 195-203, 205, 213, 218, 222, 226, 262, 265-66
general staff, 266-67
headquarters, 196, 201-02, 210
reorganization plan, 198-201
Eure River, 189
European Theater of Operations. See ETOUSA.
–F–
FABIUS, 345, 351, 352-54, 359, 361, 372
FECOMZ. See Forward Echelon, Communications Zone.
Ferry craft, 393-94, 400, 402, 406
Ferrying Command (Air Transport Command), 29
Field Artillery Battalions
46th, 18
187th, 353
Field Force Replacement Depot, 344
Field Force Replacement System, 336
Field forces, 299n
Field Service Regulations, 33, 497-98
Fifteenth Air Force. See Air Force units Air Force, Fifteenth.
First Allied Airborne Army, 576, 577, 579-80, 581. See also Brereton, Maj. Gen. Lewis H.
First Army (FUSA), 185, 195, 196, 197, 203, 262, 304, 305, 314, 343, 350, 352-53, 359, 364, 370, 371, 377, 397, 401, 404, 422, 427-29, 475-80, 498, 521, 522. See also Bradley, Lt. Gen. Omar N.
activated, 191
ammunition, 407, 445-48, 525-28, 539, 541, 543
Class II and IV supplies, 518-20
command responsibilities, 204-05, 208, 218, 219-20, 224-26, 301, 303, 308
List A, 301-02
NEPTUNE Operation Plan, 348, 350-51
ordnance equipment shortage, 368, 442-43
plan, 25
planning responsibilities, 215
POL, 322, 445, 490n, 502-08, 509-10, 514, 515-16
rations, 517-18
relationship to Advance Section, 212-13, 214, 214-15n, 430, 433-36
replacements, 459-60
service troops, 312
supply in the pursuit, 489-95
transportation, 550, 552, 564, 566, 567, 570, 574, 576, 579, 582
unloading procedures, 392-93
First Army Quartermaster Service, 494
Firth of Clyde, 349
Flanders, 271
“Force loading forecast,” 364
“Force movement table,” 364
Foret de Cerisy, 376
Fork de Mont-Castre, 427
Formigny, 390, 391, 397, 431, 432
Fort Belvoir, Va., Engineer School, 335
Fort Pierce, Fla., 335
Fort Southwick, England, 363
Forward Echelon, Communications Zone (FECOMZ), 207-11, 216, 266, 285, 308, 312, 555. See also Advance Section; Communications Zone.
continental role, 219-21, 433, 434-37
organization, 207-08
responsibilities, 208-09, 213-15, 217, 219-21, 224-26
staff, 209
Francis, Maj. William R., 157-58
Franey, Col. James M., 35, 462, 463
Frankfurt, 488
Franklyn, Gen. G. E. W, 23
French railways. See Railways, French.
French Resistance, 477
French road network. See Motor transport; Roads, French; Transportation.
Fuel. See POL.
Fuller-Merritt Chapman Corporation, 24
–G–
Gale, Lt. Gen. Sir Humfrey M., 90, 282, 413, 470, 473
Gasoline, 401, 499-516, 575, 576. See also POL. aviation (Avgas), 322, 445, 510, 514
motor vehicle (MT 80), 322, 324, 444, 445, 502, 509, 510, 514
General Board Report on COMZ, 214n
General Depot Service, SOS, 80, 152
General Headquarters (GHQ), 19, 20. See also Marshall, Gen, George C.
General Order 19, 20 July 1942, 44
General Purchasing Agent. 80, 164, 171, 254
General Purchasing Board, 80, 254
German Air Force, 563
German Panthers, 443, 523, 524
Germany, planned advance into, 485-88
Gerow, Maj. Gen. Leonard T., 424
G. Heyn and Son, Ltd. (HEADLINE), 148
Ghormley, Rear Adm. Robert L., 16n
Gilland, Brig. Gen. Morris W., 2-3
GLUE, 145
GOOSEBERRIES, 277, 278, 280, 402, 413. See also OMAHA Beach, GOOSEBERRY; UTAH Beach, GOOSEBERRY.
Gosport, 360
Grandcamp-les-Bains, 183, 270, 288, 290, 343, 390, 404, 416-18, 465
Granville, 288, 289, 290, 465, 466, 475
Gravelle, Maj. Gordon K., 559
Greenock, 146
Griner, Brig. Gen., George W. 18, 22, 38, 40, 61
Groninger, Maj. Gen. Homer M., 35
Gross, Brig. Gen. Charles P., 77
Grosvenor Square, 16, 37, 76, 77, 230, 342
Ground Force Replacement System (GFRS), 459
Ground forces, 299n
Grower, Brig. Gen. Roy W, 3, 217
Gruver, Col. Earl S., 166
Guenther, Col. Gustav B., 78
GULL, 350
Gullatt, Col. Doswell, 384
GYMNAST, 52, 88, 89. See also TORCH.
–H–
Hainault Railway Sheds and Siding, 150
Hall, Rear Adm. John L., Jr., 372
HANDS UP, 188n, 468. See also Quiberon Bay.
Handy, Brig. Gen. Thomas T., 53, 126, 449
Harbord, Maj. Gen. James G., 35, 267
Harbors, artificial, 271-72, 275-76. See also Ports, artificial.
“Hards,” 361
Hardstandings, 347
Harrison, Lt. Col. Leander H., 535, 536
Hartle, Maj. Gen. Russell P., 22, 23, 24, 43, 48, 84, 113, 191
Hass, Col. Martin F., 533n
Havre, Le, 53, 175, 179, 430, 470, 471, 480, 481, 485, 486, 535
Hawley, Maj. Gen. Paul R., 3, 22, 50, 71, 72, 78, 108, 108n, 248
Haye-du-Puits, La, 313, 320, 324, 377, 427-28, 489, 500, 501, 504, 510
HEADLINE, 148
Hedgerows. See Normandy hedgerows.
Henke, Pfc. Milburn H., 23
Heyn, G., and Son, Ltd., 148
Hinds, Brig. Gen. John H., 530, 531, 541
Hinman, Lt. Col. Dale D., 17
Hirson, 494, 527, 552, 566, 567
Histon, 248
Hodges, Lt. Gen. Courtney H., 226-27, 475
Hoge, Brig. Gen. William M., 3-4, 384, 413n
Holly, Brig. Gen. Joseph A., 443
Honeybourne, 248
Hospitals. See Construction, hospital.
