Index

–A–

Aachen, 472-73, 475, 476, 489, 607

Abaneta Farm, 448-49

Abyssinian war, 534

Acetylene tetrachloride, 247, 248, 305

Acker, Col. Lewis F., 37, 102

Adelaide, 190

Admiralties, the, 315, 550

Admiralty Fuel Experimental Station, 323

Advance Section, Communications Zone (ADSEC), 64, 65, 69, 71, 164, 175, 177, 178, 179, 185, 256

Aerial incendiaries, 614, 648. See also Bombs; Fire bombs; Incendiary bombs.

Aerial observation, 369, 390

Agno River, 528-29

Air Force Service Commands

V, 206, 416

VIII, 42, 153, 157, 318

IX, 159

XII, 96, 98, 106, 130

Air Forces

Fifth, 190n, 202, 206, 216, 414, 416, 513, 634

Seventh, 229

Eighth, 37, 38, 42, 56, 57, 62, 141, 149-58, 160, 161, 354, 618n, 619-24, 626, 627

Ninth, 64, 67, 154, 158, 159, 161

Twelfth, 43, 89, 96, 97n, 98, 107, 115, 116, 121, 130, 161

Thirteenth, 216

Fourteenth, 633

Twentieth, 401n, 625

Airborne Divisions

11th, 571

82nd, 429, 466

Airborne operations, 390, 391, 411-17, 453-55

Aircraft

A-20, 412-15, 635

B-17, 621

B-25, 412, 415-17, 508

B-29, 401, 579, 625-28, 630, 656

C-47, 412, 415, 417

P-38, 632

liaison, 369-70, 390, 513

smoke screen laying, 206, 405, 407, 409, 412-17, 508

Airplane smoke tanks. See Smoke tanks.

Aitape, 498

ALAMO Force, 256-57, 259-60

Alban Hills, 447

Alexander, General Sir Harold R. L. G., 328

Algiers, 93n, 103, 327-29

Aliamanu Crater, 220

Allied Air Forces, 202

Allied Airborne Army, First, 390

Allied Expeditionary Air Forces (AEAF), 67

Allied Force Headquarters (AFHQ), 41, 86-88, 90, 97, 99, 102-04, 116, 118-21, 135, 196, 219, 282, 340, 605, 648. See also Shadle, Brig. Gen. Charles S.

Alligators, 376, 391, 491

American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), 4, 16-19, 21-24, 26

American School Center, Shrivenham, 42, 43, 64

American Special Observer Group (SPOBS), 36

Amphibious Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 402, 408, 409

Amphibious Groups

2, 532

3, 526

6, 526

Amphibious Smoke Committee, Navy, 408-10

Amphibious training centers, 409, 424, 462, 520

Anderson, Maj. Leland E., 522, 523

Andes, Lt. Col. James O., 204

Andrews, Lt. Gen. Frank M., 49, 55, 325

Angaur Island, 516, 517, 524

Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, 160

Antiaircraft Artillery Brigades

12th, 332n

49th, 356

Antiaircraft Artillery Group, 19th, 374

Antiaircraft Command, 14th, 398

Antiaircraft defenses, 322, 335, 338, 350, 401, 405, 407, 410

Antidim sticks, 283

Antipolo, 507

Antwerp, 360n

ANVIL, 340

Anzio, 128, 299, 333, 336-40, 342, 350, 399, 406, 443, 445-48, 452, 594

Aparri, 416, 513

Aprillo, 446

Arawe–Cape Gloucester-Saidor offensive, 260

Ardennes counteroffensive, 74, 77, 184, 275, 299, 372, 373, 455, 480-82, 484, 632

Argonne, 4

Armies

First (World War I), 653

First, 67, 69, 70, 71, 73, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81n, 164, 174-75, 177, 179, 183, 292, 303, 355, 360, 373, 377, 378, 381, 382, 389, 393, 466, 472-73, 479, 481, 483, 487-89, 596, 603, 606-07, 610, 612

Third, 67, 69, 71, 76, 78-80, 164, 179, 361-62, 371-72, 381, 383-84, 393, 474, 480, 484, 486n, 596-97, 604, 606, 610

Fifth, 100, 102, 122, 124, 128-29, 133, 282, 290, 298, 332, 334, 336, 346, 350, 421, 424-25, 432, 433, 435-37, 439-43, 445, 450, 452-53, 455-57, 593-95, 640

Sixth, 200n, 201, 211-13, 251, 256-58, 260-65, 310, 313-15, 317, 398-400, 403, 407, 497, 499, 502, 505, 546-49, 568-72, 574, 576, 590-91, 635

Seventh, 76, 80, 109-10, 109n, 127, 133, 282, 289, 292, 299, 301, 340, 342, 359-60, 381, 386, 387, 393, 425, 431-32, 453, 455, 479-80, 483, 488, 593, 602, 604, 611, 640

Eighth, 211-12, 403, 505

Ninth, 76, 80, 359, 373, 373n, 375, 377-78, 381, 389, 390, 390n, 391, 489, 609, 610-11

Tenth, 234n, 273, 275, 402, 519, 532-33, 568, 584, 589

Armored amphibian tractors. See LVT(4)s.

Armored Divisions

1st, 452

2nd, 429

7th, 361

9th, 381

10th, 371, 476

14th, 80, 611

Armored Force Board, 605

Armored Group, 13th, 576

Army Air Corps Tactical School, 28, 28n, 616

Army Air Forces (AAF), 67, 69, 87, 115, 149, 161, 168, 238, 278, 282, 284, 285, 317, 322-23, 338, 616, 618, 622, 625, 635, 647, 649

Army Ground Forces (AGF), 87, 141, 420, 431

Army Groups

1st, 64, 65, 67, 69, 183

6th, 76, 455, 480, 483, 485n, 608

12th, 71, 76, 78, 79, 156n, 179, 181, 183, 184, 185, 303, 304, 354n, 389, 466, 470, 472, 480, 483, 484, 485n, 607-08, 610, 646

15th, 350

Army Service Forces (ASF), 32, 33, 38, 49, 50, 53, 57, 61, 87, 89, 91, 101, 106, 113, 129, 134, 142, 168-73, 239, 638-39. See also Services of Supply (SOS).

Arnaville, 362-71

Arno River, 333, 334, 456

Arnold, General Henry H., 618n, 625, 626

Arras, 13

Arthur, Lt. Col. Frank M., 196, 198, 204, 213, 249, 250, 400, 501, 570

Artillery shell, toxic, 3, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 34, 107, 240, 269, 283

Arundel Island, 493-94, 496

Ashchurch, 138, 145

Assan Point, 562

Atchison, Lt. Col. Joseph E., 516, 530

Atkinson, Maj. Earle J., 18

Atlantic Base Section, 99, 100, 112, 113, 115, 289

Auburn, USS, 409

Audouville-la-Hubert, 177

Australia, 35, 192, 193, 201, 207, 236-37, 239, 240, 244-46, 253, 254, 256, 260, 293-94, 394, 397, 548, 642

Australian Antigas School, 195

Australian Army, 203, 216, 284, 412

Australian Chemical Warfare Experimental Station, 207

Australian Division, 7th, 412

Avranches, 471

Azato, 587

–B–

Bagnoli, 312-13, 330-31

Baguio, 513, 577

Baker, Newton D., 24, 25

Baker, Maj. Gen. Walter C., 322

Belem Pass, 577

Bamboe Peninsula, 493

Bari, 122

Barker, Col. Maurice E., 91, 93, 95, 96, 99, 100, 102, 104, 124, 129, 133, 134, 256, 282, 301, 331n, 332n, 421, 434, 439, 640, 641

Barnes, Col. Jack A., 378, 378n

Barnes, Brig. Gen. Julian F., 189

Barnham, 153

Barrows, Maj. John, 401

Barry, 147

Barta, Col. Edward J., 81n

Bartlett, Lt. Col. John L., 213

Base Air Depot Area, 159

Base E, Lae, 397

Base F, Finschhafen, 314

Base Section 3, USAFIA, 203, 284, 293

Base sections, 51, 61, 75, 76, 94, 101-03, 106, 110n, 112, 116, 118, 123, 124, 141, 179-80, 190, 193, 256, 257, 261

Bastogne, 481

Bataan, 188, 315, 422

Batlin, Lt. Col. Alexander, 498

Batte, Lt. Col. James H., 222, 464, 468, 469, 477, 478

Battle of the Bulge. See Ardennes counteroffensive.

