Index

–A–

Aachen, 6, 19, 22, 255

Abbott, Brig. Gen. Oscar B., 336

ABC Haul, 141-43, 146, 147, 396, 397

Adcock, Brig. Gen. Clarence L., 297, 299

ADSEC. See Advance Section, Communications Zone.

Advance Section, Communications Zone (ADSEC), 12, 27, 33, 35, 37, 90, 113, 183

ADSEC North, 380

ADSEC South, 380

ammunition build-up, 254

ammunition handling, 275

and Ardennes battle, 181-86

bridge construction, 149, 422

and civilian labor, 473-74, 476, 481

and coal mining, 441

depots, 113, 181, 254, 356, 398, 428, 434

effect of manpower withdrawals, 462, 463

engineers, 71, 406, 407

local procurement, 498

motor transport, 138, 421

operations east of the Rhine, 375, 379, 380, 434

POL stocks, 206, 208, 208n

POL storage, 207

rail restoration, 406-07

ration levels, 188-89

and regulating stations, 414, 421-22

relations with field commands, 349

requisitioning procedures, 358-59

supply reserves, 19, 178, 180, 428, 434

territorial changes, 35, 380

tonnage allocations, 173, 176, 177

AFHQ. See Allied Force Headquarters.

Air attacks, enemy

on ADSEC installations, 154, 186, 209

at Antwerp, 113-15, 396

on POL facilities, 183, 208, 209

Air Force commands and units

Air Force, Ninth, 28, 234

supply reserves build-up, 19

tonnage allocations, 175

Group, 46 (Br.), 162

Tactical Air Command, IX, 426

Tactical Air Command, XII, 29

Troop Carrier Command, IX, 162, 163, 425, 427

Air Forces, U.S., men withdrawn for retraining, 467, 468-69. See also Air Force commands and units.

Air Priorities Board (SHAEF), 162

Air transport, 6, 10, 18, 161-65, 424-27

administrative procedures for, 163, 425, 426

bombers used for, 161, 162

during Ardennes battle, 163

emergency uses, 163n

in evacuation role, 427

in last offensive, 426, 453

parachute drops, 163, 165

of POL, 161, 426

Airborne divisions

13th, 286

82nd, 28

101st, 163

Airborne operations, 28, 139-40. See also First Allied Airborne Army; MARKET-GARDEN.

command organization for, 28

Albert Canal, 104, 113, 166-68, 424

Alençon, 195, 201

Allen, Brig. Gen. Wayne R., 472

Allied Container Advisory Committee, 203

Allied Force Headquarters (AFHQ), 24, 29, 40, 41

Advance Detachment, 29

Allied Naval Commander, 114

Allocations System. See Tonnage allocations.

ALPHA Beach, 120, 122

Ameri-can, 201n

American Red Cross, 497

American School Center, 311

Ammunition, 22, 25, 174, 178, 180, 184, 247-75, 441-52. See also Ammunition day of supply rates; Ammunition maintenance rates.

40-mm., 256

60-mm. mortar, 257, 442

81-mm. mortar, 257, 258, 259, 260, 263

3-inch, 256

75-mm., 256

76-mm., 256

90-mm., 256

4.5-inch gun, 442

105-mm. howitzer, 255, 257, 259, 263, 266, 266n, 268, 270, 271, 274, 444

155-mm. gun, 257, 259, 266n, 268, 271, 442, 444

155-mm. howitzer, 255, 258, 259, 266, 268, 270, 271

8-inch gun, 257, 258, 258n, 259, 268, 271, 448

8-inch howitzer, 248, 257, 258, 258n, 259, 271n, 442, 444

240-mm. howitzer, 248, 257, 258n, 259, 442, 444, 448

accounting practices, 261-62, 449-50

activity factors for allocations, 263-64, 449

allocations, 247, 248, 249, 252, 253, 263-64, 270, 450, 451

and Bull Mission, 268, 442

captured, use of, 256, 270-71, 445

expenditures, 247, 255, 256, 258, 259, 264, 267, 270, 270n, 446, 447, 448

handling at Antwerp, 114-15

losses during Ardennes battle, 183

lot segregation, 274-75

Ninth Army expenditures at Rhine, 448

October crisis, 247-57

order and shipping time, 261, 261n, 262, 443

port discharge of, 249, 250, 254

production in United States, 265, 269, 271

rationing and control system, 251-54, 272, 450-52

requirements estimated, 257, 265, 275, 400, 445, 449

reserves, 247, 442, 447

reserves policy, 272-73, 442, 448n

and September decisions, 12

SHAEF maintenance rate, 272, 273, 442

SHAEF reserve, 272

theater level authorized, 261-63

War Department contention with the theater, 257-63, 443-47, 450n

Ammunition Allocations Committee, 251

Ammunition day of supply rates, 260, 260n, 267, 272, 442, 443, 446, 447, 452

Ammunition maintenance rates, 267-68, 272, 273, 442, 443, 446, 447

Amphibious Truck Company, 821st, 72

Amsterdam, 51

Antiaircraft artillery cancellations, 291, 291n, 292

Antwerp, 5, 10, 13, 16, 18, 21, 24, 38, 48, 49, 50, 52, 104-15, 424

and ABC Haul, 141, 142, 396

administration of, 108, 109

air attacks on, 113-15, 186, 396

allocation of facilities, 105, 109

and Ardennes battle, 181-86

backlogs, 396-97

civilian labor, 480

clearance, 110-11, 141, 396

discharge performance, 110, 113, 115-16, 393, 396

estimated opening date, 18

facilities described, 104-05

and Memorandum of Agreement on, 108, 141

planned discharge, 110, 111

as POL port, 199-201

role in logistic plans, 9

as solution to logistic dilemma, 49

ANVIL, 117. See also DRAGOON.

Anzio, 219

Ardennes counteroffensive, 25-26, 113, 115, 181-87

and ADSEC depots, 181

air supply in, 163

ammunition expenditures, 256

and depot requirements, 182

effect on port operations, 132, 184-85

and embargo on forward movements, 182, 186

and evacuation of supplies, 182-83

and First Army installations, 181, 182

marshaling of truck transport in, 148

and northern depots, 181, 398

and POL stocks, 208-09

and Third Army’s redeployment, 184

Argentan, 5

Armed Forces Network, 245, 386

Armies, U.S. See First Army; Third Army; Fifth Army; Seventh Army; Eighth Army: Ninth Army; Fifteenth Army.

Armored Division (Fr.), 2nd, 298

Armored Divisions

2nd, 237

3rd, 165, 237, 423, 456

4th, 234

7th, 17, 423

9th, 281, 369, 456

10th, 281, 427

11th, 280

12th, 286, 293, 295, 298n, 465

13th, 285, 286

14th, 280, 299

16th, 286, 465

20th, 287, 298n

Armored Group, 10th, 238

Army Ground Forces, 343

Army Group, 6th, 16, 24, 26, 41, 229, 371. See also Devers, Lt. Gen. Jacob L.; Southern Line of Communications.

ammunition shortage, 250-51, 266, 270, 272, 442, 445, 451

control of transportation, 158

division slice, 301, 302, 303

and divisional build-up, 284

establishment, 29

operations in October, 24

relationship to SOLOC, 41, 46

replacements, 333, 334

service troop basis, 293, 297-303

strength in divisions, 25, 176, 302, 303

Army Group, 12th, 9, 17, 18, 26, 27, 170, 173, 247, 251, 293, 349, 387. See also Bradley, Lt. Gen. Omar N.

and air supply, 161, 162, 163, 425

ammunition allocations, 247, 248, 251-54, 263-64, 451

ammunition shortage, 251, 260, 266, 267, 442, 448

becomes operational on Continent, 26

casuals, policy on, 344

in command plan, 27, 29

and diversions through Marseille, 297

division slice, 301, 303

forward reserves, 180

maintenance requirements, 173, 431

plans for Rhine crossing, 373

priority over 6th Army Group, 299, 300

relationship to COMZ, 27, 163, 349, 362, 387

release of divisions to 6th Army Group, 17

replacements, 333, 465

and service troop basis, 293, 295, 299, 300, 303, 371

strength in divisions, 18, 19, 20, 25, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 371

supply consumption rates, 431-32

tactical plans, 9, 371

tank strength, 237-38

tonnage allocations, 170-71, 173, 174

and winter clothing, 234

Army Group, 21. See also Montgomery, Field Marshal Sir Bernard L.

air transport of POL to, 162

and Antwerp, 107, 110

and Ardennes battle, 182

in command plan, 27

and MARKET-GARDEN, 15, 139

and loan of artillery and ammunition, 271

and loan of tanks to U.S. forces, 240-41

October operations, 24

operations east of the Rhine, 372

November offensive, 25

and rail allocations over the Rhine, 412

and Red Lion Route, 139

and Rhine crossing, 370

strength in divisions, 176n

tactical plans, 8, 10, 14

on use of ports, 59, 98, 106, 114

Army Group B (Ger.), 371

Army Service Forces (ASF), 151, 268, 352, 354

Army Specialized Training Program. See ASTP students.

Army Talks, 230

Arromanches-les-Bains, 58, 60. See also MULBERRY B.

Assembly Area Command, 383, 385, 497

ASTP students, 466

Attrition rates, 235-36. See also Replacement factors.