Hotel Splendide, 100
Piccadilly, 76
Housing of American troops in United Kingdom. See
Troop accommodations in United Kingdom.
Hughes, Maj. Gen. Everett S., 41, 78, 90, 93, 96, 99, 101, 437
Hughes-Hallett, Commodore John, 182, 271, 272
Hull, Brig. Gen. John E., 39, 54, 126
HUSKY, 331-34
–I–
Iceland Base Command, 40, 190n
“Identification of Separate Shipments to Oversea Destinations” (ISS), 144, 146
Ile de France, 234
Iles St. Marcouf, 573
Infantry Divisions
1st, 91, 92, 342, 352, 353, 365, 375, 383
4th, 342, 348, 349, 351, 352, 365, 375, 376; 389, 398, 428, 429
26th, 570
29th, 101, 130, 338, 341, 342, 345, 347, 348, 352, 353, 365, 375, 377, 429
31st, 342n
32nd, 22
35th, 429
37th, 22
80th, 457
90th, 427
95th, 570
104th, 570
Infantry Regiments
8th, 387
10th, 18
29th, 361
90th, 377
175th, 345
Installations Branch, G-4, SOS, 241
Inveraray, 330
Isigny, 270, 288, 289, 290, 318, 343, 351, 377, 379, 390, 404, 416-19, 431, 432, 464, 465
Isle of Portland, 360
Isle of Wight, 323
Ismay, Maj. Gen. Hastings L., 17
Italian experience with advance section, 211-12
effect on OVERLORD planning, 185
–J–
Jacobs, Brig. Gen. Fenton S., 4
JANTZEN II, 339
Jerricans, 551
Joint Administrative Plan, 19 April 1944, 269, 306
Joint Admiralty-War Office-Air Ministry committee, 18
Joint Assault Signal Company, 286th, 387
Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S., 28, 193
Joint commanders’ Initial Joint Plan, 269
Joint Outline Maintenance Project, 269
Joint Organization and Maintenance, U.S., 29
Joint Planning Staff (Br.), 17, 27, 181-82
Joint Q Planning School, 337-38
Joint U.S.-British Assessment Committee, 287
Jones, Col. Gainer B., 529
–K–
Kean, Maj. Gen. William B., 447
Key, Maj. Gen. William S., 123n
Kibler, Brig. Gen. A. Franklin, 531, 542
King, Admiral Ernest J., 88
Kirk, Rear Adm. Alan G., 372, 413
Knerr, Brig. Gen. Hugh J., 192n, 202-03, 263
Knutsford, 203
–L–
Labor. See Local Procurement; Troop labor.
Laigle, 550
Lakehurst., 545
Landing craft. See Coasters; DUKWs; Ferry craft; LBVs; LCIs; LCMs; LCTs; LCVPs.
Landing rehearsals. See Amphibious exercises; Amphibious operations.
“Landings on a Hostile Shore” (FM 31-5), 328
Landon, Col. Charles R., 167-68
Land’s End, 346
Langford Lodge. See Depots, Langford Lodge.
Larkin, Maj. Gen. Thomas B., 4, 35, 37, 57n, 78, 99, 101
Laval, 217, 313, 320, 324, 325, 433, 478, 486, 493, 495, 510, 550,
Layman, Col. Walter G., 78, 81, 303, 336, 460-61, 462
LCIs, 410
LCMs, 407
LCTs, 182, 182n, 310, 332, 389, 391, 393, 399, 407, 410, 411, 426, 473
LCVPs, 407
Leathers, Lord Frederick, 239
Lee, Lt. Gen. John C. H., 5, 33-36, 46, 62, 75, 77, 80, 97, 98, 98n, 219, 224, 226, 240, 337, 358, 361, 463, 557. See also Communications Zone; Services of Supply.
as Area Petroleum Officer, 81
on base sections, 84
at Casablanca Conference, 116
on construction, 105, 108, 109-10
on Crawford proposal, 222-24
on marking procedure, 141-42
organization of SOS, USAFBI, 35-39
organization of SOS, ETOUSA, 41-43, 77
on partially trained troops. 57
personality, 267-68
on POL situation, 505
as possible commander, ETOUSA, 112-13
powers under SOS, ETOUSA, 42-44
relations with Bradley, 209-11, 221, 532
relations with Eisenhower, 98, 112-13, 268n, 438
reorganization proposals, 159-63, 166
request for ammunition, 539
request for joint “Q” school, 337
requests for service troops, 116-17, 120, 131
responsibilities and problems as deputy theater
commander-SOS commander, 198-202, 206-07, 264-65, 437-38
on ROUNDUP, 104-05
selection of SOS headquarters, 81-83
on shipping problem, 1944, 236
on shortage of service troops, 110-11
Leigh-Mallory, Air Marshal Sir Trafford, 193
Lend-lease
reverse (“mutual aid”), 81, 254, 256, 257, 258
to the United Kingdom, 16, 20, 31, 46, 50, 91, 97, 257.
Lend-Lease Act, 13
Lewis, Brig. Gen. Henry B., 198
Liaison, U.S.-British, 61, 62-64
Liberty ships, 181, 187, 273, 275, 407, 446, 471
“Lilo,” 273. See also BOMBARDON.
Lincoln, Col. George A., 337
Line of Communications (LOC), 223n. See also Services of Supply.
Lines of Communications. See also Transportation. and beach organization, 282-83
French railways as, 315-18
lack of co-ordination of, 424, 425
and Seine crossing, 472, 481-82, 484-86, 508
shortage of truck companies, 315
Transportation Corps responsibilities, 314-15
and troop build-up, 299, 300, 452
Lison Junction, 318, 433, 489, 544, 545
Littlejohn, Maj. Gen. Robert M., 5, 35, 41, 78, 98, 98n, 116, 117, 118
Liverpool, 30, 144, 147. See also Depots, Liverpool.
Llanelly, 371
Loading exercises. See Amphibious exercises; CELLOPHANE; GULL; NUDGER; SNIPE.
Lobnitz pierheads, 275, 278, 280, 281, 404, 406. See also MULBERRIES.