Baum, Col. Harold J., 62, 67, 162, 621

Bay of Baiae, 330

Becque, Maj. John H., 220

Belfort, 455

Bell, Lt. Col. Edgar V. H., 485n

Bell, Col. Robert P., 363

Belvedere Hill, 442

Benevento, 435

Benner, Col. Ralph C., 212, 545

Berdorf, 485

Berlin, incendiary attack on, 622

Betio Island, 554

Biak, 214, 400n, 415, 499-502, 552, 570

Bilicke, Lt. Col. Albert C., 64

Bingen, 383, 385

Biological warfare, 26, 53, 75, 84, 119, 227, 232-34

Birmingham, 323

Bitche, 455, 602

Bizerte, 311, 328-29, 406

Blackburn, Lt. Col. Chester O., 54, 62

Blackstone Subtask Force, 91

Blaze bomb, 630

Bleach, 107, 130, 188, 221, 236, 243-44, 246-47, 267

Block Burner, 158, 622

Blohm, Lt. Willard H., 220

Blythe Colour Works, 166

Boggs, 1st Lt. Stanley, 303

BOLERO, 90, 90n, 140, 140n, 142-43, 147, 163, 170

Bollendorf, 486

Bologna, 351, 353

Bomb fuzes, 157, 285. See also Fuzes.

Bombardment Division, 1st, 157

Bomber Commands

VIII, 42, 157, 618n, 621

IX, 633

XX, 625

XXI, 401, 401n, 625-28, 628n, 630, 648

Bombs, 4, 11, 150-52, 154, 155, 240, 253, 269, 307, 475, 623, 626, 632. See also Blaze bomb; Bomb fuzes; Fire bombs; Incendiary bombs.

Bône, 289

Bonin Islands, 191

Bonn, 381, 382

Boothby, Capt. Walter M., 17, IS

Boppard, 385

Bougainville, 494-97, 540-43, 569

Boyles, Lt. Col. Samuel J., 81n

Bradley, Maj. Ingalls S., 47, 64, 175, 177

Bradley, General Omar N., 69, 76, 183, 425n, 459-60, 608, 609, 656

Bramlet, Col. Hubert B., 65, 73, 75n

Breakneck Ridge, 502

Breaks, Lt. Col. Robert W., 424

Bren gun carrier, 287

Brest, 597-99, 609

Brett, Lt. Gen. George H., 190, 238

Bridges and bridging. See Smoke screen operations, bridges and bridging sites.

Brisbane, 189, 190, 191n, 193, 194, 200, 203, 210, 212n, 284, 293, 306-07, 395, 546, 548

Bristol, 138, 146

British Expeditionary Forces (WWI), 8, 15

British forces, 119, 123, 327-29, 348, 449, 453, 609, 619, 653

British units. See also Royal Air Force; Royal Navy.

Antiaircraft Brigade, 45th, 332

Armoured Regiment, 141st, 609

Army, Second, 389, 390

Army, Eighth, 351, 450

Army Group, 21st, 76, 81, 355, 389, 489, 609

Commandos, 432-34, 458

Corps, 10th, 334, 432-35, 438, 443

Crocodile squadrons, 609

(SM) Company, 807th, 331

Special Brigade (WWI), 12, 15, 16

Brittany, 597

Brittany Base Section, 75n

Brixham, 356

Brody, Maj. Richard T., 206, 206n, 207

Brown, Capt. George W., 174

Buckner, Lt. Gen. Simon B., 402

Buderich, 389

Bullene, Brig. Gen. Egbert F., 219, 483-84

Buna, 199, 498, 543-45, 545n, 546, 549, 656

Bureau of Mines, 24n

Burke, Maj. Carl V., 192, 193, 194, 203, 205, 211

Burkitt, Lt. Col. Joel L., 204

Burma, 633, 634

Burn, Col. Walter P., 89, 96, 97, 346

Burns, Col. John R., 211, 212, 403

Burtonwood, 621

–C–

Cabaruan Hills, 510, 512, 515

Cagayan River valley, 416

Cairo (Italy), 448

Caldwell, Lt. Col. R. Beverly, 227, 233

Calore River, 433, 435

Camalaniugan airstrip, 416

Camouflage, 134n, 282, 284, 285, 633

Camp Bowie, 300, 303

Camp Doomben, 306

Camp Edwards, 326, 520

Camp Gordon Johnston, 424, 462, 520

Camp Sibert, 306, 311, 313, 326

Campofelice, 301

Canadian Army, First, 373

Canadian forces, 438n, 609

Canham, Brig. Gen. Charles D. W., 378

Cap de la Hague, 466

Cape Cretin, 313, 316

Cape Gloucester, 316, 550

Capua arsenal, 129-30, 290-92, 438

Caribbean Defense Command, 325

Carmen, 514

Carocetta, 446

Casablanca, 95, 97, 100, 301, 326, 327

Casablanca Conference, 48, 143

Casandrino, 290

Cassidy, 1st Lt. James W., 174

Cassino, 442-43, 448-50, 594

Castle Hill, 448

Casualties, Allied

flame thrower operators, 540, 571, 581-82

premature mortar bursts, 457, 484, 497, 503

World War I gas attacks, 5, 5n, 14

Casualties, Axis

from flame throwers, 562, 589

Hamburg raids and fire storm, 619, 619n

Tokyo raids, 629

World War I gas attacks, 5

Catmon Hill, 503-04, 525

Cavalry Brigade, 2nd, 550

Cavalry Division, 1st, 315, 502, 506, 507, 550, 572

Cavalry regiments

7th, 507

8th, 507

112th RCT, 547

Caves, 400n, 500, 513, 517. See also Flame throwers, against Japanese defenses.