Aurand, Maj, Gen. Henry S., 38, 380

Aviation gasoline. See Gasoline, aviation.

–B–

Back ordering, 359

Bad Kreuznach, 406

Barfleur, 51, 60, 61

Barker, Maj. Gen. Ray W., 306, 323, 324, 327, 388

Barnes, Col. Elmer E., 195

Barnes, Maj. Gen. Gladeon M., 456

Barr, Maj. Gen. David G., 298

Base 901 (Fr.). See Base Sections, Base 901.

Base Sections

Base 901 (Fr.), 379

Brittany, 28, 32, 34, 37, 378, 476. See also Base Sections, No. 1.

Central, 35

Channel, 45, 101, 106, 190

activation and mission, 36, 38

and Antwerp, 38, 108, 109

and express routes, 140, 142

and Le Havre, 101

and Red Horse Staging Area, 497

and Rhine crossings, 375, 379

Cherbourg, 34

Coastal (COSBASE), 38. See also Base Sections, Continental.

command problems, 380-82

Continental (CONBASE), 40

Delta, 40, 45, 123, 301, 428, 484

Eastern, 35

intermediate, 33, 35, 36. See also Base Sections, Loire: Base Sections, Oise.

Loire, 34-35, 37, 378

No. 1, 32, 34

No. 2, 32, 33, 34

No. 3, 32, 33, 34, 36

No. 4, 36

No. 5, 35

Normandy, 37, 45, 58, 85, 90

and Cherbourg’s clearance, 87-88

command changes, 38, 88, 380

establishment, 34

and express routes, 140

territorial changes, 378

use of prisoners of war, 485

Northern Ireland, 35

Oise, 36, 37, 45, 375, 379, 428, 484, 485

planned organization, 32, 34-36

Seine, 32, 35, 45, 138, 148, 379, 476-77, 496-97

Southern, 35, 36

United Kingdom (U.K.), 33, 35, 36, 45, 379, 380

Western, 35, 36

Bastogne, 165

Battle of the Bulge. See Ardennes counteroffensive.

Bayeux, 139

Beaches, 17, 46, 51, 52, 53-60. See also ALPHA Beach; CAMEL Beach, DELTA Beach; OMAHA Beach; St. Raphael; St. Tropez; Southern France beaches; UTAH Beach.

Belfort, 24, 157

Bell, Col. Frank F., 99

Berlin, 10, 11, 15

Black market, 3, 31

Blankenberge, 106

“Boleros,” 152

Bombers for air transport, 161, 162

Bond, Brigadier D. H., 198

Bonesteel, Maj. Gen. Charles H., 342, 384

Boulogne, 51, 106

Bradley, Lt. Gen. Omar N., 27, 104, 170, 371, 372. See also Army Group, 12th.

and ammunition shortage, 250, 254, 255, 266, 267, 273, 445, 447

attitude on logistics, 349

and build-up acceleration, 283-84

and September decisions, 11-12, 16

and service troop basis, 293

and tank allocations, 456

and tonnage allocations, 170

and winter clothing, 217-18, 220, 221

Bremen Port Command, 385

Brereton, Lt. Gen. Lewis H., 28. See also Air Force commands and units, Air Force, Ninth.

Brest, 11, 15, 16, 28, 34, 36n, 47, 50, 51, 52

British Chiefs of Staff, on MULBERRY B, 59

Brittany. See also Base Sections, Brittany.

and DRAGOON, 118

and OVERLORD plan, 4, 37

and Third Army missions, 6

Brittany Base Section. See Base Sections, Brittany.

Brittany ports, 5, 7, 13, 15, 16, 46, 47, 89, 94-95, 118. See also Brest; Cancale; Granville; Lorient; Morlaix; Nantes; Quiberon Bay; Roscoff; St. Brieuc; St. Malo; St. Michele-en-Grève; St. Nazaire.

Brussels, 139

Brussels Conference, 106, 108

Build-up, Allied forces, 9

Build-up, U.S. forces, 5, 276-86

acceleration of divisions, 276-86

advance shipment of regiments, 283-84, 285-86

arrival dates, divisions, 282-83

days of combat, 282-83

divisions on Continent, 5, 12, 276, 281, 285, 286

divisions in United Kingdom, 276, 285, 287

effects of acceleration, 278, 284, 290, 299

plans for (W, X, Y, and Z), 6, 276, 278, 281, 285

service troops. See Service troops.

theater strength, 276, 281, 285, 286, 288, 296, 433

training status of divisions, 279-80

Bull, Maj. Gen. Harold R., 266, 291, 292, 293-94, 295, 297, 306, 388, 446, 464

Burgundy District. See Continental Advance Section (CONAD).

Burpee, Brig. Gen. Clarence L., 82, 392

Byrd, Adm. Richard E., 235n

–C–

C Ration. See Rations, operational.

Caen, 210

Caissons, 100, 101, 102. See also MULBERRY; PHOENIXES.

Calais, 51, 106

Cambrai, 155

CAMEL Beach, 120, 122

Camouflage clothing, 496

Camps

Lucky Strike, 497

Old Gold, 497

Pall Mall, 498

Philip Morris, 498

Twenty Grand, 497

Cancale, 47, 51, 89

Cannibalization, 454, 489

Captured ammunition. See Ammunition, captured, use of.

Carentan, 60, 61, 62

Caserta, 38, 40, 42

Casuals, 340, 343-46

Casualties

battle, 307, 315, 316, 317, 321, 331, 333, 343n, 459n, 461, 462, 465

evacuation by air, 427

hospitalization experience, 343n

nonbattle, 316, 317, 321, 333, 461

from trench-foot, 230, 316

CATOR. See Combined Air Transport Operations Room.

Central Base Section. See Base Sections, Central.

Châlons-sur-Marne, 195, 435, 438

Channel Base Section. See Base Sections, Channel.

Channel ports, 15, 106. See also Amsterdam; Antwerp; Blankenberge; Boulogne; Calais; Dieppe; Dunkerque; Ghent; Gravelines; Nieuwpoort; Ostend; Rotterdam; Tréport, Le; Zeebrugge.

Charleroi, 142, 149, 181, 184, 491

Chartres, 83, 146, 195, 356

Cherbourg, 4, 33, 46, 48, 51, 52, 53, 62-89, 476

civilian labor, use of, 476

clearance, 79, 81-84, 88

condition on capture, 63-68

discharge performance, 52, 78, 84, 88, 89, 393, 394

mining of harbor, 69

organizational problems, 79-81, 87, 88

organized as Area No. 1, 33

planned capacity, 63, 71, 77, 78, 85, 87, 88, 394

as POL port, 197-98, 198n

prewar capacity and use, 63, 66

prisoner of war labor, use of, 484

reconstruction, 71-77

salvage operations, 68-71

Cherbourg Command, 33, 34

Chief Engineer, 196, 472. See also Moore, Maj. Gen. Cecil R.

Chief Quartermaster, 294, 462. See also Littlejohn, Maj. Gen. Robert M.

Chief of Staff, Communications Zone. See Lord, Maj. Gen. Royal B.

Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force. See Smith, Lt. Gen. Walter B.

Chief of Staff, U.S. Army. See Marshall, Gen. George C.

Chief of Transportation, 138, 160, 382, 393. See also Ross, Maj. Gen. Frank S.

Chorpening, Col. Claude H., 78

Cigarette camps. See Camps.

Civil imports (Fr.), 166-67

Civil relief, 130

Civilian labor, 102, 297, 423, 424, 472, 475-86

Belgian, 105, 115, 168, 440, 479-81

British, 485-86

Dutch, 481

French, 89, 102, 103, 124, 137, 475, 476, 482

German, 481

Luxembourg, 481

mobile units, 481-82

number employed in COMZ, 477, 486

policy on procurement, 472-73, 476, 482

Slav service units, 484

strikes, 115, 440, 480-81

wage scales, 473-74, 477-79, 481, 482

Clark, Lt. Gen. Mark W., 29n, 314

Clarkson, Col. R. Hunter, 123

Clay, Maj. Gen. Lucius B., 38, 88, 88n, 221, 266, 268, 385, 388

Clearance of U.K. depots. See Reverse BOLERO; RHUMBA.

Clothing, 218-28, 507

committee on winter clothing, 234

development of the 1943 uniform, 219

the “Eisenhower” vs. the M1943 jacket, 220-22, 226-27

emergency requisitions for, 225

field tests of, 234

footwear. See Footwear.

investigation of inadequacy of, 232-33

maintenance and replacement factors, 224-25, 226

tactical forecasts and clothing plans, 223-24

Coal

continental receipts, 210, 212, 213-14, 440-41

discharge at Granville, 90, 92, 210

discharge at St. Brieuc, 93-94, 210

effect of shortage on local procurement plans, 475, 500

local procurement

German, 441

labor unrest, 213

in liberated countries, 210-12, 213, 440-41

pitwood shortage, 212, 441

and reciprocal aid agreements, 471

mine supplies provided, 499

requirements and allocation of, 209-10

and U.K. coaster shortage, 125

Coal mining. See Coal, local procurement of.

Coastal Base Section (COSBASE). See Base Sections, Coastal.