Local procurement
of labor, 20-21, 116-18, 130, 137, 148-49, 154, 158, 234-35, 246, 251, 253, 254, 258, 280
of supplies, 80, 98, 170-71, 254-58
Lockerley, 248
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, 30
Locmariaquer, 294
Logan Bar, 440. See also Rations.
Logan, Capt. Paul P., 440
Logistical Plans Branch, G-4, SHAEF, 470, 472, 483-84
Logistical plans for troop build-up. See also Build-up.
W (pessimistic), 454
Z, 455
Loire estuary, 187
Loire River, 183, 187, 189, 324, 327, 430, 434, 452, 470, 478, 479, 480, 481, 483, 486, 487
Loire River ports, 186, 282, 324, 471
London, 144, 146, 159, 160, 162, 177, 227-30. See also Depots, London.
London Base Command, 86, 162, 169. See also Base Sections, Central.
London Base Section. See Base Sections, London.
London, Midland, and Scottish Railway, 154
Lord Halifax, 35
Lord Haw Haw, 83
Lord, Brig. Gen. Royal B., 5, 160, 164, 167, 200, 206, 220, 235, 259, 266, 434, 437, 469, 472, 534
Lorient, 187, 289, 294, 430, 464, 478, 479, 481
Loudeac, 476
LSTs, 182, 182n, 392, 393, 394, 399-400, 400n, 404, 411, 473, 532, 533, 534, 545, 546
LUCKY STRIKE, 467, 481, 482, 483
Lutes, Maj. Gen. LeRoy, 77, 94, 97, 141, 142, 239, 261-64, 265, 267, 469
Lyon, 480
Lyon, Brig. Gen. Alfred J., 22, 26, 29, 39
–M–
Maastricht, 566
McClelland, Brig. Gen. Harold M., 22, 26, 40, 61
McConnaughy, Col. Donald S., 91
MacKeachie, Col. Douglas C., 35, 78, 80
McLain, Brig. Gen. Raymond S., 541
McNarney, Brig. Gen. Joseph T., 14, 16, 22, 26, 43
MAGNET, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 48, 60
Maintenance area. See Beach, maintenance area.
Maintenon, 551
Major System. See Pipeline systems, Major.
Mans, Le, 430, 469, 478, 481, 486, 487, 495, 510, 529, 530, 544, 547, 550, 551, 560, 575-76
“Marfak No. 2,” 440. See also Rations.
Marigny, 427
Marines, 1st Provisional Brigade, 18
Marking procedure. See Date-line system; Force marking.
Marne, 479
Marseille, 480
Marshaling
areas, 357-58, 423, 425. See also Sausage camps. camps, 359-60
exercises, 349. See also CHEVROLET; JALOPY; JEEP. process, 367-68, 425
Marshall, Gen. George C., 19, 27, 28, 77, 104, 114
at Claridge Conferences, 32, 39, 88-89
designates Lee SOS commander, 33
directive, 14 May 1942, 36, 40, 42, 43
on ETOUSA build-up, 118
on ETOUSA organization, 196
on marking procedures, 98
on OVERLORD, 186
relieves Chaney as ETOUSA commander, 47-48
on ROUNDUP, 107
on troop replacements, 305
warns ETOUSA of manpower shortage, January 1944, 462
Marshall, Col. S. L. A., 380n
Marshall Memorandum, 53-56, 175. See also BOLERO.
Marston, Brig. Gen. John, 18
Master Agreement (reciprocal aid), February 1942, 254
Matejka, Lt. Col. Jerry V., 22, 50
Maubeuge, 485
Mauretania, 234
Mayenne River, 478
Mediterranean theater experiences
in amphibious landings, 334
with transportation, 557
Melun, 479
Mersey River ports, 65, 91, 144, 145n, 146, 147, 362
Middleswart, Lt. Col. William H., 22, 50
Middleton, Lt. Gen. Troy H., 532-36
Military Railway Service, 2nd, 318
Miller, Maj. Gen. Henry J. F., 192n
Miller, Col. Robert S., 459
Million-man force, 55-56, 58, 59, 60, 64, 66, 105, 116. See also Marshall Memorandum; Troop basis; Troop build-up.
Ministry of War Transport (Br.), 91, 144, 241, 281, 363
Diversion Committee, 145
Movement Control. See Movement Control.
Sea Transport, 146
MINK I and II, 349
Minor System. See Pipeline systems, Minor
Montcornet, 479
Montgomery, Field Marshal Sir Bernard L., 184, 186, 194, 206, 224, 339, 468, 478, 574. See also Army Group, 21.
Montgomery, Col. Edward, 78
Montgomery, Col. Murray M., 78
Mood, Lt. Col. Orlando C., 78
Moon, Rear Adm. Don P., 372
Moore, Maj. Gen. Cecil R., 5-6, 84, 101, 240, 321
Morbihan Gulf, 294
Moreton-on-Lugg, 248
Morgan, Lt. Gen. Frederick E., 124, 177-78, 182, 184, 191, 272, 279. See also COSSAC.
Mortain, 478, 481, 528, 573, 583
Moselle River, 480, 488, 495, 515, 542, 543
Moses, Brig. Gen. Raymond G., 6, 206, 220, 221, 310-12, 315, 400n, 448, 491, 533n, 538, 542
Mosles, 390
Motor transport, 150, 314, 315, 396, 400, 411, 432, 553-72, 579. See also Red Ball Express (motor transport on the Continent); Transportation.
Motor Transport Brigade (MTB), 432, 558, 559, 560, 566-67, 568-70
Motor Transport Division, Transportation Corps, 150-52
Motor vehicle gasoline (MT 80). See Gasoline, motor vehicle.
Mt. Cauvin, 322, 323, 444, 445
Mountbatten, Vice Adm. Lord Louis, 177, 330
Movement Control (MOVCO), 146, 364, 424, 425
Movements and Transportation Branch, G-4,
MT 80. See Gasoline, motor vehicle. MT ships, 394, 411, 426, 473
MULBERRIES, 183, 277-82, 283, 285, 290, 296, 323, 391, 413n, 452, 465-66, 485. See also Ports, artificial; Storm, 19–22 June 1944.