Center Task Force (CTF), 89, 92, 93, 93n, 142, 326

Central Pacific Area (CENPAC), 191, 203, 220, 231, 234, 268-70, 286, 516, 560, 639

Central Pacific Base Command (CPBS), 227, 230, 233, 269, 273

Cerasuolo, 441

Cesari, S/Sgt. Robert J., 378-79

Chamberlain, Capt. N. F., 408, 410, 411

Chamier, Lt. Col. G. des C., 120

Chapman, Maj. James R., 448

Chapman, 1st Lt. Rubert D. 220

Charron, Col. Roy C., 65, 177, 179

Charters Towers, 240

Chatan, 517

Cheltenham, 40, 41, 42, 45, 46, 47, 51, 54, 55, 58, 59, 60, 64, 65, 73

Chemical air depot companies, 317

Chemical air operations companies, 161, 162, 191, 317, 319, 319n, 320

Chemical air service companies, 116, 245, 278, 317

Chemical Base Depot Companies, 278

9th, 178

66th, 178

Chemical Battalion, 1st Separate, 220, 296, 421

Chemical Company, Air Operations, 875th, 116n

Chemical Composite Companies, 92, 245, 278, 280, 308-09, 309n, 310-17, 319

92nd, 116n, 311-13

94th, 310n, 570

240th, 313-17

Chemical Composite Platoons

272nd, 310n

273rd, 310n

274th, 310n

275th, 310n

Chemical Decontamination Companies, 70, 92, 93, 172, 277, 279, 294, 300-304, 356-57

21st, 93n, 116n, 300-303, 342, 342n, 343, 344

24th, 116n, 328n, 301, 335, 336, 350

25th, 116n, 328n

29th, 273

30th, 70, 173-74, 356, 357

31st, 302-04, 356, 357

33rd, 174, 356

Chemical Depot Companies, 70, 79, 92, 147, 277, 279, 294-99, 317, 319

6th, 93, 93n, 98, 138, 145, 297-99

7th, 146, 178

8th, 286, 296-97

9th, 147

60th, 147, 174

61st, 147

62nd, 194, 241, 293, 306

63rd, 116n, 301

64th, 147

65th, 147, 178

412th, 241

Chemical Depot Companies (Aviation)

751st, 116n

753rd, 116n

754th, 318

758th, 116n

761st, 147

763rd, 319

Chemical Detachment, 1st Provisional POA, 274

Chemical Detachment, 411th, 274

Chemical general service companies, 293-95

Chemical impregnating companies, 92, 245, 277

Chemical Impregnating Company, 51st, 138, 145

Chemical Laboratory Companies, 70, 123, 206, 277, 279, 280-88

1st, 282

3rd, 189, 193, 236, 283-84

41st, 116n, 282-83, 313

42nd, 192, 193, 205, 231, 283-86, 293, 394-95, 400

43rd, 286-88, 297, 564

45th, 281

Chemical land mines, 91, 238, 240, 267

Chemical Maintenance Companies, 70, 131, 146n, 166, 177, 182, 277, 278, 288-95, 317, 479-80, 480n

10th, 194, 241, 262, 292-95, 546, 548

11th, 116n, 480n

12th, 116n, 133, 289-92, 301, 438

14th, 597

20th, 296

57th, 376

711th, 178

Chemical mortar, 4.2-inch, 110, 134, 267, 279, 288, 420, 437, 457-58, 515

against armor, 426-27, 428n, 512, 512n

against Japanese cave positions, 400n, 500

ammunition for, 34, 84, 107, 128-30, 133-34, 137, 155, 175, 180-81, 213, 269, 275-76, 310, 428n, 433, 434, 435, 440, 447-48, 451, 455, 457, 465-66, 473, 475, 477, 481, 486-87, 489, 495, 503, 508, 509, 510, 510n, 513, 519-20, 528, 532

artillery support mission, 420, 420n, 465, 471-72, 477, 482, 494, 495, 499, 500, 503, 646

breakage and maintenance problems, 133-34, 182, 432, 434, 439, 446, 473, 475-80, 480n, 491, 496-97, 504, 513, 521, 532

carts, 426, 430, 480, 498

communications problems, 435-36, 439, 448-52, 485, 487, 495, 511, 514

defective shell, 133, 134, 180-81, 457, 482-84, 497, 500, 509, 519-20

demonstrations of, 425, 497, 520

field commanders reaction to, 421-22, 425n, 429, 458, 494

gas-delivering capacity, 418

high-explosive mission, 26, 207, 418, 420, 492, 520, 646

infantry support, 430, 449, 477, 495-96, 499, 500, 503, 504, 506-07, 515, 518-19

Japanese fear of, 494-96

jungle warfare problems, 494-97

on landing craft, 232, 425-26, 492, 500, 520-21, 533.

See also Mortar boats.

limitations, 453, 471-72, 500, 504

M2 sight, 431, 507

M3 shell, 275, 457, 483

M4 shell, 275, 520

on M7 half-track, 439-40

modified from Stokes mortar, 3-4, 418

propellants, 290, 431, 435, 438, 439, 497, 500

range and accuracy of, 427, 430-31, 434, 435, 439, 440, 477-78, 493, 500, 507, 513, 518, 525

rapid firing problems, 437, 491, 496

in Sicily Campaign, 418

sites and emplacements, 464, 496, 506

smoke mission of, 337, 345-46, 380, 400, 418, 509, 520

spare parts, 168-69, 178-79, 182, 275, 288-92, 478-79, 479n

stock in 1941, 34, 267

support of armored team, 476-77

tactical control of, 494-95, 500-501, 504, 505, 514

transportation problems, 426, 430, 436, 451, 452, 456, 456n, 493-94, 501-05

Chemical mortar battalions, 70-72, 78-79, 81, 82, 127, 137, 265, 480, 484, 491, 646, 649

employment of, 73-74, 429, 471, 499, 500, 514-15, 519

replacement problems, 468-70

requirements for and allotment of, 70, 77, 107, 168, 211-12, 229, 421-22, 422n, 423, 459-61, 497-98, 516

tables of organization and equipment, 426, 430, 456, 460, 462, 470-71, 482, 506n

unit and manpower shortages, 218, 460-61, 515-16, 646

Chemical Mortar Battalions

2nd, 289, 345, 346, 422, 424, 425, 426n, 427-29, 432, 433, 435, 437-39, 442-44, 448-53, 455, 480n, 482

3rd, 289, 343, 344, 346, 421, 422, 424, 425, 429, 436, 440-41, 450-51, 453, 455, 480, 480n, 520

71st, 516

72nd, 516

81st, 305, 372, 422, 460-64, 473-78

82nd, 422, 493-96, 497n, 505-08, 515

83rd, 422, 424-26, 429, 432-34, 437-38, 445-48, 452-56, 480n

84th, 345-46, 422, 424, 425, 432, 433, 435-38, 440, 445-48, 452, 455-57

85th, 315, 423, 502-03, 505-07, 513, 514, 514n, 515

86th, 423, 461-62, 466-67, 469, 478, 481

87th, 292, 305, 379, 380, 423, 461-62, 464-66, 472-73, 477, 478, 482, 487-88, 488n, 489

88th 275n, 423, 502-04, 516-17, 519, 522

89th, 389, 390, 485n, 489-91

90th, 485n

91st, 482, 484-85, 485n, 486-87

92nd, 374, 375, 461-62, 467-68, 470, 471-72, 480n, 482, 489n,

93rd, 389, 485n

94th, 485n

95th, 485n

96th, 292, 485n

97th, 485n

98th, 461n, 499, 500, 502, 505, 510-15, 529

99th, 292, 456, 461n, 480n

100th, 456-57, 461n

Chemical Mortar Companies, 422, 481

glider operations, 453-55

91st, 404, 502, 504, 516-19, 522

189th, 516, 530

Chemical officers, 266

base sections, 73, 75-76, 256, 261, 641

field command, 81-84, 213-15

liaison, 82, 100

replacement of, 118, 468-70

shortage of, 104, 207, 468

with task forces, 263, 265

theater chief officers, 30, 35, 38, 43n, 45-46, 50-51, 196, 232-33, 255-57, 637-38, 648-49