Coasters, 100, 102-03

OVERLORD requirements, 124

return of to British, 152-53

and Reverse BOLERO, 402

shortages, 125, 212, 217

U.K. requirements for, 125

and use of small ports, 61, 91, 94, 96-97

Cobb, Col. Charles, 363

Cole, Col. Walter C., 317

Colglazier, Col. R. W., 363

Collins, Brig. Gen. Leroy P., 34, 35. See also Base Sections, Loire.

Colmar, 25, 26, 157, 445

Cologne, 423

Combined Air Transport Operations Room (CATOR), 425, 426

Combined Chiefs of Staff, 10, 14, 124, 126, 283, 374

Combined Military Procurement Control Section, 471

Command and organization, 350, 504-06. See also under major commands.

COMZ relations with field commands, 349, 505

COMZ-ETOUSA staff, 350, 504-05

Lee’s position in theater command, 350, 504-06

SHAEF’s position in theater command, 350-51, 504

Commodity loaders, 129, 132, 217

Commodity loading, 110

Communications Zone (COMZ), European Theater of Operations (ETOUSA)

and air transport, 162, 163, 425

ammunition shortage, 247-75, 442-52

ammunition stocks, 447, 448

and Ardennes counteroffensive, 113, 155, 182-86

boundary changes, 389

civilian labor, 478, 479, 481, 484, 485

command and organization, 26, 31-45, 347, 382-89, 415, 504-06

delivery capability, 18, 169, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180

depot plans, 398

and diversions through Marseille, 297-98

division slice, 299, 302

and divisional build-up, 277-89, 290

effect of pursuit on, 8, 86

effect of withdrawals on, 463, 467

establishment on Continent, 26-27, 31

general staff. See European Theater of Operations, G-1, G-3, G-4.

incorporation of southern France, 40-45

local procurement, 471-75, 489

Lutes-Somervell mission, 348-63

move to Paris, 31

movement control, 390-93, 413-14

pipelines, 198

planes for Rhine crossings, 373, 375

POL stocks, 194, 206, 208, 208n

and port plans, 7, 47, 49-50, 85-86, 98, 101, 102, 106, 114

posthostilities planning, 385

ration levels, 188-93

relations with field forces, 27, 179, 349-51, 362, 386-88, 505

replacements, 305-47, 459-69

requisitioning procedures, 358-59

responsibility for 6th Army Group support, 42-43, 263n

and Reverse BOLERO, 402-04

role as theater headquarters, 328, 347, 350, 386-88, 504-06

separation of COMZ from ETOUSA, 388

and service troop basis, 291, 295, 296-97, 299, 300, 302, 303

and shipping problem, 127

standing operating procedures. See Standing Operating Procedures, COMZ-ETOUSA; SOP’s 7, 10, 29

and supply expedients, 359-63

and supply shortages, 3, 4, 244. See also Supply shortages.

territorial organization, 32-40, 578-80

tonnage allocations, 170, 172, 173, 175, 176, 177

withdrawals for retraining, 467, 468-69

Communications Zone, Mediterranean Theater of Operations (COMZ-MTOUSA), 42

COMZ-ETOUSA. See Communications Zone (COMZ), European Theater of Operations (ETOUSA).

COMZ-MTOUSA. See Communications Zone, Mediterranean Theater of Operations.

CONAD. See Continental Advance Section.

Connery, George, 218n

Construction

bridge, 149, 157, 216, 407, 408-10, 422-24, 453

pipeline, 196, 199, 200

port, 71-77, 90, 99-100, 102, 122

railway 81-83, 149, 155-57, 406-10, 412

road, 422-24

staging areas, 497

Consumption factors. See Maintenance rates.

Continental Advance Section (CONAD), 40, 44, 46, 159, 301, 378

and Burgundy District, 378, 379-80

civilian labor, use of, 477

coal mining, 441

control of transport, 159

depots, 428

operations east of the Rhine, 375, 379, 380

rail congestion, 186

and regulating stations, 414n

supply reserves, 180, 428

Continental Base Section (CONBASE). See Base Sections, Continental.

Conversion training. See Replacements, conversion training of general assignment men.

Corps, V, 30, 367

Corps, VI, 257, 427

Corps, VII, 264

Corps, VIII, 28, 34, 92, 170n, 183, 184

Corps, XII, 216, 264, 370

Corps, XV, 17, 186, 251, 298

Corps, XVIII Airborne, 28, 234

Corps, XX, 256, 264

Corps XXX (British), 264

Corps of Engineers, 191, 290

Coubert, 195, 205

Couville, 82-83

Crain, Maj. Gen. James K., 241

Crawford, Maj. Gen. Robert W., 60, 98, 174, 177, 221, 254, 260, 294, 297, 306, 348, 388, 425

Crerar, Lt. Gen. H. D. G., 24. See also First Canadian Army.

Cress, Col. James B., 72

Crothers, Col. James A., 85

–D–

“Danger pay,” 480

Davis, Brig. Gen. Benjamin O., 384, 385, 389

De Gaulle, Gen. Charles. See Gaulle, Gen. Charles de.

De Lattre de Tassigny, Gen. Jean. See Lattre de Tassigny, Gen. Jean de.

Decanting. See POL, decanting of.

Dehydrated rations. See Rations, dehydrated.

Delta Base Section. See Base Sections, Delta.

DELTA Beach, 120, 122

Depots, 6, 84, 128, 181, 187, 355, 375

advance, 6, 154, 155

and Ardennes battle, 181-86, 398

base, 8, 356, 397-98

control of, 382

effect of pursuit on, 8, 356

inadequacy of system, 397-98, 509

intermediate, 6, 137, 187, 355, 357

and movement plans, 390-93

Normandy, 84, 86, 97

OVERLORD plans for, 356

plans for echeloned structure, 398

plans for final offensive, 375, 428

replacement. See Replacement depots.

Devers, Lt. Gen. Jacob L., 16, 17, 29, 272, 280, 302, 306, 314, 333, 345, 372, 384, 445. See also Army Group, 6th.

Dieppe, 98, 106

Differdange, 149, 498

Dijon, 40, 42

Displaced persons, 460, 482

Divette, 61

Division slice, 289, 296, 486, 510

6th and 12th Army Groups compared, 301-02

effect of accelerated build-up on, 278

northern and southern LofC compared, 299, 299n, 301-02

plans for, 289, 299, 299n

size in July and August, 290

supply requirements of, 18, 169, 173, 373, 374, 430, 431. See also Maintenance rates.

Divisions, See also Airborne divisions; Armored divisions; Infantry divisions.

arrival dates, 282-83

build-up of. See Build-up, U.S. forces.

build-up east of the Rhine, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377

days of combat, 282-83

diversion of through Marseille, 17, 280-81, 284, 297

number supported, 5, 6, 12, 173, 286

number deployed in World War I, 286n

planned employment in Berlin thrust, 11

training status of, 279-80

undeployed reserve, 279-80, 280n

Domfront, 195

Doriot, Col. Georges F., 221, 222

Dourdan, 205

DRAGOON, 8, 29, 117, 118, 118n, 294, 299

Driver shortages, 147n, 291, 292, 293

“Duck bill.” See Extended end connectors.

Duisburg, 410, 413

DUKWs, 56, 57, 80, 102

Dunkerque, 106

–E–

Eastern Base Section. See Base Sections, Eastern.

Eighth Army, 27n

Eisenhower, Gen. Dwight D., 3, 25, 27, 107, 108, 211, 220, 262, 263, 276, 284, 371, 372, 374, 402, 456, 461

and Antwerp’s role, 107-08

and August plan for Third Army thrust, 8-9

and Berlin thrust proposal, 10-11

and build-up schedule, 276-77, 284, 285

on COMZ move to Paris, 31

on DRAGOON, 118

dual command role, 504

on manpower problem, 312, 323, 326, 331, 336, 505

and Reverse BOLERO, 402

and Rhine crossing plans, 372-75

and Schelde Estuary decision, 107-08

and September decisions, 3, 9, 11, 12, 13-14, 15

“Eisenhower jacket,” 220-28, 227n

Embargo on movements, 182, 186

Engineer Aviation Brigade, 25, 426

Engineer Combat Group, 1186th, 58

Engineer Camouflage Battalion, 602nd, 496

Engineer General Service Regiments, 290, 484

332nd, 168

342nd, 73

355th, 168

373rd, 99

1301st, 423

Engineer Groups

A, 407, 410

B, 408, 410

C, 407

Engineer Port Construction and Repair (PC&R) Groups

1051st, 122

1055th, 90, 166

1056th, 72, 168, 407, 409

1057th, 94, 166

1058th, 90

Engineer Service, 494-96, 498

Engineer Shore Regiment, 531st, 58

Engineer Special Brigades

1st, 58

5th, 58, 110

6th, 58, 441

Provisional, 475

Englebert of Liège, 493

Epinal, 156

ETO Jacket. See “Eisenhower jacket.”

ETOUSA. See European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army; Communications Zone, European Theater of Operations.

European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army (ETOUSA), 26, 27, 251, 265. See also Communications Zone, European Theater of Operations.

boundary changes, 29, 389

command and organization, 26-45, 378-80. See also Command and organization.

G-1. See Franey, Col. James M.

G-3. See Eyster, Brig. Gen. George S.