A, 277, 278, 280, 283, 290, 343, 402, 404, 406, 413-14, 463
Muller, Col. Walter J., 6, 506, 515, 529, 530
Mulligan, Col. Timothy L., 384
Munitions Assignments Board, 46
Munitions Assignments Committee (Air), 46
MUSKRAT I and II, 349
“Mutual Aid.” See Lend-lease, reverse.
–N–
Namur, 552
Napier, Maj. Gen. Charles S., 363, 472
National Dock Labour Corporation, 148
“National Wheatmeal Flour,” 255
Naval bases in United Kingdom, 20
Naval Beach Battalion, 2nd, 400
Naval Combat Battalion, 108th, 280
Naval Task Forces. See Task Forces.
Navy engineer units, 288
Navy Ferry Craft Control, 400
New York Port of Embarkation, 94, 99, 103, 141, 236, 238, 239, 259, 261, 371, 443
Nieuw Amsterdam, 234
Ninth Air Force. See Air Force units, Air Force, Ninth.
Ninth Army, 480, 508, 523, 535, 551
Nissen huts, 19, 24, 152, 242, 243, 247. See also Construction; Troop accommodations.
Nixon, Col. Thomas H., 529, 530
Noce, Brig. Gen. Daniel, 329, 330n, 342
Nogent-le-Rotrou, 513
Norfolk House, St. James’s Square, London, 61, 89, 164, 337
Normandie, 290
Normandy, 285-86, 287, 464, 475, 489, 490, 491, 509, 580
port plans, 296-97
ports, 270, 288-89, 416, 486. See also individual port names.
supply base, 430-39
Normandy Base Section. See Base Sections, Normandy.
North Africa. See North African Theater of Operations.
North African Theater of Operations (NATO), 21, 26, 523. See also TORCH.
detached from ETOUSA, 160
effect on ADSEC, ETOUSA, 211-12
effect on BOLERO, 89, 99-106, 110-15, 118, 120, 137
experience with air forces, 192
experience with amphibious landings, 331
experience with transportation, 556
experience with vehicle waterproofing, 369
holds up construction in United Kingdom, 240
manpower waste, 463
supplies for, 96
use of BOLERO troops, 233-34
Northern Group of Armies (21 Army Group), 224
Northern Ireland, 19-26, 28, 30, 32, 48, 49, 60, 70, 84, 148, 169, 363
Northern Ireland Base Command, 23, 84. See also Base Sections, Northern Ireland; Corps, V; Northern Ireland; United States Army Northern Ireland Force.
Northern Ireland Base Section. See Base Sections. Northern Ireland.
NUDGER, 350
–O–
Oakley Farm, 83
Office of the Chief Engineer, SOS, 241, 287
Office of the Chief of Transportation, ETOUSA, 150
Officer Candidate School, Shrivenham, 81, 336
Oise River, 486
OMAHA Beach, 290, 298, 312, 323, 348. 349, 350, 351, 372, 375-76, 404n, 427, 431-32, 445, 489, 534, 536, 558. See also Beach.
air support at, 375
ammunition supply, 445
beach clearance, 411
berthing of ships, 393-96
brigades, 410-11
command, 413n.
D Day, 377-84
development of, 389-97
draws (exits), 379
as first continental line of communications, 282-83
GOOSEBERRY, 277-78
lack of communication, 392-93
landing craft, 392-96
location of, 188
NOIC (Naval Officer in Command), 392-93, 400-401
ponton causeway, 278
storm, 19-22 June 1944, 408-15
supply organization, 343
tonnage capacity, 343, 390, 397, 407, 411-13, 41516, 464, 465-66
transfer points, 397
unexpected enemy resistance, 374
OPD. See Operations Division, War Department.
Operational projects. See Projects for continental operations (PROCO).
Operations Division, War Department (OPD), 32, 52, 54, 55, 56, 114, 118, 231-32, 231n, 233n
Ordnance Base Automotive Maintenance Battalion, 622nd, 157
Ordnance Group, 71st, 525
Ordnance Service, 156-57, 158, 257, 260, 368, 370, 564, 571
ORELOB. See Reverse BOLERO.
Orleans, 189, 324, 478, 479, 488, 576
Orne River, 188
OTTER I and II, 349
OVERLORD
command and organization for, 190-230
completed, 479, 481, 484, 485, 500
logistical plan, 269-327
logistical problems, 178-89, 234-40, 259-62
mounting of, 357-73
Phase II, 208, 214, 219-20, 303
training and rehearsing for, 328-54
Oxford, 365
Oxwich Bay, 350
–P–
P-51, 51
Package system. See Replacements, package system. Paddington Station, 83
Paget, Gen. Sir Bernard, 77
Panthers. See German Panthers.
Parachute Infantry, 502nd, 349
Parachute supply, 573
Paratroop replacement shortage, 305
Paris, 183, 478, 479, 483, 484, 486, 487, 488, 510, 544, 550, 552, 552n, 553, 577-83
Passenger liners, 234
Patch, Lt. Gen. Alexander M., 480
Patton, Lt. Gen. George S., 203, 475, 478, 490, 515, 529, 531. See also Third Army.
Pershing, Gen. John J., 39, 117, 223n
Pershing Principle of 1917, 194
Peters, Maj. Joseph, 531
Petroleum. See POL.
Petroleum Committee, 319
Phases (I, II, and III) of OVERLORD. See OVERLORD, Phase I, Phase II, Phase III.
Philippeville, 296
Phillips, Pvt. George, III, 157
PHOENIXES, 276-78, 279-80, 282, 402, 404, 406, 410, 413, 413n, 415
Pier bridging, 413
Pierheads, 277, 279, 402. See also Lobnitz pierheads. Piers, 272, 277, 402
Pipeline systems, 319, 320, 449, 501, 509, 510-15. See also POL.
Major, 322, 323-25, 500-502, 504, 510, 514
Minor. 322-23, 325, 444-45, 501, 502, 510
Pittville mineral springs, 81
Plank, Brig. Gen. Ewart G., 6-7, 78, 169, 212, 220, 490, 513, 515. See also Advance Section, Communications Zone (ADSEC).