Chemical Processing Companies, 166-67, 252-53, 277, 278, 279, 304-08

51st, 166

52nd, 116n

53rd, 116n

103rd, 307-08

105th, 252, 305-07

109th, 305

110th, 297

113th, 305

120th, 305

Chemical Regiments

1st, 421

2nd, 421

Chemical service companies, 70, 279-80, 308-09, 308n

Chemical Service Companies (Aviation)

3rd, 191

5th, 220

Chemical Service Company, 62nd, 307

Chemical Service Platoons, 310, 403

236th, 317, 317n

237th, 317

238th, 317

240th, 317

Chemical service units, 212, 229, 268, 274, 277-80, 314, 643

Chemical Smoke Generator Battalions, 70, 22)

22nd, 331, 359, 382, 387

23rd, 355-57, 359, 382

24th, 355, 356, 359

25th, 355, 356, 359

26th, 397

27th, 359, 389, 390

28th, 402

68th, 402

Chemical Smoke Generator Companies, 172, 325-27, 354-55, 359-60, 363, 368, 392, 395, 399, 400

67th, 402

69th, 93n, 328, 387, 388

70th, 397-99, 402

71st, 402

74th, 373, 374, 389, 391, 491n

75th, 325

76th, 325

77th, 325

78th, 93n, 95, 327, 327n, 328, 387, 389

79th, 355-57, 378, 381-82

80th, 355, 357, 378, 381-82

81st, 356, 383, 386

82nd, 356

83rd, 373, 374, 376, 389, 390

84th, 355-57, 362-71, 371n, 372, 372n, 383-85

85th, 356

86th, 356

87th, 356

161st, 355, 357, 368, 371, 371n, 372, 383-85

162nd, 383, 385-86

163rd, 331, 387

164th, 331

165th, 356

167th, 356

168th, 328, 331, 387

170th, 397, 399, 402

171st, 356

172nd, 328, 331, 332, 333, 334, 348, 350, 351, 450

179th, 331-34, 336-37, 339, 350, 352

Chemical Training Battalion, 469

Chemical Warfare Board, 324

Chemical Warfare General Service Company, 10th, 295

Chemical Warfare Service. See also Porter, Maj. Gen. William N.; Waitt, Brig. Gen. Alden H.

active strength, 1933-43, 26, 636

appropriations for, 26, 636-37

and ASF/OPD controls, 32, 34, 61, 101, 106, 173, 638

BW research mission, 26

and chemical mortar, 418-21, 431, 471, 492, 520

and chemical mortar battalions, 420, 422-23, 459-60, 497

and chemical shell failures, 181

and flame thrower, 534-35, 545, 558-59, 605-06, 646

gas and nongas missions, 636-37, 648-51, 657

GHQ concept, 28, 30

and incendiary bomb program, 616-18, 647

logistics mission, 642-44

as a permanent service, 1920, 24-25, 27

pre-World War II missions, 25-26, 419

and redesignation as Chemical Corps, 652n, 657

smoke mission, 321-22, 644

Spare Parts Team, 129, 182, 479

supply and logistical compilations, 113-14

supply planning for TORCH, 90-92

and theater CWS, 35, 56-57, 61, 100, 201, 203, 208, 637, 639-40

Chemical Warfare Service, AEF, 19, 21-24, 29, 38, 40, 52

Chemical Warfare Service, ETOUSA, 40-62, 64-65, 67-69, 72-85, 85n, 89-90, 104n, 105, 113-14, 123, 136-48, 152, 156, 163-73, 178-82, 185, 256, 482, 596, 638, 641

Chemical Warfare Service, National Army, 19, 22, 24

Chemical Warfare Service, NATOUSA/MTOUSA, 34-35, 102-05, 114, 116, 118-20, 122-24, 127, 129, 130, 134, 135, 137, 178, 256, 430, 460, 640, 644

Chemical Warfare Technical Committee, 558

Chenard incendiary bomb, 615

Chengtu, 625

Cherbourg, 178, 358, 465-66

Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (COSSAC), 59, 68

China, 624, 633

China-Burma-India Theater, 216

Chiunzi Pass, 434

Chloracetophenone, 3

Chloride of lime. See Bleach.

Chlorine gas, 5, 9, 11

Chloropicrin, 13

Chlorosulfonic acid, 322n, 414n

Chonito Cliff, 562, 563

Christensen, Col. Christian O., 75n

Church, Lt. Col. James R., 17, 18

Cinderford, 146, 154

Cisterns, 447, 447n

Civil defense, 221, 224

Civilian Conservation Corps, 221

Civitavecchia, 332, 350

Clark, Lt. Gen. Mark W., 89, 129, 448

Clark Field, 187

Clements, Maj. John O., 233

Clifton, M. Allegra, 222

Clough, Lt. Col. Lyle A., 204

Cobb, Col. John B., 81n

Coblentz, Col. Siegfried P., 100, 110n, 113, 114, 115, 116, 124, 133, 134, 256, 331, 640, 641

COBRA, 467

Colasion Point, 400

Colleville sur Mer, 174

Collins, Maj. Gen. J. Lawton, 378

Colmar, 292, 302, 455

Cologne-Jülich highway, 375

Columboola, 240, 307

Combined Chiefs of Staff, 48, 111

Communications Zone (COMZ), ETO, 65, 67, 71, 73, 132, 162, 164, 177-80, 185, 638

Cone, Capt. Richard H., 197

Containers, 151, 155, 162, 244, 246-48, 272, 293, 297, 320, 497, 500, 556

Continental Advance Section (CONAD), 185-86, 292

Continental Base Command, 299

Copthorne, Col. William A., 215, 637, 650

and administration of theater CWS, 203, 235, 639, 648

biography, 193

and chemical materiel supply, 193, 207, 238, 242, 243, 247, 251, 252, 254, 259, 261-64

chemical officer, USAFIA and USASOS, 189-94, 200-208, 210-12, 216, 218, 224, 234, 256, 258

chief chemical officer, AFPAC, 219

and field laboratories, 196-97, 206, 284-85

and flame thrower malfunction, 545-46

and smoke generators, 394-96, 402-03, 408n

Corps

I (World War I), 18

I, 197, 198, 213, 214n, 400, 400n, 498, 499n, 501, 505, 505n, 507, 510, 512-13, 515, 529, 548, 548n, 573-74, 577

I Armored, 109n

II, 89, 96, 97, 98, 298, 328, 346, 348, 350, 351, 429, 438, 440-43, 445, 448-51, 457, 604

III, 378, 380, 382, 480

IV, 350, 352, 353, 457

V, 37, 70, 378, 462, 481, 597, 599

VI, 81n, 299, 334-37, 337n, 343, 345, 350, 432, 435, 437, 438, 440-41, 445, 447, 452-53, 594

VII, 70, 356, 377-78, 380, 380n, 381, 382, 462, 464-65, 467, 472, 487-88, 601

VIII, 383, 385, 386, 386n, 609

X, 407, 502, 503, 570

XI, 213, 315, 399, 508, 509, 515, 634

XII, 80, 317n, 383-86, 484-86, 486n

XIII, 373-74, 389

XIV, 204, 213, 213n, 493-94, 505, 505n, 506-10, 515, 527, 538-39, 543, 576

XV, 80, 387, 489

XVI, 389, 390, 489

XVIII, 81n

XIX, 81n, 373-75, 389, 467, 472, 599

XX, 361, 366, 368, 371, 383, 386, 474, 599

XXI, 302

XXIV, 274, 407, 502-03, 503n, 525, 533, 570, 576, 584, 586, 588

Corregidor, 188-90

Corrosion problems, 293, 432, 497

Corsica, 311

Cottingham, Lt. Col. Levin B., 81n, 363, 365-67, 367n, 369, 486, 486n

Coughlan, Col. Joseph D., 67, 67n, 69, 71, 78, 175, 355

Counter Intelligence Corps, 285

Coventry, 323

Crawford, Maj. Robert W., 19

Crawford, Lt. Col. Thomas B., 81n

Cresswell, 166

Crocodile tanks. See Flame thrower tanks, Crocodile.