G-4. See Stratton, Brig. Gen. James H.; Gilland, Brig. Gen. Morris W.

incorporation of southern France, 40-45

Evans, Col. George R., 305, 335

Evans, Col. Ira K., 383

Express shipping service. See REX shipping procedure.

Extended end connectors, 491-92

Eyster, Brig. Gen. George S., 278, 295, 385, 462, 465

–F–

Falaise, 5

Field Artillery, proposed inactivations, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297

Field Artillery Brigade, 32nd, 270

Field Force Replacement System. See Replacement System.

Field jacket, M1943, 219-28, 234. See also Clothing.

Fifth Army, 218, 235, 314, 315, 372

Fifteenth Army, 30, 371, 378

First Allied Airborne Army, 28, 161

First Army, 6, 11, 24, 176, 369, 370, 371, 372, 378, 410

and air transport, 426

and ammunition supply, 248, 249, 251, 255, 260, 264, 270, 274, 447, 449-50

and Ardennes battle, 26, 181-83, 208-09

bridge construction, 216

captured rations, use of, 188

local procurement, 474, 488, 492-93, 496

logistics in final offensive, 430

POL stocks, 194, 205, 206, 208, 208n, 209, 438

preparations for final drive, 429

rail service for, 406, 412

rail transfer point, 137

ration levels, 189, 189n, 434

and Red Ball routes, 134, 135

relations with COMZ, 349

replacements, 337, 465, 468-69

September tactical plans, 14

strength in divisions, 19

supply consumption rates, 431, 432

supply priorities, 11, 170, 174, 175

supply reserves, 19, 172, 176, 179, 429

truck transport support of, 418, 419, 422

and winter uniform, 234

First Canadian Army, 24, 99, 107, 367

First French Army, 24, 29, 157, 264, 301, 371, 421n. See also Lattre de Tassigny, Gen. Jean de.

in November offensive, 25

service troop shortages, 301, 302

supply consumption rates, 432

Folliard, Edward T., 218n

Fontainebleau, 36, 331, 467

Footwear, 228-32

and trench-foot incidence, 229-31

Forward deliveries. See Supply deliveries to armies.

Forward Echelon, Communications Zone (FECOMZ), 27, 31

Forward reserves. See Supply reserves.

Fourth Army, 27, 27n

“Franco’s Revenge,” 500

Franey, Col. James M., 318, 323

Frankenthal, 423, 437, 438

Frankfurt, 9

Franklin, Brig. Gen. John M., 130

French forces, See First French Army; Base Sections, Base 901; Service troops, for French forces.

Fuel. See Coal; POL; Wood fuel.

–G–

Gale, Lt. Gen. Sir Humphrey M., 59, 175

Garside, Col. Charles, 232

Gasoline, 8, 12, 174, 180, 183, 193-201. See also Pipeline Systems; POL.

aviation (AVGAS), 205n, 208

motor vehicle (MT80), 195, 200, 204, 205n, 207

Gasser, Maj. Gen. Lorenzo D., 326, 326n, 384

Gaulle, Gen. Charles de, 379

General assignment personnel. See Replacements, conversion training of general assignment men.

General Inspectorate Section, ETOUSA, 384, 389

General Purchasing Agent, 382, 471-72, 473, 474, 483, 499, 501

Geneva Convention, 481, 484

Germany, plans for advance into, 8-9, 10-11, 11-15

Gerow, Maj. Gen. Leonard T., 30

Ghent, 114, 184, 394, 395, 424

“GI Joe Diners,” 421n

Gilland, Brig. Gen. Morris W., 40, 361, 363, 383, 399, 400

Gnome-Rhône motor works, 488

Goodfriend, Maj. Arthur, 342n

Goodrich tire plant, 245

Gorby, Col. Alvin L., 230

Graham, Maj. Gen. Miles H., 108

Grand divisions, 150n

Grandcamp-les-Bains, 51, 60, 61

Granier, Brig. Gen. Georges, 379

Granlieu, 67, 70-71

Granville, 51, 53n, 60, 89-92, 210, 212, 394

Granville raid, 394

Gravelines, 106

Gray, Brig. Gen. Carl R., 156, 161, 415

Green Diamond Route, 140-41, 159

Gregory, Maj. Gen. Edmund B., 221, 223, 233, 235. See also Quartermaster General, The.

GRENADE, 367

Grenoble, 156

Gross, Maj. Gen. Charles P., 243

Ground Force Reinforcement Command. See Replacement System.

Ground Force Replacement System. See Replacement System.

Group Control Council, U.S., 385, 389

Grower, Brig. Gen. Roy W., 35, 378

Gullatt, Col. Doswell, 110

Guns, captured, 270-71

–H–

Hadir Steel Works, 149, 498

Halifaxes in air supply role, 162

Hanau, 412

Handy, Lt. Gen. Thomas T., 314, 315, 320, 323, 324

Havre, Le, 19, 36, 38, 48, 49, 50, 51, 60, 97, 98, 99, 100, 103, 184, 356, 395, 497, 498

allocation of discharge capacity, 17

as POL port, 199

Hennecke, Konteradmiral, Walther, 63

Henry, Maj. Gen. Stephen G., 319, 323

High velocity armor piercing ammunition. See HVAP ammunition.

Highway Transport Divisions

1st HTD, 418, 419

2nd HTD, 418, 419, 421

Highways, 422

rights at Antwerp, 109

Hinds, Brig. Gen. John H., 253

Hirson, 135

Hitler, Adolf, 9

Hodges, Lt. Gen. Courtney H., 221, 349. See also First Army.

Hog Islanders, 403

Hoge, Brig. Gen. William M., 100, 100n

Holly, Brig. Gen. Joseph A., 456

Houffalize, 26

Hughes, Maj. Gen. Everett S., 347, 384, 389, 404

HVAP ammunition, 456, 457-58

–I–

Indochinese labor, 124

Infantry divisions

1st, 342n

3rd, 219

10th (Light Mountain), 280n

26th, 170, 234, 281

35th, 257

42nd, 285, 302, 322, 334

44th, 281

63rd, 285, 302, 322, 334

65th, 285

66th, 285

69th, 285, 322

70th, 285, 302, 322, 334

71st, 286

75th, 283, 284

76th, 285, 289

79th, 17, 298

84th, 264, 287

86th, 286

87th, 283, 284, 302

89th, 285

95th, 163n, 170

97th, 286

99th, 280

100th, 280, 299

102nd, 281

103rd, 280, 299

104th, 170, 281

106th, 283, 284, 465

Infantry School, 331, 466, 467, 468

Infantrymen

casualties, 307, 321

conversion (retraining) to, 310, 311, 315, 316, 318, 321, 324, 326, 328-34, 461, 463, 465

planning factors, 308, 309, 316, 319

stockage, 316, 317, 319, 331

Information and Education, 386

Inland waterways, 104-05, 165-68, 424

Inland Waterways Committee, 165

Intermediate Section. See Base Sections, intermediate; Base Sections, Loire; Base Sections, Oise.

Isigny, 5, 60, 61

Is-sur-Tille, 158, 159

Italian service units, 301, 302, 483-84

–J–

Jacobs, Brig. Gen. Fenton S., 36, 108, 142

James B. Weaver, 110

JB-2 missile, 271

Jerrican, 201, 201n

procurement on continent, 204

procurement in United Kingdom, 202, 203, 204

requirements, 202-03, 203n

recovery program, 204

Jodl, Generaloberst Alfred, 372

Joint Chiefs of Staff, 130, 131, 286

Joint Military Transportation Committee, 130, 131

–K–

K Ration. See Rations, operational.

Karlsruhe, 410

Katy mine, 69-70

Koenig, Brig. Gen. Egmont F., 380

Kruisschans Lock, 110

–L–

Labor. See Civilian labor; Prisoner of war labor.

Labor strikes

at Antwerp, 115, 480-81

in Belgian mines, 440

Labor, U.S., for munitions, 246

Ladd, Brig. Gen. Jesse A., 380

Laon, 149

Larkin, Maj. Gen. Thomas B., 38, 42, 43, 301, 302, 379, 383, 404, 462

Lattre de Tassigny, Gen. Jean de, 28. See also First French Army.

Layman, Brig. Gen. Walter G., 310, 334, 336

LCMs, 416

LCTs, 48, 100

Lead time (procurement), 352-53, 508. See also Requisitioning procedures.

Lear, Lt. Gen. Ben, 327, 328, 383-84, 387, 388, 461, 462, 464, 465, 466, 469

Leave centers, 497

Lee, Lt. Gen. John C. H., 27, 31, 43, 50, 98, 105, 244, 362, 379, 472, 504. See also Communications Zone, European Theater of Operations.

and ammunition shortage, 250

and Antwerp’s planned use, 105, 108

and Ardennes battle, 184

command problems, 350, 382-89, 504-06

and COMZ move to Paris, 31-32

in dual role, 504

and Lutes-Somervell visit, 348-63

relations with field commands, 362, 505

and replacement problem, 306, 308, 329

and Reverse BOLERO, 403

review of port plans, 49-50, 98

on shipping problem, 128

Le Manoir, 167

Le Mans, 35, 83, 311, 356

Lend-lease, 130, 502

Liberty ships, 94, 102, 122, 131, 403

berths for discharge of, 61, 74, 75, 77, 78, 101, 105, 123

and shipping tie-up, 129

Lichfield, 334

Liège, 111, 142, 148, 154, 181, 207, 209, 252, 406, 407, 491, 493

Lighterage operations, 80, 127

Lille, 113, 155, 182

Limited assignment personnel. See Replacements, limited assignment men.