PLUTO, 323-24
Plymouth, 91, 144, 146, 346, 348, 349, 351, 360, 363, 369
POINTBLANK. 202
Pointe et Raz de la Percée, 378
POL, 93, 152, 291, 307, 310, 396, 404, 439, 446, 453, 454, 484. 487, 488, 496, 499-516, 518, 527, 528, 547, 558. See also Gasoline; Pipeline systems.
creation of Area Petroleum Board, 80-81
for First Army, 504-09, 515-16
OVERLORD plans for, 319-27
shortage affects transportation, 527, 528
status of, June-July 1944, 443-45
supply in the pursuit, 489-91, 499-516
for Third Army, 490, 495, 504-09, 513, 515-16, 527
transportation deficiencies, 509-16
POL Branch, G-4, ETOUSA, 320
POL Branch Plan, 14 April 1944, 321
Pontaubault, 547
Ponton causeways, 278, 332, 402-04
Pontorson, 529
Poole, 359, 360, 363, 372, 373
Port battalions, 235
Port capacity. See also Cherbourg, port capacity; OMAHA Beach, tonnage capacity; UTAH Beach, tonnage capacity.
continental, 296-97, 297n, 308, 311, 450, 463-70, 473, 482, 544
United Kingdom, 121, 132, 136-37, 147-48, 231, 233-39, 259
Port Construction and Repair Groups. See Engineer Port Construction and Repair Groups.
Port Eynon, 350
“Port group” areas, 179-81
Port reconstruction, 285-97
Portal, Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles, 17, 48, 193
Port-en-Bessin, 320, 322, 325, 434, 444
Portland, 348, 352, 353, 363, 372
Ports, 463-74. See also individual port names.
artificial, 269-82, 414-15. See also MULBERRIES.
beach, 402-06
Ports (Major), 290n
11th, 283, 290, 290n, 344, 432
12th, 290
Ports of embarkation, 92, 93, 236, 238. See also Boston Port of Embarkation; New York Port of Embarkation.
Ports of embarkation commanders, 93
Portsmouth, 271, 360. See also Depots, Portsmouth. Post-OVERLORD planning. See Seine River, advance beyond.
Pouliguen, Le, 294
Pound, Admiral Sir Dudley, 16
Pouppeville, 388
Prairies Marecageuses, 428
“Preparations for Overseas Movement, Short Sea Voyage” (POM SSV), 368
Pre-scheduling of supply shipments, 307, 448
Pre-shipment, 95-96, 130, 133-37, 138-39, 235-36, 259
Presque Isle, Maine, 29
Prestbury Park Race Course, 83
Pre-stowage, 308-09. See also Type loading.
Prestwick, 29
Principal Administrative Officers Committee, 62
PROCO. See Projects for continental operations.
Procurement Section, Office of the Chief of Engineers, 321
Projects for continental operations (PROCO), 260-61, 321, 553, 554, 554n
Provisional engineer groups, A, B, C, 551
Provisional Engineer Special Brigade Group, 283, 290, 343, 344, 352, 353, 379, 383, 384
Provisional Transport Group, 520
Pulsifer, Brig. Gen. Ralph, 197
Pursuit aviation, 26, 27, 28.-See also Air force, U.S.; Air force units.
Pyle, Ernie, 489
–Q–
Quadrant Conference, 132, 136-38, 178, 231, 231n, 233, 235, 241. See also Quebec Conference.
Quartermaster Battalions
95th, 396
537th, 401
Quartermaster Corps, 44, 50, 118, 158, 257, 259, 314, 321, 439, 516
Quartermaster General, Deputy (Br.). See Deputy Quartermaster General (Br.); Wootten, Maj. Gen. Richard M.
Quartermaster General, Q (Liaison) (Br.). See Deputy Quartermaster General (Br.).
Quartermaster General (Br.), 61, 62, 337. See also Riddell-Webster, Gen. Sir T. S.
Quartermaster Group, 471st, 494
Quartermaster Railhead Company, 557th, 352
Quartermaster Service Company, 3206th, 352
Quebec Conference, 137, 178, 182, 183, 188, 191, 192, 193, 195, 272, 276. See also QUADRANT Conference.
Querqueville, 324, 445, 580. See also Digue de Querqueville.
Quiberon Bay, 187-89, 294-96, 464, 467, 468, 470-72, 478, 510, 544
“Quiescent reserve,” 455, 456. See also Troop build-up.
Quineville, 384, 386, 388, 398-400, 400n, 401
–R–
Rade de Cancale, 471
RAE See Royal Air Force.
Rail transportation officers (RTO’s), 149, 150
Railway Grand Division, 707th, 545
Railway Operating Battalion, 729th, 433
Railway reconstruction, 551, 552
Railways. See also Transportation.
in France, 314, 315-17, 432-33, 484, 487, 489, 544-53
in United Kingdom, 132, 144, 149-50, 233, 311
RAINBOW 5, 14, 21, 26, 27, 28, 32
Ramcke, General der Fallschirmjäger Hermann B., 532-33
Ramey, Lt. Col. George E., 78
Ramsay, Admiral Sir Bertram H., 184, 193, 372
Ranger Battalions
2nd, 342
5th, 342
Rangers, 188, 330, 340, 353, 375
Raritan Arsenal, 141
Ratay, Brig. Gen. John P., 7
Rations, 93, 255, 261, 306, 307, 309, 310, 328, 389, 396, 401, 404, 439-41, 489, 490, 494, 496, 499, 516-18, 575-76
bread, 255
composite (5-in-1 and 10-in-1), 440-41, 516, 517
D, 440-41
Logan Bar, 440
Ravenoville, 386
Reciprocal aid, 256, 258. See also Lend-lease.