Croen, Maj. Herbert F., Jr., 89, 96, 99

Cummins, Maj. Tristram J., 414

Cunin, Col. Kenneth A., 78, 78n, 81n, 378, 426

Cunningham, Sgt. John J., 174

Cylinders, Gas, 3, 4n, 7, 8, 9, 13, 262, 293, 539, 546, 547, 550, 570

–D–

Dagami, 503-04, 571

Daguitan River, 526

Dagupan, 529

Damortis, 510, 529

Danek, Lt. Col. Richard R., 213, 213n, 509

Darby, Col. William, 434, 445-46

Darra, 239-40

Darwin, 190

Dasman, Sgt. Raymond F., 198-200

Davidson, Lieutenant, 544-45

Day, Col. Alfred C., 65, 71, 76

DDT, 319

Decontaminating agent, noncorrosive (DANC), 125, 236, 243, 244, 247-48, 267

Decontaminating apparatus, 71, 75, 108, 171, 178, 236, 244, 248, 262, 271-73

hand, 139, 182, 244, 267

M3, 168

M3A1, 130, 132

M4, 132, 168

power-driven, 107, 130-33, 168, 174, 175, 182, 244, 253, 271, 291, 300, 303, 310, 319, 643-44

Defandorf, Col. James H., 53, 54

Deimling, General von, 10n

Delta Base Section, 129

Demolitions, 426, 427, 549, 552, 555-57, 563, 579, 582, 600-601

Depots, 61, 90, 95, 97-99, 137-38, 146-48, 154, 177-78, 185, 185n, 288, 298, 301, 302, 313, 315-16, 318-19. See also Chemical depot companies; Dumps.

Detection devices, 75, 139, 167, 244-45

Detector kit, M9, 282

Devers, Lt. Gen. Jacob L., 455, 608

Dichloroethyl sulfide. See Mustard gas.

Dick Hills, 586

Digdig, 513

Dijon, 292

Dillingen, 371, 372, 372n

Dimethyl phthalate, 308

Diphenylchloroasine, 14, 14n

Distinguished Service Cross, 518, 594n

Dixon, Lt. Col. Gordon A., 456

Dodds, Col. Russell W.,

Doolittle, Capt. G. B., 511-12

Dornot, 361

Doty, Lt. Col. Edouard R. L., 221, 222, 225, 227

Doxey, Col. Thomas A., 273

DRAGOON, 340, 344, 453-54. See also Southern France, invasion of.

Dukws, 384, 388, 445, 501, 505

Dülag, 503, 525-26

Dumps, 70, 96, 129, 148, 148n, 174, 177, 274-75, 299, 302, 314-16, 342, 356-57, 497. See also Depots.

Düren 377, 378, 487-88

Dusseldorf, 389

Dust respirators, 126, 175, 182, 267

Dyes and dyeing, 282, 284, 285, 305

–E–

Eaker, Maj. Gen. Ira C., 56

Eastern Base Section (EBS), 106, 112, 141n, 311

Eastern Task Force, 93n, 142, 326

Eben Emael, 535

Echternach, 485, 485n, 486-87

Edgewood Arsenal, Md., 26, 282, 283, 285, 286, 287, 293, 306, 308, 324, 325

Eichelberger, Lt. Gen. Robert L., 197

Eisenhower, General Dwight D., 40, 86, 87, 102, 110, 121, 183, 355, 605, 606

Electron bombs, 614, 617

Elliott, Col. Lowell A., 40, 41, 43, 96, 98, 99

Emmons, Lt. Gen. Delos C., 225

Empress Augusta Bay, 494, 496

Enemy Equipment Intelligence Service Team (EEIST) Number One, 79-80, 84

Engineer Combat Battalions, 592

6th, 552

27th, 551

114th, 199, 543

118th, 538

121st, 374

149th, 303

294th, 379

295th, 377

Engineer Combat Groups

40th, 387

540th, 386

1102nd, 385

1103rd, 363, 367n, 368

Engineer Combat Regiment, 40th, 342

Engineer Gas and Flame Regiment, 30th, 17, 18, 23

Engineer operations. Sec Flame throwers; Smoke screen operations.

Engineer Shore Groups

36th, 342n

40th, 342n

540th, 342n

Engineer Shore Regiment, 531st, 174, 298

Engineer Special Brigades, 70, 356, 398

2nd, 400

6th, 303

Engineers, Corps of, 17, 24n, 27, 247, 558, 643

Eniwetok, 406, 556

Enz, Maj. Walter W. F., 192, 195, 201, 202, 205, 210

Epinal, 292, 479

Erft River, 484

European Theater of Operations, United States Army (ETOUSA), 35, 40, 43, 136, 164, 519, 596, 605, 610, 638, 644

Eyeshields, 108, 112, 167, 175

–F–

Falaise, 632

Far East Air Force, 190, 190n, 216, 319

Far Eastern Technical Unit (FETU), 210

Fedala, 95

Fellenz, Lt. Col. Lloyd E., 120

Field, Capt. Harold L., 114n

Field Artillery Battalions

19th, 474

314th, 485

905th, 485

Field Artillery Board, 420

Field Artillery Group, 191st, 499

Fighter Commands

VIII, 159

IX, 159

Filling apparatus and plants, 153, 221, 239

Fincke, Lt. Melvin, 220

Finschhafen, 257, 313, 314

Fire bombs. See also Incendiary bombs.

165-gallon, napalm, 630n, 632

in European operations, 149, 631-32

expenditures, 632, 634, 635, 647

igniters for, 159, 631, 634

improvised, 320

in Pacific operations, 320, 517, 633-35

shortage of, 160-62

sizes of, 630n

tactical missions and employment, 159, 160, 614, 630, 635, 647

Fire storm, Hamburg, 619n

Firenzoulo, 351n

Fiske, Lt. Col. William M., 355

Flame, psychological value of, 541, 572, 586, 588, 598, 609, 612, 633

Flame thrower tanks, 657. See also Flame throwers; Flame throwers, mechanized; Ronson flame thrower.