Limiting factors, 506-10

Linas, 205

Lines of communication, 4, 511

capacity, 49

length of, 4-5, 7, 13, 15, 16, 49, 115, 419, 421

strictures or bottlenecks, 133

U.S. and British cross, 36, 37, 101, 143

Little Red Ball, 143

Littlejohn, Maj. Gen. Robert M., 192, 213, 217

and clothing controversy, 218-35

Local procurement, 213, 244-45, 440, 470-502. See also Civilian labor; General Purchasing Agent.

agreements with countries, 470-71

by Chemical Warfare Service, 494

by Engineers, 452, 486, 487, 496

extent and value, 502

of food, 193

limitations on, 474-75, 490, 500-502

from neutral countries, 500

of ordnance items, 488-94

payments for, 501

policy established, 471

potentialities for, 474-75

of quartermaster items, 487, 494-96

of real estate, 486, 496, 497

requirements for, 488

of signal items, 486, 499

Locomotives. See Rolling stock, locomotives.

Logistic estimates for thrusts into Germany, 8-15

Logistic planning, 508

for Rhine crossing, 374-75

Logistical Plans Branch, SHAEF, 173, 174

London Munitions Assignments Board, 241

Longwy, 184

Lord, Maj. Gen. Royal B., 31, 33, 171, 362, 383, 400, 403

Lorient, 16

Lot segregation of ammunition, 273-74

LSTs, 48, 51, 74, 77, 85, 92, 93, 106, 125, 217, 403

Ludwigshafen, 423

Luetterode, 207

Luneville, 157

Lutes, Lt. Gen. LeRoy, 233, 348-63

and ammunition shortage, 444

criticism of depot structure, 355-57, 397

and rapid shipping procedure, 352, 401

on supply of clothing, 233

on tank replacement factor, 238-39

visit to theater, 243, 348-63

Lutes-Somervell mission, 348-63, 382

Luxembourg City, 184

–M–

M24 tank, 457, 457n

Maastricht, 200, 201, 435, 437

MacKeachie, Col. Douglas, 472. See also General Purchasing Agent.

McNair, Lt. Gen. Lesley J., 327

McNamara, Col. Andrew T., 207

McNarney, Lt. Gen. Joseph T., 29n, 240, 305, 306, 307, 308, 312, 313, 330, 389

McSherry, Brig. Gen. Frank J., 388

Magnatex Limited, 202n

Maintenance of vehicles, 144-46, 421

Maintenance rates, 169, 171, 176n, 373, 374, 377, 420, 431. See also Attrition rates; Replacement factors.

east of the Rhine, 373, 374, 377, 430, 431, 431n, 432

prospects for in October, 19

requirements in October, 18, 20, 20n, 173

Mainz, 410, 412, 423, 437, 438

Maizières les Metz, 256

Major System. See Pipeline Systems, Major.

Malta Conference, 374

Mancieulles, 208

Mannheim, 410

Manpower, 304-07, 308, 323-25. See also Replacements; Troop basis.

theater over-strength, 311-12

MARKET-GARDEN, 15, 22, 139, 140

Marseille, 116, 119-24

condition on capture, 141

described, 119

discharge performance, 123, 393, 394

plans for use, 121-22

port clearance, 123, 133, 424

role in support of northern forces, 15, 108

ship diversions to, 132, 133

Marseille-Rhône Canal, 119

Marshaling yards

at Antwerp, 104, 109, 141

at Cherbourg, 82-83

Lison Junction (OMAHA Beach), 83n

Marshall, Gen. George C.

on ammunition requests, 262, 263

on closing out U.K. depots, 402

on manpower conservation, 304-05, 336-37

offer to advance ship regiments, 283, 284

and reliance on Antwerp, 107-08

on replacement system, 384

on Rhine crossing plans, 374

Matchett, Brig. Gen. Henry J., 341, 342n, 468

“Meat Ball Express,” 406n

Mediterranean Theater of Operations, U.S. Army (MTOUSA), 42, 42n, 43, 330

aids European theater with replacements, 330

aids European theater with tanks, 240

Memorandum of Agreement (Antwerp), 141

Mersey River, 78

Metropolitan Rearmament Program, 501

Metz, 19, 22, 25, 149, 255-56

Meuse River, 25, 181

Middleswart, Brig. Gen. William H., 383

Middleton, Lt. Gen. Troy H., 93

Military Affairs (Mead) Committee, 246

Military government, 464

Military Labor Service, 482

Military Pipeline Service, 196, 199, 205, 435

Military police, 293

Military Railway Service, 150, 161, 415

1st MRS, 156, 158, 160, 410, 412, 415

2nd MRS, 82, 148, 160, 412, 415

Ministry of Labor (Fr.), 478

Minor System. See Pipeline Systems, Minor.

Minton, Brig. Gen. Hugh C., 244, 489

Mons, 142, 148, 184

Montgomery, Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. See also Army Group, 21.

and Antwerp, 107

and Ardennes battle, 26

and October operations, 24

and September decisions, 15

Moore, Maj. Gen. Cecil R., 408

Morlaix, 47, 51, 94

Moselle River, 12, 22

Moses, Brig. Gen. Raymond G., 13, 18, 53, 162, 171, 172, 267, 268, 272, 273

Motor transport, 5, 6, 10, 49, 134, 144, 145, 146, 147, 415-24. See also ABC Haul; Motor Transport Service; Red Ball Express.

operations east of Rhine, 374, 377, 415-24

in port clearance, 12, 55, 56, 84

requirements for advance to Rhine, 10

role in the pursuit, 5

Motor Transport Brigade, 138

Motor Transport Service, 138-39, 146, 416, 417, 418

Movement control, 154-55, 159, 160, 357, 382, 390-93, 412, 413-14

Movements and Transportation Committee (Antwerp), 109

MT80. See Gasoline, motor vehicle.

MT ships, 48, 60, 125

MTOUSA. See Mediterranean Theater of Operations, U.S. Army.

München Gladbach, 412

MULBERRY A, 53, 124. See also OMAHA Beach.

MULBERRY B, 58-60, 100, 124, 129

Murrill, Col. Hugh A., 391

–N–

Namur, 111, 149, 155, 181, 192, 405

Nancy 19, 22, 49

Nantes, 16, 47

Napier, Maj. Gen. Charles S., 98

NATOUSA. See North African Theater of Operations, U.S. Army.

Naval Harbor Master (Cherbourg), 79

Naval Officer in Charge (NOIC), 109

Negro troops and units, 147, 322-23, 384-85

New York Port of Embarkation (NYPOE), 44, 131, 190, 353, 399, 400, 401

Nieuwpoort, 106

Ninth Air Force. See Air Force commands and units, Air Force, Ninth.

Ninth Army, 107, 134, 367-68, 370, 372, 378, 410. See also Simpson, Lt. Gen. William S.

and ammunition allocations, 264

ammunition expenditures, 448

ammunition levels, 447

and Ardennes battle, 26, 184

formation, 27

local procurement, 493, 496, 498

move to Continent, 28

November offensive, 25, 176

Operation GRENADE, 367-68

POL stocks, 206, 208, 208n, 438

preparations for final offensive, 429

rail service to, 406, 412

rail transfer point, 137

ration levels, 189, 189n, 434

relations with COMZ, 349

strength in divisions, October, 19

supply consumption rates, 431, 432

supply reserves, 19, 429

tonnage allocations, 170, 176

truck transport support, 418, 419

and winter uniform, 234

Nord mines, 441, 499

Normand, 67, 70

Normandy, 8. See also Base Sections, Normandy.

Normandy Base Section. See Base Sections, Normandy.

Normandy ports, 47, 51, 53, 60-89. See also Barfleur; Beaches; Carentan; Cherbourg; Grandcamp; Isigny; MULBERRY A; MULBERRY B; Port-en-Bessin; St. Vaast.

North African Theater of Operations, U.S. Army (NATOUSA), 28, 29, 263, 280. See also Services of Supply, NATOUSA.

boundary changes, 29

experience with manpower, 306, 336

replacement problem, 306, 313-14

support of 6th Army Group, 41-42

Nijmegen, 367

Northern Ireland Base Section. See Base Sections, Northern Ireland.

–O–

Office of The Quartermaster General, 219, 221, 222, 223, 225, 228, 232, 234, 235. See also Quartermaster General, The; Gregory, Maj. Gen. Edmund B.

Officer Candidate School. See Officer replacements.

Officer replacements, 325, 329, 330-31, 466, 467-68

O’Hair, Pvt. William G., 73

O’Hare, Brig. Gen. Joseph J., 323

Oise River, 166

OMAHA Beach, 51, 53-60. See also MULBERRY A.

OMAHA Beach Command, 58

“Operation OVERBOARD”, 46

Oppenheim, 370, 423

OQMG. See Gregory, Maj. Gen. Edmund B.; Office of The Quartermaster General.

Order and shipping time, 238, 239, 261, 261n, 262, 351, 353, 354, 507

Ordnance Service, COMZ, 488, 492, 493

ORELOB. See Reverse BOLERO.