Red Ball Express (motor transport on the Continent), 309n, 496, 496n, 499, 509, 534, 552, 559-72. See also Motor transport; Transportation.
command and organization, 566-68
cost of, 571
diversion of convoys by the armies, 565
maintenance of equipment, 565
publicity, 571
regulations, 560-63
traffic control problems, 564
trucks lose gasoline to Third Army, 505
turn-round time, 566. See also Turn-round.
uneconomical use of vehicles, 564-65
Red Ball Express (shipping service), 309-10, 309n, 423, 448
Regimental Combat Teams
8th (4th Division), 349
16th (1st Division), 348
22nd (4th Division), 349
116th (29th Division), 348
Regulating officer, 497-98
Regulating stations, 497-99
24th (Third Army), 498
25th (First Army), 498
Reims, 479, 488, 495, 552, 580
Remagen bridge, 500
Rennes, 317, 324, 325, 435, 472, 475, 486, 510, 533, 545, 547, 550
Rennes–Laval–Chateaubriant triangle, 217, 313, 433, 493
Replacement Depot, 10th, 306
Replacement System, 303-04
infantry, 460-61
over-strength system, 304
riflemen, 461
Rethel, 479
Reverse BOLERO (ORELOB) (RHUMBA), 216, 217
Rhine, 488
Rhône valley, 480
RHUMBA. See Reverse BOLERO.
Richmond, Col. Adam, 78
Richmond, Col. Clarence W., 157, 559, 560
Rickard, Brig. Gen. Roy V., 7
Riddell, Brigadier R. A., 337
Riddell-Webster, General Sir T. S., 116; 240, 337
Roads. See also Motor transport; Red Ball Express (motor transport on the Continent); Transportation.
in United Kingdom, 142
Roger White, 399
Rogers, Brig. Gen. Pleas B., 7, 162, 169
Rommel, Generaloberst Erwin, 88, 114
Roosevelt, President Franklin D., 14, 18, 52-53, 88, 89, 114, 115, 178, 451
Ross, Maj. Gen. Frank S., 8, 35, 78, 94-95, 101, 149, 235, 448, 554, 555
Rouen, 110n, 189, 470, 481, 485, 486
ROUNDUP: 52, 55, 62, 64-66, 70-72, 75, 87-89, 97, 104-05, 107, 115, 175-76, 179, 319
ROUNDUP Administrative Planning Staff, 75, 286
Rowan, Brig. Gen. Hugh W., 8
Royal Air Force (RAF), 17, 29-30, 88, 193, 250, 251, 348
Royal Air Force Group, 46, 582
Royal Army Service Corps, 154
Royal Engineers; 73
Royal Navy, 292
Rozay-en-Brie, 567
Ruhr, 485
Rumbough, Maj. Gen. William S., 8, 35, 78, 520
–S–
Saar, 488
Saarbrücken, 485
St. Brieuc, 290, 294, 430, 473
St. Hilaire-du-Harcouet, 547
St. James’s Square. See Norfolk House.
St. James’s Street, No. 63, 337n
St. Laurent-sur-Mer, 188, 277, 379, 382-83, 390
St. Lô, 313, 320, 377, 427, 429, 432. 434, 435, 445, 475, 482, 489, 494, 510-11, 514, 544, 546, 552, 560, 565; 566, 567
St. Lô-d’Ourville, 427
St. Malo, 188, 188n, 288, 289, 290, 294, 465, 466, 468, 478, 479; 481, 528, 529, 530
St. Mihiel, 479
St. Nazaire, 186, 187, 294, 296, 479
St. Quentin, 552
St. Sauveur-le-Vicomte, 433, 489
St. Vaast-la-Hougue, 270, 288, 290, 433, 465
Ste. Honorine-des-Pertes, 322, 323, 325, 444, 445
Ste. Mere-Eglise, 188, 313, 432
Sainteny; 429
Sarthe, 478
Sausage camps, 347, 365, 367. See also Marshaling, areas.
Sayler, Maj. Gen. Henry B., 9, 541
Sawbridge, Col. Ben. M.. 101
Seatrains, 545
Sedan, 488
Seine River, 179, 189, 327, 415, 452, 470. 478, 479, 481-82, 483-84, 486-87, 490, 494, 495, 496, 499, 504, 506, 510, 529. 550, 552, 574-76
Seine River, advance beyond (post-OVERLORD planning), 485-88, 489, 507, 508, 558
Seine River bridges, 550-52
Seine River ports, 183, 282, 286, 467. 468-69, 472, 481, 482, 486
Seine Section, 568
Selective unloading, 422-23, 448-49
Sélune River, 476
Senlis, 494
Services of Supply (SOS), ETOUSA, 116, 119-20, 130-31. 132, 157, 190, 206, 262-63, 269, 308, 424. See also Communications Zone; Lee, Lt. Gen. John C. H.
base sections, 84-87, 168-70, 216-18
and Circular 2, 13 June 1942, 41-44
command and organization, 41-44, 76-87, 159-71, 190
consolidation with ETOUSA, 195-203, 264. See also ETOUSA-SOS.
formation of, 31-43
headquarters, 81-84, 162, 166. See also Cheltenham.
number of service troops compared to AEF 1917–18, 117-18
relations with Air Forces. 170-71
relations with ETOUSA, 159-63, 166-68, 198-201
relations with 1st Army Group, 196-97
reorganization, 163-64
responsibilities, 42-44, 80-81
staff, 42, 78-80, 83, 101, 116
Tentative Overall Plans, 122
and TORCH. 89-99
troop basis, 110, 118, 123-28, 131-32
Services of Supply, USA, 35, 56, 98. See also Army Service Forces (ASF); Somervell, Lt. Gen. Brehon B.
Services of Supply in World War I, 36, 223, 223n
Seventh Army, 480
Seventh Army, German, 478
SEXTANT Conference, 178, 195, 231-33, 235, 236
SHAEF. See Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force.
Sharpness, 371
SHINGLE, 334
Shipping, 57, 114, 132-34, 138n, 234-35, 238, 258-60, 307-08, 423-24, 559
shortage, 53, 55, 57, 58, 66, 114-15, 422
Shrivenham, 81
SICKLE, 122
Siegfried Line, 480, 488, 516, 542-43
Signal Corps, 50, 102, 259, 381, 442, 520, 564
Signal Service, 223
Simpson, Lt. Gen. William H., 480, 535
Sinclair, Sir Archibald, 23
Slapton Sands, 345, 346, 348-49, 351, 353
Smith, Lt. Gen. Walter B., 101, 113, 198, 200, 206, 210, 223, 437, 438-39, 534
Snavely, Maj. Ralph A., 18, 26
SNIPE, 350
Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français, 544
Soissons, 479, 494, 495, 527, 552, 567
Somervell, Lt. Gen. Brehon B., 33, 35, 36, 44, 48, 56, 77, 103, 106, 115, 154, 163, 265, 266-67, 522, 539-40. See also Army Service Forces.