Crocodile, 605-06, 609-10

development of, 230, 232, 234, 287, 535, 643, 646

flame tank battalion, 576, 584-85, 589

M3 series, 287, 560-61

Satan, 287, 560-63

Sherman-Crocodile, 605, 605n, 606, 609-10

training, 561, 567, 579, 589, 608, 611-12

Flame throwers, 81, 109, 171-72, 177, 177n, 178, 265, 279

in amphibious assaults, 271, 553, 597

in city fighting, 573-74, 576, 597

defective parts, 199, 245, 547, 604

demonstrations, 425, 553, 560, 577, 593, 605, 606

early development and use, 534-35, 558-60, 560n, 579-80

ETO use of, compared with use in Pacific, 603-04, 612, 647

fuel and expenditures, 159, 169, 232, 272, 287, 297, 316, 539, 547, 552, 556, 562, 570, 574, 583, 586, 592, 607-08

against German fixed fortifications, 594, 597-603

improvised, 189

against Japanese defenses, 536-38, 541-42, 542n, 543-46, 549, 551-57, 561-63, 566-67, 569, 571-74, 577-78, 580-84, 586-88, 590-91

maintenance of, 182, 292-94, 310, 316, 537, 539-40, 543-45, 545n, 546-47, 550, 554, 559, 564, 570-72, 575, 581, 595, 601, 610, 647

range of, 537, 541, 563, 573, 581, 611, 647

shortages, 169, 547, 604

transportation problems, 564, 574, 594

unit allotments of, 272, 555, 557, 579, 584, 590, 596, 596n, 599, 602, 610

waterproofing of, 294, 546, 547, 550, 559, 564, 575, 595

World War I projectors, 15, 534

Flame throwers, mechanized, 169, 535, 583, 646. See also Flame thrower tanks; Flame tractors.

auxiliary (defined), 560n

communications problems, 577

E4-5 auxiliary, 560, 562, 576, 576n, 583, 588-89, 591, 605-07, 610-11

E4R2-4R3-5R1, 589n, 607n

E5-5, 606

E12-7R1, 590n, 608

in Europe, 169, 608-09, 612-13, 647

flame hoses, 567-68, 587, 590

on landing craft, 564-65

M3-4-3, 576n, 610

main armament (defined), 560n

Mark 1, Navy, 564-65, 567

periscope mounted, 588-89, 589n

POA CWS HI, 580, 584, 590

Q Model (E7-7), 564, 576

Flame throwers, portable, 88, 135, 169, 230, 234, 534, 535, 584, 646-47

discarded by advancing troops, 175, 550, 597

doctrine for employment, 213, 568-72, 574-75, 595, 596, 647

E1, 535

E1R1, 535, 543, 547, 592

failure in Papua Campaign, 199, 245, 293

an infantry/engineer weapon, 213, 537-38, 548, 554, 555-57, 563-64

M1, 535, 539, 547, 592, 593

M1A1, 293, 535, 539, 547, 550, 559, 575, 581, 592-93, 599, 604

M2-2, 535, 564, 564n, 571, 575, 579, 581

in North Africa and Sicily, 592-93

training for, 213, 230, 537-38, 540, 542-43, 548, 548n, 549, 553-56, 568-69, 579, 582, 593-94, 594n, 596, 599, 603-04, 647

Flame tractors, 565-67, 576

Flanagan, Lt. Harry G., 602

Flare mixture, M8, 622n

Flattop Hill, Okinawa, 586

Florence, 129

Foch, Marshal Ferdinand, 87

Fog oil. See Smoke screen operations, fog oil for.

Foley, Lt. Col. William, 64, 81n, 83

Fontanello Caves, 290

Formosa, 187

Fort Bragg, 424

Fort Custer, 289, 469

Fort Driant, 368, 474-75

Fort Montbarey, 609

Fort Sam Houston, 297

Fort Shafter, 220, 224, 296

Fort Stotsenburg, 506, 510

Forward Echelon, Communications Zone (FECOMZ), 65, 69, 71, 73, 164, 175, 177

Foster, Col. Ferris U., 51n, 75n

Foulkes, Brigadier Charles H., 9, 14, 15, 16

Fournier, Maj, Roland P., 221, 222, 227

Frankel, 2nd Lt. Theodore, 551-52

Frankfurt, 385

French, Sir John, 9

French Expeditionary Corps (FEC), 441, 450-51

French forces, 299, 302, 327, 329, 455

French forces (World War I), 7-8, 8n, 10-12, 15-16, 534, 653

Fries, Maj. Gen. Amos A., 73, 82, 200, 640

as Chief of Gas Service, AEF, 17, 17n, 18-19, 22-24, 37, 38. 41, 51, 52

and CWS research role, 74, 85, 111

“Fries-trained” officers, 27, 32, 32n

and a permanent CWS, 24, 30, 653

and World War I operations, 4, 14, 643

Friesenheimer Island, 388

Frink, Maj. Gen. John L., 216, 264

FS smoke, 106, 188, 245, 267, 342, 342n, 394, 395, 400, 414, 414n, 417, 508. See also Smoke tanks.

Fuel, thickened, 158, 159, 161, 169, 562, 580, 583, 592, 620, 631, 634. See also Incendiary bombs; Napalm. Fuel mixing, 160-61, 265, 272, 287-88, 570, 584

Furiano River, 428-29

Fuzes, 133, 134, 275-76, 285, 432, 457, 482-84, 497, 500, 509, 519-20, 532, 621

–G–

G-agents, 281, 650

Gaffney, Capt. Philip J., 463

Garapan, 563

Garigliano River, 346, 350, 436, 442, 450, 452

Garrison forces, 270, 272-73, 275

Gas alarms, 75, 139, 168, 221, 244

Gas attacks, fear of, 77, 177, 200, 473n

Gas masks, 36, 70, 75, 108, 165, 166, 172, 182n, 237, 279. See also Protective equipment.

canisters, 241, 249, 262, 294

discarded, 71, 76, 175, 180, 183, 198, 249, 288, 315

maintenance and repair of, 133, 179, 184-85, 185n, 249-50, 273, 289-92, 310

service, 34, 126, 138, 165, 179, 185, 187-88, 221, 239, 240, 249, 255, 267-68, 296, 651

as sniper target, 175, 250

supply of, 34, 34n, 76, 77, 183-84, 651

training, 187-88, 221, 236, 241, 249-50, 262, 267

World War I, 4, 8, 10-11, 11n, 13, 14, 14n, 17-18

Gas reconnaissance, 174, 303

Gas Regiment, 1st, 18, 23, 65

Gas Service, AEF, 16-19, 21

Gas warfare

Allied policy on, 25, 28, 48, 77-78, 88, 107, 111, 652-64

German policy on, 50, 69-70, 79-80, 108, 122, 156, 177, 183-84, 279, 303, 650, 655-56

Japanese policy on, 187, 197, 200, 206, 220, 652, 656

preparedness for, 42, 47, 50, 69, 76-78, 84, 187, 200-201, 227, 234, 269-70, 277, 317, 648-52, 656-57

theater plans for, 48, 55-57, 68, 77, 88, 107, 139, 201-02, 208, 210, 218, 228-29, 231-32, 234, 240, 245, 254, 269, 650-51

World War I, 3-15, 653

Gassing, accidental, 122

Gay, Col. Hobart R., 93

Gay, Col. Robert N., 204, 211, 213, 213n, 539

Geelong, 239-40

Gela, 426

Gelb Kreuz, 14n

General Depot 6, EBS, 311

Geneva Gas Protocol of 1925, 25, 25n, 28, 655

Gerhard, Col. Frederick W., 78n

Gerhardt, Maj. Gen. Charles H., 375n

Germany. See Gas warfare, German policy on; Luftwaffe.