Organization and command. See Command and organization.

Osborn, Maj. Gen. Frederick H., 386

Ostend, 51, 106, 114, 184, 199

“OVERBOARD.” See “Operation OVERBOARD.”

OVERLORD, 4, 7. See also Post-OVERLORD plans.

command and organization, 27, 34

and DRAGOON, 117, 118

logistic plans, 4

port plans, 46, 53, 61

predicted development, 4, 5

Overshoes. See Footwear.

–P–

Page, Col. Carter, 363

Parachute supply, 163. See also Air transport.

Paris, 5, 7, 31-32, 210, 356, 496-97

Parsons jacket, 219, 221, 222, 227

Pas de Calais beaches, 17

Pas de Calais mines, 441, 499

Patch, Lt. Gen. Alexander M., 28, 370. See also Seventh Army.

Patton, Lt. Gen. George S., 12, 183, 349, 370. See also Third Army.

Persian Gulf Command, 417

Peterson, Maj. Gen. Virgil L., 312, 313

Petit Couronne, 199

Petroleum. See POL.

PHOENIXES, 59, 60

Pilferage, 415

Pilotless aircraft. See V-weapons.

Pipeline Systems

air attacks on, 208

cross-Channel. See PLUTO.

delivery capability, 438

Major System, 77, 195-96, 197, 208, 435, 438

Minor System, 196, 197, 198

Northern System, 199-201, 435, 437

PLUTO. See PLUTO.

and Rhine crossings, 436-37

Seine River System, 199

Southern System, 435, 438

Western System, 197n

Pitprops. See Pitwood.

Pitwood, 211, 212, 441

Plank, Maj. Gen. Ewart G., 33, 113, 349, 462. See also Advance Section, Communications Zone (ADSEC).

PLUTO, 198n

POL, 8, 12, 174, 180, 183, 193-209. See also Gasoline; Pipeline Systems.

air attacks on distribution facilities, 208, 209

air transport of, 161-62, 163, 426-27

in Ardennes battle, 148, 183, 208-09

bulk shipments of, 201, 438

consumption rates, 194, 194n, 438, 439-40

decanting of, 201, 205, 207, 208, 437

distribution system, 204-05, 207, 373, 374, 376, 438

intake facilities, 77, 97, 98, 106, 122, 123, 198, 205, 207, 435

levels of supply, 194, 194n, 435, 438

pipelines for Rhine crossing, 373, 374, 375, 376, 436-37

planning factors, 194

rationing, 194

and September decisions, 12

shortage in pursuit, 8

storage, 104, 198, 199, 207, 438

Port clearance, 7, 12, 79, 81, 96, 101, 123, 132, 148, 424n. See also individual port names.

Port Construction and Repair Groups. See Engineer Port Construction and Repair (PC&R) Groups.

Port discharge. See also individual port names.

capacity, 4, 7, 13, 18, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 124, 128, 130, 132, 248

effect of accelerated build-up on, 278-79

performance, 12, 46, 50, 96, 103, 116, 124, 132, 133, 254, 393

requirements, 4, 13, 14, 47, 48, 96-97

September decisions on port development, 513-51

shift to Antwerp, 49-50, 52-58

Port du Bouc, 119, 122, 123, 438

Port-en-Bessin, 51, 97, 197

Port Executive Committee, Antwerp, 109, 114

Port Jerome, 199

Porter, Maj. Gen. Ray E., 30, 324

Ports, 4, 5, 10, 15, 46-95, 96-97, 108, 117-18, 132. See also individual port names; Brittany ports; Channel ports; Port clearance; Port discharge.

4th, 33, 78, 476

5th, 93, 94, 110

6th, 124, 123

11th, 90, 102

12th, 78

13th, 110

16th, 92, 93, 94, 100, 102

17th, 395

52nd, 102

backlogs, 396

Brussels Conference on, 106

changes in planned use, 49-53

role in DRAGOON plan, 117-18

Post-hostilities planning, 385-86

Post-OVERLORD plans, 6

Portugal, local procurement, 500

Potter, Col. Harold E., 331

Potter, Col. W. E., 86, 111

Pounder, Capt. William F., 219, 422

Priorities for supply. See Tonnage allocations.

Prisoner of war labor, 89, 102, 103, 124, 169, 212, 213, 297, 301, 423, 424, 476, 484-85, 486. See also Italian service units.

Prisoners of war

number supported, 433, 460

supplies for, 225

PROCO. See Projects for continental operations.

Production of munitions, U.S., 246, 265, 269, 271

Projects for continental operations, 452

–Q–

Quartermaster Corps, 190, 191, 232

Quartermaster General, The, 219, 221, 226, 235. See also Gregory, Maj. Gen. Edmund B.; Office of The Quartermaster General.

Quartermaster Group, 469th, 419

Quartermaster Service, 496

Quartermaster Truck Company, 3884th, 73

Querqueville, Digue de, 77, 198

Querqueville Bay, 69

Quiberon Bay, 5, 16, 34, 46, 47

–R–

Rail transfer points, 135, 137, 139

Railways, 6, 10, 14, 21, 49, 81, 83, 84, 86, 87-88, 148-61, 213, 374, 405-15. See also Construction, railway; Marshaling yards; Military Railway Service; Rolling stock.

at Antwerp, 109, 113

in Ardennes battle, 186

Belgian, 104

bridging the Rhine, 408-10

command and control problems, 87-88, 160-61, 415

east of the Rhine, 474, 375, 376, 377, 410, 412-13

extent of lines, 148-49, 157-58, 406, 410

in northern France, 148-56

operating units, 150n

plans for restoration and use, 149-50, 407

in southern France, 156-61

tie-up east of Paris, 153-56, 348

tie-up in southern France, 158-59, 160

transfer points, 135, 137, 139

“Rainbow Corner,” 497

RAMPS. See Recovered Allied Military Personnel.

Ramsay, Adm. Sir Bertram H., 60

Ratay, Brig. Gen. John P., 40

Rationing. See also Tonnage allocations.

of ammunition, 247-75, 444-52

of transport, 169-80

Rations, 178, 180, 433, 434

10-in-1. See Rations, operational.

A, 189, 191, 192, 433

B, 189, 190, 191, 192, 433

balancing problem, 190, 191, 191n, 193

C. See Rations, operational.

consumption rate, 189, 430, 431, 432, 434

dehydrated, 193

K. See Rations, operational.

operational, 189, 191, 192, 433, 434

perishable, 191-93

stocks in combat zone, 188, 433, 434

theater stocks, 433, 434

Real estate, 486, 496, 497

Reciprocal aid, 470-502. See also Civilian labor; Local procurement.

Recovered Allied Military Personnel (RAMPS), 427

Red Ball Express, 134-99, 144

performance record, 135, 137

operational problems, 138-39

route changes, 134-35, 135n

vehicle attrition rate, 236

Red Horse Staging Area, 497, 498

Red Lion Route, 139

Redeployment, 385

Reefers

rail cars, 192

ships, 191, 192

vans, 193

Refrigerated transport. See Reefers.

Regulating stations, 413-14, 414n

25th, 182

attitude of various commands toward, 414n

Reims, 19, 356

Rennes, 28, 34, 184, 356

Replacement battalions

51st, 337

54th 338

Replacement depots

2nd, 337, 339

3rd, 337

9th, 338

10th, 338

11th, 338

12th, 338

14th, 338, 339

15th, 338

16th, 338

17th, 337, 339

18th, 337

19th, 338, 463

6900th, 338, 468

6960th, 338, 468

Replacement factors, 354, 507

clothing, 224-25, 226

tanks, 236, 237, 237n, 238, 239

tires, 244

trucks, 242

vehicles, 145-46

weapons, 236, 354

Replacement System, 310n, 334-47, 384, 389

battalions. See Replacement battalions.

casuals, policy on, 343-46

conversion program. See Replacements, conversion training of general assignment men.

depots. See Replacement depots.

operation of, 338-47

organization and command, 334-38, 347

planning for, 334-37

retraining courses, 321

Stilwell proposal, 343

stockage, 311, 312, 315-16, 317, 319, 464, 465

training centers, No. 1, 338

Replacements, 304-47, 459-69, 507. See also Replacement System.

allocations to field forces, 333, 334, 465

armored, 315, 333, 334, 459, 465

Bull mission, 319-20

casuals, policy on, 343-46

command problems, 505

conversion training of general assignment men, 305-07, 311, 315, 316, 317, 320, 324, 326, 328-30, 332, 461, 463, 464, 465, 467

December crisis, 321-23

infantry. See Infantrymen.

limited assignment men, 305, 307, 308, 309, 311, 317, 321, 330, 462, 463

North African theater experience, 306, 336

officers, 325, 329, 330-31, 466, 467

planning factors, 308, 309, 316, 319

requisitioning policy, 345-47

results of retraining program, 467-69

shipments from zone of interior, 307-08, 313, 315, 317, 318, 320, 324, 325, 333, 459, 460

stockage, 316, 317, 319, 464, 465

War Department conference, 323-25

Requisitioning objective, 353, 353n, 354

Requisitioning procedures

back ordering, 359

intra-theater, 358-59, 360

on War Department and New York Port, 353. See also Lead time (procurement); Order and shipping time.