SOS. See Services of Supply, ETOUSA; Services of Supply, USA.
Southampton, 91, 144, 146, 281, 353. 359, 360, 363, 371, 400, 423, 448
Southeastern Command (Br.), 20
Southern Base Section. See Base Sections, Southern.
Southern Base Section districts
XVIII, 348. 349, 350, 359-61, 365, 370
XIX, 345, 346, 347, 349, 350, 351, 359-61, 365, 370
XXIX, 350
Southern Command (Br.), 64, 66, 69-70, 74, 106, 108, 122-23, 345
Southwick House, Portsmouth, 470
Soxo, 145
Spaatz. Lt. Gen. Carl, 28, 31, 46, 101-02, 202, 578
Special Army Observer. See Chaney, Maj. Gen. James E.
Special Observer Group (SPOBS), 14-21, 26-27, 29, 30, 32, 46, 49-50, 76
Special Observer Section. See Air Section, SPOBS. SPOBS. See Special Observer Group.
SPOBS, Air Section. See Air Section, SPOBS.
SPOBS, Technical Committee, 50. See also Air Section, SPOBS.
Stalin, Marshal Joseph V., 88n
Standing operating procedures (SOP’s). See ETOUSA, Standing Operating Procedures.
Stanley Tobacco Warehouse, Liverpool, 154. See also Depots. Liverpool.
Stanmore, 572
Stark, Admiral Harold R., 14
Stars and Stripes, The, 50, 366, 571
Stephenson, Lt. Col. William G., 78
Stewart, Sir Findlater, 61, 62, 122
Storm, 19-22 June 1944, 406-15, 446
Stratton, Brig. Gen. James H., 9, 266, 469, 491-92, 515, 521, 532, 533-35, 538
Strong, Col. Paschal N., 359
Styer, Maj. Gen. Wilhelm D., 116, 164
Submarine menace, 115, 132. See also Shipping, losses.
Sudbury. See Depots, Sudbury.
Summers, Lt. Col. Iverson B., 22
SUP (Single Unit Pack), 66n, 156-57
Supply, 139, 254-56, 300, 307, 308-09, 401, 431-32, 439-49, 452, 489-500, 516, 519, 521
Class I. See Rations.
Class II, 93, 97, 223n, 260, 261, 307, 313, 441-43, 489, 491, 494, 518-25
Class III. See POL.
Class IV, 93, 97, 223n, 260, 261, 307, 309-10, 315, 389, 441-43, 448, 489, 491, 494, 518-25
Class V. See Ammunition. Supply by air. See Air supply.
Supply-by-air demands (SAD’s), 574
Supply flow, 103-04, 166, 270, 306, 308, 430. See also Cargo; Shipping.
Supply plan, 306-12
Supply shortage, 239-40, 258-60, 367-68
Supply Specialists School, 81, 336
Supreme Allied Commander, 183, 184, 193-95. See also Eisenhower, Gen. Dwight D.
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), 200-201, 203, 209, 219, 233, 262, 264-65, 269, 300, 327, 365, 413n, 438, 449-50, 467, 470, 471, 481, 484-85
on advance to Germany, 487-88
on air supply, 572, 574-75, 577-81
on ammunition shortage at Brest, 533-35
directive, 9 February 1944, 206-07, 209-10
establishment of command lines, 203-05, 215-16, 222-26, 435-36
G-4, 327, 451, 452, 453, 471, 472, 487, 555-56
origins of, 195
SWORDHILT, 188n, 468. See also Brest.
–T–
Tables of Basic Allowances, 260
Tables of Equipment, 260
Talley, Col. Benjamin B., 335, 413n
Tank Destroyer Group, 6th, 361
Tanks, German. See German Panthers; German Tigers.
Tanks, U.S.
inferiority to German tanks, 523-25
losses, 522-23
Tare Green, 387, 388, 399, 401
Task Forces
MULBERRY (Naval Task Force 127.1), 278, 281, 402, 413
O (OMAHA), 298, 352, 359, 363, 365, 370-71, 372, 375, 383
U (UTAH), 298, 359, 363, 365, 370-71, 372-73, 375, 384
Western Naval, 89-90, 97, 103, 185, 372, 413
Taunton, 346
Taw estuary, 341
Taylor, Col. Victor V., 78
Tehran Conference, 195
Tennant, Rear Adm. William, 278
“Tentative Manual for Landing Operations,” U.S. Marine Corps, 328
Tented accommodations, 243, 246-47, 247n. See also Troop accommodations.
Texas, 545
Thames River, 280
Thatcham. See Depots, Thatcham.
Thiele, Brig. Gen. Claude N., 35, 78, 81
Third Army (TUSA), 188, 224, 238, 290, 301, 303, 436, 475-80, 483, 487, 488, 515, 543, 546-47, 550, 552, 552n, 558, 564, 567, 579, 582. See also Patton, Lt. Gen. George S.
activated, 203
ammunition supply, 528-31, 542
Class II and IV supply, 519-21, 523
POL supply, 489-90, 504-08, 513-14, 515, 558, 575-76
ration supply, 517-18
supply situation, 491-92, 495, 499
Thompson, Col. Paul W., 340-41, 384
Thrasher, Brig. Gen. Charles O., 9, 35, 78, 80, 84, 111, 169
TIGER, 345, 351-52, 354, 359, 361, 365, 372
Tiger. See German Tigers.
Ton, long, 135n
Ton, measurement, 135n
Ton, ship, 135n
TONNAGE, 350
TORCH, 89-99, 109, 110, 111-13, 114, 117, 120, 139, 140, 158, 159-61, 169, 175, 176, 191-92, 256, 319, 331, 341, 367, 369. See also North African Theater of Operations.
Torquay, 351
Toul, 552
Toulon, 480
Traffic Control Points, 564
Traffic Regulating Group, 6811th, 552n
Train ferry, 545
Training and Security Division, SOS, 164
Transportation, 231, 234-39, 314-18, 365-66, 432-33, 450, 510, 513, 544-83. See also Motor transport; Red Ball Express (motor transport on the Continent); Red Ball Express (shipping service); Shipping; Railways; Roads.