Gernsheim, 387

Gertulla, Capt. Jalmar, 499

Gilbert Islands, 191, 269, 271, 405, 555

Gill, Maj. Gen. William H., 497

Glider operations, 417, 453-55

Göring asparagus, 453

Gona, 656

Gondrecourt, 18

Goodenough Island, 257, 396

Goon gun, 428n

Goon Gun Hill, 428n

Gorrill, Lt. Col. F. S., 201

Gothic Line, 350, 456, 457

Grant, Capt. Carl E., 106

Greeley, Col. Leonard J., 204, 216

“Green Light Supply” plan, 165

Green, Maj. Maurice G., 507

Greene, Col. William H., 366

Grenades

HC smoke, 107

incendiary, 84, 91, 96, 133, 159

M8, 126-27, 169, 253

M14, 253

M15 WP, 126-27, 262, 320, 602

No. 79, British, 169

smoke, 84, 169, 172, 199, 323, 537

thermite, 106, 539-40

white phosphorus, 107, 126-27, 262, 320, 542n, 551, 573, 594, 600, 602, 609, 631, 643

Grenoble, 299

Griswold, Maj. Gen. Oscar W., 494

Grothaus, Lt. Col. Donald G., 206, 206n, 207, 253, 401n

Ground Forces Reinforcement System, 72

Ground Forces Replacement Command, 62, 468, 470

Guadalcanal, 493, 494, 522, 536-40, 542-43, 546, 564, 566, 595

Guam, 401, 406, 516, 561n, 562-63, 625, 628

Gurkha troops, 449

Gustav Line, 336, 350, 436, 442-43, 445, 450, 452, 594

Guild, Col. Walter A., 337n, 640

–H–

Haber, Fritz, 6, 6n, 7, 8n

Hague Peace Conference, 6

Hagushi Beach, 274, 402, 410

Halverson, Maj. Roy E., 396

Hambach, 376

Hamburg, incendiary raid on, 619, 619n

Hamilton, Col. Stuart A., 187, 188, 189

Hamilton, Lt. Col. William B., 469

Hammond, Col. William C., 81n

Hannett, Lt. Cmdr. G. W., 527

Hansell, Brig. Gen. Haywood S., 626, 627

Harbord, Maj. Gen. James G., 21n

Harmon, Maj. Gen. Ernest N., 91

Harper, Col. John H., 273

Hawaii, 34, 191, 222, 273-75, 286, 296-97, 409, 516, 520, 530, 560, 564, 584, 657

Hawaiian Air Force, 220

Hawaiian Chemical Depot, 220, 267, 268, 273, 296, 297

Hawaiian Department, 35, 219-22, 224, 227, 228, 231, 266-68, 404-05, 553, 553n, 637, 642, 646

Hayes, Maj. John J., 41, 139, 140, 143

Hays, Lt. Col. Edwin S. S., Jr., 485n

Heath Plantation, 412

HC smoke, 322n, 374, 408

Heddernheim, 621

Heffner, Capt. James J., 95

Hexachlorethane (HC). See HC smoke.

Hickam Field, 220, 401

Highway 1 (Italy), 352

Highway 5 (Luzon), 506, 513

Highway 6 (Italy), 346, 437, 442, 448

Highway 7 (Italy), 346, 348, 350, 445-47

Highway 64 (Italy), 352-53

Highway 65 (Italy), 351

Hilbringen, 371

Hill, Rear Adm. Harry W., 532

Hill, Capt. Tom B., USN, 225

Hills

60, 586

89, 587-88

95, 586-87

178, 586

260, 542, 542n

303, 363

331, 363

593 (Albaneta Farm), 448-49

700, 541

715, 428, 428n

950, 438-39

1000, 541

Hilsea, 147

Hingle, Maj. Arthur T., 47, 64, 164, 175, 177

Hiroshima, 648

Histon, 147

Hitler, Adolf, 36, 655

Hobbs, Maj. Gen. Leland S., 376, 377

Hollandia, 213, 218, 252, 308, 498, 501

Hollerath, 601

Holmes, Capt. Jerome K., 227, 232

Honolulu, 404, 405, 559

Honshu, 624, 625, 627

Hooker, Lt. Col. Albert H., 153

Howitzers, 420, 420n, 495, 500

Huebner, Maj. Gen. Clarence R., 473

Hughes, Maj. Gen. Everett S., 121

Hulett, George A., 16, 17

Hulsey, Lt. Col. David D., 214n, 399, 509

Humboldt Bay, 498

Humphreville, Lt. Col. Bruce T., 80, 95, 96, 109, 640

Huon Gulf, 527

Huon Peninsula, 412

HURRICANE Task Force, 499

Husky, 424, 426, 429. See also Sicily.

Hutchinson, Lt. Col. William S., 446, 456

Hypochlorite, 188

–I–

ICEBERG, 402

Iceland, 620

Ie Shima, 402, 410, 533

Imperial Chemical Industries, 153

Impregnating facilities, 71, 166-67, 171, 187-88, 221, 225, 242, 245, 252, 267, 279, 296, 305-07, 643-44. See also Chemical impregnating companies; Protective clothing.

Imugan, 513

Incendiary bomb clusters, 151, 319, 320, 621

adapters for, 620, 628n

aimable, 620

M17, 500-pound, aimable, 157, 518, 622, 623

M52, 500-pound, 107

M54, 100-pound, 107

maintenance problems, 133

100-pound, of 4-pound magnesium bombs, 157, 620

100-pound, of M50 bombs, 620

Incendiary bombs, 135, 149, 238, 279, 317, 614, 647. See also Bombs; Fire bombs.

British, 151, 152, 156, 157, 618-19, 623

AN-M50A1, 107, 622

AN-M50A2, 107, 622

combat operations requirements, ETO, 153-54, 156

defective, 620

development of, 26, 616-17, 647-48

Eighth Air Force, first use by, 620

electron, German, 614, 617

expenditures, 154, 157, 158, 619, 622, 623, 629, 647

filling for, 151, 152, 158, 284, 614-17, 620, 628

and HE, compared, 616-17, 621, 647

improvised, 197

loop-sling suspension in B-17, 621

maintenance problems, 133

M47, 100-pound, 151, 154-58, 617, 620-21, 623, 630

M47A1, 319

M47A2, 628

M50, 4-pound, 620, 622, 623, 630, 633

M69, 6-pound, oil, 619, 628, 633

M76, 500-pound, Block Burner, 158, 622-23, 630

tactical air missions, 319, 630

use against German targets, 157, 619, 621-24, 628

use against Japan, 320, 624-30, 657

World War I types, 614-15

and Zoroastrian Society, 619

4-pound magnesium, 150, 617, 647

25-pound, 616

110-kilo, oil, 617

500-pound, oil, 647

2,000-pound, 152

Incendiary darts, 615

Incendiary gel (PT), 158, 622

India, 625

Indian forces, 449

Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, 40, 89

Infantry Divisions

1st (World War 1), 17

1st, 70, 81n, 83, 424, 426, 462, 473, 593, 597, 601

2nd, 597, 598-99

3rd, 289, 292, 299, 340, 342n, 343-45, 386, 387, 388, 424, 425, 428, 435-37, 445, 447, 452, 489, 520