Retraining. See Replacements, conversion training of general assignment men.

Reverse BOLERO, 33, 402-04. See also RHUMBA.

Reverse lend-lease. See Reciprocal aid; Local procurement.

REX shipping procedure, 352, 401-02

Rex Theater (Antwerp), 115

Rhine bridges

Highway, 423-24

Railway

allocation of running rights, 412

bottlenecks, 412

at Duisburg, 410

at Karlsruhe, 410

at Mainz, 410, 412

at Mannheim, 410

plans for, 408-09

at Wesel, 409-10, 412-13

Rhine Coal Control, 441

Rhine River, 8, 9, 14, 15, 25, 369. See also Rhine bridges.

plans for crossing, 8, 9, 14-15, 367, 372-73

plans for logistic support across, 372-78

COMZ outline plans, 375-76

crossing sites, 372-73, 375

requirements laid down, 373-74

SHAEF directive, 373-75

Rhône-Saône, 168

RHUMBA, 286, 287, 402-04. See also Reverse BOLERO.

Ridgway, Maj. Gen. Matthew B., 28. See also Corps, XVIII Airborne.

Robinson, Maj. Gen. Clinton F., 232, 362, 392

Rodgers, Brig. Gen. Robert C., 326n

Roer River, 25, 264, 367, 369

Rogers, Brig. Gen. Pleas B., 35

Rolling stock, 150-56

freight cars, 150, 153

Allied imports to Continent, 414

at Antwerp, 105, 111

discharge facilities on Continent, 74, 75, 153

effect of Ardennes battle, 154-55

effect of shortage on port clearance, 84-85

effect of shortage on port discharge, 210

at Marseille, 123, 212

requirements, 87, 123

tie-up of loaded cars, 153-55, 158-59, 413

for “Toot Sweet Express,” 405

locomotives, 150-53, 414

Rommel, Field Marshal Erwin, 511

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 118, 131

Roscoff, 94

Ross, Maj. Gen. Frank S., 82, 85n, 86, 126, 151, 155, 404

Rotterdam, 51

Rouen, 19, 38, 48, 51, 97, 100, 101, 102, 103, 356, 395, 497, 498

Royal Marine Engineers, 98, 99

Rubber Committee, ETOUSA, 489

Ruhr

in final offensive, 367, 370, 371

in OVERLORD plans, 10, 372

in September plans, 11, 14, 15, 24

in source of coal, 441

Rules of Land Warfare, 481, 484

–S–

Saar, 11, 441

Saaralbe, 435

St. Brieuc, 47, 51, 93-94, 212

St. Lô, 5

St. Malo, 6, 46, 47, 51, 89

St. Maxime, 120

St. Michele-en-Grève, 53, 92

St. Nazaire, 16, 47

St. Raphael, 119, 120, 156

St. Tropez, 119, 120, 156

St. Vaast-la-Hougue, 51, 60, 61, 62, 78

St. Vith, 155

Sandhofen, 437, 438

Saverne, 24, 157

Sawbridge, Brig. Gen. Ben M., 315

Schelde estuary, 24, 107, 110

Schroeder, Col. August H., 78

Seine ports, 4, 5, 13, 16, 49, 51, 97, 98. See also Havre, Le.; Rouen.

Seine River

and tactical developments, 5

and tactical plans, 4, 6, 48

as waterway, 166, 424

Seine River System. See Pipeline Systems, Seine River System.

Seine Section. See Base Sections, Seine.

Selective discharge, 125, 128, 131, 402

Service troops, 289-303

and accelerated build-up of divisions, 278, 290

allocation between north and south, 297-303

demand for additional, 7, 290, 292, 294, 296

for French forces, 301-03

planned troop basis, 7, 294, 296

on southern line of communications, 186, 297-303

Services à la Main d’Oeuvre, 478

Services of Supply (SOS), 334

Services of Supply (SOS), NATOUSA, 38, 43

Seventh Army, 5, 6, 26, 119, 156, 157, 158, 219, 370, 371. See also Patch, Lt. Gen. Alexander M.; Southern Line of Communications (SOLOC).

and air transport, 427

ammunition shortages, 250-51, 264, 447

and DRAGOON, 28

and local procurement, 493

and November offensive, 25

POL stocks, 439

preparations for final offensive, 429

replacements, 314, 323, 333

supply consumption rate, 431, 432

supply reserves, 180

truck transport support, 418

winter clothing, 231, 235

Seventh Army (Ger.), 5

SHAEF. See Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force.

SHAEF Maintenance Rate (ammunition), 272

SHAEF Mission to France, 211

Shannon, Col. Lyle T., 323, 327, 384, 459, 464

Sheppard, Lawrence B., 234n

Shipping, 108, 124-33, 277-78, 351-52, 398-402. See also Coasters; Commodity loaders; LCTs; LSTs; Liberty ships; MT ships.

cancellations of, 399-401

effect of shortage on local procurement, 501-02

express procedure (REX), 352

selective discharge, 125, 128, 131, 402

theater requirements, 126, 128, 133, 399, 400

tie-up of ocean shipping, 124-33, 398-401

turnaround of, 125, 127, 130, 402-03

Shipping Control Board, ETOUSA, 131

Shoepac. See Footwear.

Shrivenham, 11, 463

Sibley, Col. Cleland C., 33, 78, 84, 85, 85n

Siegfried Line, 11, 15, 25, 369. See also West Wall.

Simpson, Lt. Gen. William S., 25, 349. See also Ninth Army.

Siple, Maj. Paul A., 235, 235n

Sisteron, 156

Smith, Lt. Gen. Walter B., 31, 32, 221, 315, 348, 374

Soissons, 134, 149, 184, 252, 356

Solbert, Brig. Gen. Oscar N., 386

Solglint, 67, 70-71

Solid Fuels Section (SHAEF), 440

Sombernon, 29

Somervell, Lt. Gen. Brehon B.

and ammunition shortage, 265, 268, 271

criticism of depot structure, 355-57, 397

on ETOUSA command practices, 390

and release of servicemen to foundries, 246

and shipping tie-up, 129, 130

and tank shortage, 241

and vehicle shipments, 243

visit to theater, 348-63, 390, 397, 403

Sommesous, 134, 149, 190

SOP 7, 358

SOP 10, 474

SOP 29, 472

SOS, NATOUSA. See Services of Supply, NATOUSA.

Sottevast, 82, 83

Southern Base Section. See Base Sections, Southern.

Southern France. See DRAGOON; Army Group, 6th; Seventh Army; First French Army; Southern Line of Communications.

Southern France beaches, 118, 119. See also ALPHA Beach; CAMEL Beach; DELTA Beach; St. Raphael; St. Tropez.

Southern France ports. See ALPHA Beach; CAMEL Beach; DELTA Beach; Marseille; Port du Bouc; Toulon.

Southern Line of Communications (SOLOC), 42, 301, 383

control of transportation, 159

dissolution, 46, 378, 383

division slice, 301, 302

forward reserves, 178, 180, 186

incorporation with COMZ, 40-45

relations with field commands, 349

relationship with other commands, 42-45, 263, 303

role in support of 12th Army Group, 17, 40, 123, 186, 263n, 297-98, 299

service troop basis, 297-98, 299, 302

tonnage allocations, 173, 186

Spa, 182

Spaatz, Lt. Gen. Carl, 461, 469

Spain, local procurement, 500

Spare parts supply, 8, 236, 430, 453, 454

local procurement, 489

Special Services, 386

Standing Operating Procedures, COMZ-ETOUSA, 139, 163. See also SOP’s, 7, 10, 29.

Stars and Stripes, 230, 245, 342n, 386

Stavelot, 209

Stilwell, Gen. Joseph W., 343

Stock control, 358

Storage, 111-13, 182. See also Depots.

Strasbourg, 26

Stratton, Brig. Gen. James H., 18, 87, 162, 217, 278, 352, 383

Strikes, 213

Sullivan, Commodore William A., 69

Supply, 3-4, 8, 12, 22, 188, 215, 351, 433, 458. See also Rationing; Requisitioning procedures; Supply deliveries; Supply reserves: Supply shortages; Tonnage allocations.

Class I. See Rations.

Class II and IV, 108, 177, 215-46, 452-58

Class III, 178, 180, 434-41. See also Coal; Gasoline; POL.

Class V. See Ammunition.

expedients, 359-63

priorities for operations, 11, 173, 175, 176

requisitioning procedures, 353, 358-59, 360

Supply “bricks,” 165

Supply deliveries to armies, 169-80, 182, 186, 428, 430

by air, 424-25, 426, 427

allocations system, 20-21

estimated for October, 18, 19

by motor transport, 416, 419, 421

by rail, 154, 158, 410-12

requirements for October, 20

in September, 12

Supply requirements. See Maintenance rates.

Supply reserves

in COMZ, 427, 428

in forward areas, 8, 108, 172, 177, 178, 179, 180, 206, 390-93. See also Advance Section, supply reserves; Continental Advance Section, supply reserves.