Transportation Corps, 91, 141, 145, 146, 149, 257-58, 260, 284, 286, 287, 288, 290, 293-94, 311, 314-18, 319, 321, 364, 366, 498, 544, 553-59, 563-64, 566, 568
Transportation Service, 44. See also Transportation Corps.
Tribehou, 429
TRIDENT Conference, 120-23, 130, 132, 136-38, 177, 231, 240
Troop accommodations in United Kingdom, 23-26, 60-61, 65, 242-44. See also Construction; Nissen huts; Tented accommodations.
Troop basis, 116, 133, 134, 262, 299-300, 319, 456, 557
air force, 124-25
balance between combat and service, 299-301, 452-53
ETOUSA, first phase, 1 May 1944, 128-29, 136, 139, 231, 236
ETOUSA, second phase, 1 February 1945, 128-29
for North Africa, 90-91
for Northern Ireland, 24
for United Kingdom, 107, 109, 119-20
War Department, 1942, 111, 127
Troop build-up, 115, 120-32, 233, 241, 297-303, 306, 308, 310-11, 404, 420-22, 422n, 449-57
Troop Carrier Command, IX, 573, 581
Troop flow
to Continent, 303, 423-24, 430, 449-50, 454-55, 457, 467
to United Kingdom, 104, 120, 122, 134, 135, 139, 166, 231-34
Troop lift
to Continent, 301
from Middle East-Indian Ocean program, 58
shortage of, 57-58
Troop movements, 88, 129-30, 132, 137, 139, 234, 423-24, 450
Troop replacement. See Replacements.
Troyes, 488
Trucks. See Motor transport; Red Ball Express (motor transport on the Continent); Transportation.
Truscott, Col. Lucian K., Jr., 340
TUP (twin unit pack), 66n, 156
Turn-Round Control (TURCO), 364
Twelfth Air Force, See Air Force units.
Twining, Maj. Gen. Nathan F., 202
Type loading, 236-37. See also Pre-stowage.
–U–
UGLY system, 140-46
United States Army Air Forces in the United Kingdom (USAAFUK), 192, 193, 202, 203. See also Air Force, U.S.
United States Army Forces in the British Isles (USAFBI), 21-39, 46-50, 55, 56, 61-62
United States Army Northern Ireland Force (USANIF), 23, 25-26, 84. See also Corps, V.
United States Chiefs of Staff. See Joint Chiefs of Staff. United States Embassy in London, 16, 76
United States Military Mission to Great Britain, 16, 21, 46
United States neutrality, 14, 20, 21
United States Strategic Air Forces (USSTAF), 202, 203, 224, 263, 437, 579. See also Air Force, U.S.
USAAFUK. See United States Army Air Forces in the United Kingdom.
USAFBI. See United States Army Forces in the British Isles.
USANIF. See United States Army Northern Ireland Force.
USSTAF. See United States Strategic Air Forces.
UTAH Beach, 290, 292, 302, 312, 348-50, 351-52, 389-90, 431, 432, 434, 500, 536, 573
airborne troops, 386
brigades, 343, 399-400, 410-11
development of, 397-401
dumps, 473
as first continental line of communications, 282-83
GOOSEBERRY, 277-78
harbor, 402
location of, 188
NOIC (Naval Officer in Command), 400-401, 407
physical characteristics, 384-86
ponton causeways, 278
ship-to-shore operations, 400
storm, 19-22 June 1944, 406-15
supply clearance, 398
tonnage capacity, 389-90, 397-98, 401, 407, 411-13, 415-16, 464, 465
–V–
Vannes, 324
Varreville, 185
Vaughan, Brig. Gen. Harry B., 9-10, 169, 207, 210, 211, 435
Vehicle
lift, 452
maintenance, 443
Venning, Lt. Gen. Sir Walter, 62
Verneuil, 560
Vierville-sur-Mer, 185, 379, 390, 434
Vire, 469, 475-76, 494, 495, 510, 511, 547, 565
Visiting Forces Act (Br.), 50
–W–
Walker, Col. John S., 529
on BOLERO-ROUNDUP, 107
directive, 8 June 1942, 40
control over shipment of supplies, 92-93
G-1, 463
on PROCO, 260-61
relations with ETOUSA, 110-11, 126-27
on replacements, 305-06
“Tentative Movement Schedule,” 58
on troop flow, 449
on UGLY system, 141
War Department General Staff, 127, 133
War Department Operations Division. See Operations Division, War Department.
War Department SOS. See Services of Supply, USA.
War Office (Br.), 62, 73, 74, 76, 81-83, 91, 98, 106, 110, 122, 144, 242, 277, 278, 363, 579
War Plans Division, GHQ 20
War Shipping Administration, 135, 137, 144, 281, 364
Warren, Col. Ross B., 560
Warton, 30-31
Wasp, 18
Watford, 84
Weather. See also Storm, 19–22 June 1944.
D Day, 374-75
effect on Cross-channel movement, 270-71
Weaver, Brig. Gen. William G., 98n, 162, 164, 169, 170
Weight of individual equipment, 380-81, 380n
“Wems,” 248
Wernher, Brigadier Sir Harold, 278
Western Base Section. See Base Sections, Western.
Western Command (Br.), 339
Weyand, Col. Alexander M., 78
WHALE, 275-76, 278, 280, 406, 415
Wharton, Brig. Gen. James E., 10, 387, 388
Whipple, Col. William, 453, 483
White, Brigadier Bruce G., 286
White, Maj. Gen. Miller G., 463
“Willow Run,” 227-30
Wilson, Maj. Gen. Arthur R., 10
Wilson, Brig. Gen. Robert W., 10
Wilton, 84
Wood, Maj. Gen. Leonard, 33
Wootten, Maj. Gen. Richard M., 62-66, 70, 105-06, 241. See also Deputy Quartermaster General (Br.).
World War I experience relative to ETOUSA and SOS, 223, 223n
“World Wide System” (Br.), 391
Wycombe Abbey, 30
Wylie, Brig. Gen. Robert H., 95
Wyman, Col. Theodore, Jr., 347, 359
–X–
XYZ operation, 571
–Z–
Zone of interior, 92-94, 139, 171
Zoning system in United Kingdom, 144-45