Supply shortages, 3-4, 169, 257, 351. See also Spare parts; Tanks; Tires; Trucks; Winter clothing.

engineer, 216, 452-53

ordnance, 235-46, 453-58

quartermaster, 216-35

signal, 215, 453

Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force. See also Eisenhower, Gen. Dwight D.

and accelerated division build-up, 280, 287

and air transport, 162, 163, 425, 426

and ammunition shortage, 254, 259, 272, 273, 442-47

and Antwerp, 114, 181

and Ardennes battle, 182

and attrition rates, 235-36

on capabilities of SOLOC, 17

Chief of Staff. See Smith, Lt. Gen. Walter B.

and civilian labor, 478, 479, 481, 482, 485

and coaster problem, 126

command relationships, 28, 386-89, 504-06

and diversions through Marseille, 297-98

establishment on Continent, 27

estimate of Berlin thrust plan, 10, 11

estimate of logistic capabilities, 13-14, 20

estimate of supply requirements, 19

G-1. See Barker, Maj. Gen. Ray W.

G-3. See Bull, Maj. Gen. Harold R.

G-4. See Crawford, Maj. Gen. Robert W.

Logistic Plans Branch, 98

OVERLORD logistic estimates, 4

port plans, 50, 51, 59, 85-87, 98, 104, 105, 106, 108

and reciprocal aid, 471, 474, 489

relations with COMZ, 350, 386-88

and replacements, 322, 326, 327, 333, 334, 459

and Rhine crossing plans, 8-9, 10-11, 372-73

and service troop basis, 292-97

Solid Fuels Section, 210, 211, 212

and southern France forces, 29, 41-45

supply allocations system, 20-21

tactical plans, 8, 9, 367, 372-73

tonnage allocations, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 205

as a U.S. theater headquarters, 505

Surge pool, 141, 142

Switzerland, local procurement, 500

–T–

T26 tank (Pershing), 456-57

Tactical Air Command, IX. See Air Force commands and units, Tactical Air Command, IX.

Tactical Air Command, XII. See Air Force commands and units, Tactical Air Command, XII.

Tactical plans

for advance into Germany, 10, 14, 17, 173, 175, 176, 367, 372-73, 374-75

as affected by ammunition shortage, 255-57, 443, 444, 445

as affected by pursuit, 508

logistic implications, 9, 17

for Rhine crossing, 8, 9, 367

Talley, Col. Benjamin B., 85n

Tancarville Canal, 166, 175

Tanks, 22, 236

M24, 457

T26 (Pershing), 242, 456-57

conversion of 75-mm. gun, 457-58

engine rebuild, 488

German. See Tanks, Tiger (Ger.) vs. T26.

loan of by Mediterranean theater, 240

local procurement of parts, 488, 491

losses, First Army, 239-40

order and shipping time, 507

reduced T/O&E’s, 236

replacement factor, 236-39, 454

replacement of 75-mm. gun, 241, 457-58

theater losses, 455

theater reserves, 236, 237, 238, 454, 456n

Tiger (Ger.) vs. T26, 456

Tarascon-Beaucaire bridge, 212

Temple, Commander John B. G., 70

Terneuzen Canal, 395

Thackrey, Capt. L. A., 85, 87

Thaon, 323

Theater Manpower Board, 306, 307, 465

Theater Manpower Section, 326, 327, 329, 384, 389, 464, 465

Theater Service Forces, European Theater (TSFET), 389

Theater troop strength

by component, 288

in divisions, 288, 433n

Thionville, 435, 438

Third Army, 3, 6, 16, 24, 107, 299, 369-70, 371, 372, 410. See also Patton, Lt. Gen. George S.

air transport, 163, 425, 426, 427

ammunition, 248, 255, 264, 270, 447, 448, 449-50

and Ardennes battle, 26, 183-84

bridge construction, 216, 453

and Brittany, 7

captured rations, 188

clothing, 227, 234

local procurement, 474, 491, 493, 496

logistics of final drive, 430

mission in September, 14, 16

and motor transport support, 416, 418, 419, 422

November offensive, 25

and OVERLORD plans, 6

POL stocks, 193-94, 205, 206, 208, 208n, 438, 439

preparations for final offensive, 429

rail service for, 406

rail transfer point, 137

ration levels, 189, 189n, 434

and Red Ball route, 134

relations with COMZ, 349

replacements, 322, 323

supply consumption rates, 321, 432

strength in divisions, 19

supply priorities, 11, 170, 174, 176

supply reserves, 19, 172

tactical plans, 8

Thompson, Brig. Gen. Paul W., 386

Thrasher, Brig. Gen. Charles O., 36

Tiger tanks (Ger.), 456

Tires, 243-44, 488

local procurement, 244-45, 489-90

preventive maintenance program, 245

Tirlemont, 142

TOMBOLAS, 197, 198

Tonnage allocations, 169-80, 206, 215, 217, 430

“Toot Sweet Express,” 352, 405-06

Torgau, 372

Toulon, 116-19, 120, 121, 122, 123

Track router, 149

Transportation, 6, 10, 84, 134-68, 169, 251, 351-52, 373, 405-27. See also Air transport; Inland waterways; Motor transport; Movement control; Rail transport; Tonnage allocations.

embargo on, 113

and OVERLORD estimates, 7

and Rhine crossing, 373, 374

rights at Antwerp, 109

tonnage allocations system, 169-80

Transportation Corps, 78, 82, 83, 146, 147, 191, 192, 390, 405, 415, 416, 417, 424, See also Ports.

Trenchfoot, 229-32

Tréport, Le, 106

Troop accommodations, U.K., 287-89

Troop basis, 279, 286, 289, 290, 291, 292, 294, 295, 300. See also Build-up, U.S. forces; Service troops.

Troop build-up. See Build-up, U.S. forces.

Troop Carrier Command, IX. See Air Force commands and units, Troop Carrier Command, IX.

Troop strength, ETOUSA, 288

Truck driver augmentation, 292, 293, 294, 295

Trucks

assembly at Antwerp, 243

maintenance, 144-46, 421

replacement factors, 242

shortages, 242-43

Somervell arranges releases, 243

TSFET. See Theater Service Forces, European Theater.

Turnaround of ships, 125, 127, 130, 402-03

Twickenham Ferry, 75, 77

–U–

United Kingdom

effect of accelerated build-up on, 286-89

and Reverse BOLERO, 33, 402-04

and RHUMBA plan, 287-89

United Kingdom Base Section. See Base Sections, United Kingdom (U.K.).

United States Air Forces, Europe (USAFE), 389

United States Commercial Company, 499

United States Forces, European Theater (USFET), 389

United States Group Control Council. See Group Control Council, U.S.

United States Strategic Air Forces (USSTAF), 329, 469

USAFE. See United States Air Forces, Europe.

USFET. See United States Forces, European Theater.

USSTAF. See United States Strategic Air Forces.

UTAH Beach, 51, 53-60

UTAH Beach Command, 58

–V–

V-1’s. See V-weapons.

V-2’s. See V-weapons.

V-weapons

at ADSEC installations, 186, 480

at Antwerp, 100, 113-14, 115, 480

and “danger pay,” 480

at Liège, 154, 209, 407, 480

Valenciennes, 148, 184

Valognes, 31

Vaughan, Brig. Gen. Harry B., Jr., 35, 380, 385, 403

Vehicle discharge, 55, 57

Vehicles

engine rebuild, 488

maintenance and attrition, 144-46

re-equipping program, 146, 417

replacement factor, 145-46

theater truck strength, 146, 417

Verdun, 149, 154, 184, 207, 252, 405

VERITABLE, 367

Versailles, 497

–W–

War Department

and ammunition shipment cancellations, 449

and ammunition shortages, 257-63, 267-71, 443-49

and build-up of U.S. forces, 276-86

and changes in troop basis, 289, 292, 293, 295-96

disagreements with theater, 507

jerrican procurement, 203

and munitions production, 246, 265

and replacement factors, 226, 286-37, 239, 507

on replacements, 305-13, 317, 323, 324-25, 330-31, 459, 460

and requisitioning procedures, 353

and responsibility for 6th Army Group support, 263n

and Southern Line of Communications, 44

and supply procurement planning, 352-53

on use of shipping, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132, 192, 398-401

and winter clothing, 220, 221, 223, 225, 226, 229, 231, 232, 233, 234

War Department Manpower Board, 304, 326, 384

War Manpower Commission, 246

War Production Board, 246, 269

War Shipping Administration, 130, 277, 403

Warren, Col. Ross B., 418, 421

Washington Post, 218, 218n

Weed, Col. Thomas J., 100n

Wesel, 200, 201, 409-10, 412-13, 423, 435, 437, 438

West Wall, 26

Western Base Section. See Base Sections, Western.

Whipple, Col. William, 7n, 49, 107, 174, 278, 279, 298, 299, 300

White Ball Route, 140, 148

Willis, Pvt. Charles I., 72

Wilson, Maj. Gen. Arthur R., 38, 44

Wilson, General Sir Henry Maitland, 28, 118

Winter clothing. See Clothing.

Winterization program, 134, 217-18

of MULBERRY B, 59-60

Winterization supplies, 171, 173, 217

Wood fuel, 213

Wylie, Brig. Gen. Robert H., 126

Wyman, Col. Theodore, 33, 38, 78, 85n, 88

–X–

XYZ Operation, 415-22

–Y–

Yank Magazine, 386

Yellow Diamond Route, 419, 421, 421n

Younger, Col. James W., 234

Yserburg Bridge, 113, 168

–Z–

Zeebrugge, 106