4th, 70, 465, 600

5th, 81n, 361-63, 367-71, 383, 384-85, 474, 485, 604

6th, 214n, 315, 316, 400, 500, 507, 508, 509-10, 512, 551-52

7th, 502, 504, 516-18, 525, 555, 559, 571, 586-88

8th, 81n, 378, 487, 597-98

9th, 424, 466, 473, 601

24th, 220, 262, 502-03, 548

25th, 215, 220, 231, 493, 494, 513, 536-38, 543, 557

26th, 81n

27th, 272, 516, 553-54, 561n, 563, 586

29th, 70, 177, 373-75, 375n, 376, 462, 467, 598, 609-10

30th, 70, 374-76, 376n, 377, 391, 467-68, 472, 489, 489n, 599, 601

31st, 315

32nd, 195, 196, 198, 204, 213, 214n, 236, 497, 503, 513, 543, 572

33rd, 315, 513

34th, 339, 345, 435, 440, 443, 448-49

35th, 81n

36th, 299, 334, 340, 342n, 387, 432-33, 438, 439, 441, 443-44, 448-49, 452, 455, 594n

37th, 416, 494, 496, 506, 538-41, 543, 574

38th, 317n, 506

40th, 316, 506, 527

41st, 195, 196, 198, 236, 249, 251, 400, 499, 501, 548, 551-52, 570

43rd, 493, 506, 538, 540, 543, 573

45th, 299, 340, 342n, 386, 387, 424, 425, 432, 433, 440, 452, 454-55

65th, 81n

71st, 387

76th, 485

77th, 502, 504, 517, 532-33, 561n, 562, 563

79th, 391, 465, 489-90

80th, 81n, 386, 485

81st, 516, 524, 633

84th, 374

85th, 450-51, 594

87th, 383, 385, 385n, 386

88th, 346, 352, 447, 450-52

89th, 383, 385-86

90th, 371, 372, 383, 384-85, 466, 474, 476

91st, 81n

93rd, 542

95th, 371

96th, 502, 503, 517-19, 525, 571, 586

98th, 525

100th, 602

102nd, 374

104th, 378, 487

106th, 81n

Americal, 236, 494-96, 536, 542, 543, 569

Infantry Regiments

1st, 551-52

7th, 428

8th, 465

10th, 362-64, 485-86

11th, 474-75, 485

13th, 378

16th, 462

17th, 571, 587

20th, 499, 500, 510-12, 552

21st, 502

22nd, 465, 600

26th, 601

27th, 493, 577

28th, 378-80

30th, 380n, 388

32nd, 587

35th, 476, 512, 537

38th, 598

63rd, 508

103rd, 538

111th, 522

116th, 462, 598

117th, 601

119th, 375-76

120th, 375-76

121st, 597

123rd, 315

126th, 543, 572

127th, 200

128th, 503

129th, 495

132nd, 542

135th, 448

141st, 443-44, 449

142nd, 438

143rd, 443-44

145th, 495, 508, 539

157th, 433

158th, 415, 499, 551, 573

160th, 506

162nd, 500

163rd, 499, 551

164th, 542

165th, 554

179th, 432

180th, 440

182nd, 495, 542-43

185th, 527-28

186th, 500

313th, 489

314th, 491

315th, 490, 491n

321st, 517

322nd, 517

323rd, 517

333rd, 374

339th, 451, 594

345th, 385

347th, 385n

353rd, 385

354th, 386

355th, 386

359th, 467

381st, 504

382nd, 504, 517

383rd, 517

399th, 602

417th, 485

517th, 454

Intelligence, 43, 54, 75, 78, 79-80, 84, 119, 122, 189, 202, 205, 207, 231-32, 279-81, 283, 285, 286-87, 303-04, 639, 650

Inter-Service Chemical Warfare Committee, 61

Intramuros, 573

Ipo Dam, 577, 634-35

Irritant powders, 7

Ischia, 313

Isernia, 436

Island Base Section (IBS), 301, 311

Island Command, Okinawa, 275

Italian campaign, 114, 122, 127, 290, 298-99, 311, 353, 360, 393, 421, 453, 456, 456n, 458, 534, 594, 645, 651

Italian Military Chemical Institute, 283

Iwo Jima, 269, 319, 401, 408-09, 521, 530-32, 578-84, 589, 590, 652

–J–

J boats, 397

James, Lt. Col. Thomas H., 462

Japan. Sec also Gas warfare; Kamikaze attacks.

incendiary raids on, 320, 624-30, 648

planning for invasion of, 402-03, 411, 589-91, 654

Japanese 32nd Army, 586-88

Javits, Lt. Col. Jacob K., 216

Jennings, Lt. Col. Maurice E., 220

Johnson, Col. Leonard M., 42, 43, 46, 47, 53, 100

Johnson, Col. Ragnar E., 80

Johnson, Lt. Col. William A., 208

Joint Chiefs of Staff, 111, 191, 270, 401n, 501, 576, 618n, 625

Joint Expeditionary Force, 406, 561n

Juliano, Sgt. Fred, 594, 594n

Jülich, 374-76, 609-10

Jungle warfare. See Tropical warfare.

–K–

Kadena airfield, 517

Kahoolawe, 521, 530

Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, 6

Kakazu Ridge, 517

Kamikaze attacks, 407, 409-11, 656

Kamiri airdrome, 415

Kane, Capt. Morris W., 382

Kangaroo, Australia, 240

Karger, Col. Alfred G., 81n

Kastel, 386

Kauai, 296

Kaub, 386

–K–

Kellogg, Col. Crawford M., 37, 42, 43, 43n, 48, 57, 62, 149, 150, 153, 157, 216, 619, 620, 621

Kennedy, Maj. Robert H., 390

Kerama Retto, 517, 532

Kesner, Capt. Sam, 344, 345

Kesselring, Generalfeldmarschall Albert, 451

Kieselguhr water filters, 284

King, Brig. Gen. Edgar, 232

King, M/Sgt. John K., 198, 199, 200, 200n, 544, 545

Kingswood, 240

Kinkaid, Vice Adm. Thomas C., 529

Kitchener, Lord, 8

Kitselman, Capt. Henry A., 503

Klaswick, Capt. Julius F., 119n

Kluge, Generalfeldmarschall Guenther von, 632

Kobe, 630

Koblenz, 383, 385

Kochi Ridge, 586

Kolombangara, 493

Konigawinter, 381, 382

Kordeleski, Pvt. Frank, 539

Korea, 657

Kornasoren airdrome, 415

Krauthausen–Selgersdorf road, 376

Krueger, Lt. Gen. Walter, 400n, 416, 416n, 497, 505, 568, 635

Kwajalein, 406, 516, 556

Kyushu, 402-03, 590, 625

–L–

La Sénia, 98

La Valbonne, 387n

Labir, 503

Labiranan Head, 503, 525

Lagone, 440

Lae, 257, 397, 398, 412

Lakey, Capt. Raymond J., 454

Lamb, 1st Lt. George R., 366

Land, Lt. Charles, 550

Landing craft, 272, 395-98, 425. See also LCIs; LCI(M)s; LCMs; LCTs; LCVPs; LSTs; Mortar boats.

Lane, Maj. Jack F., 206, 298n

Langres, 18

Larkin, Maj. Gen. Thomas B., 103, 110

Laruma Valley, 543

Laundry operations, 167, 279, 305, 307, 308, 644

LCIs, 446, 521. See also LCI(M)s.

LCI(M)s, 521-33

LCMs, 342n, 400, 494, 499, 561

LCTs, 343-44, 463, 494, 521, 561, 566

LCVPs, 408, 463

Le Mans, 178

Le Muy, 454

Leach, Capt. Howard S., 220

League, Pvt. Herbert H., 506

LeCraw, Maj. Roy, 45

Lee, Maj. Gen. John C. H., 38, 40, 44, 49, 50, 51, 59, 67

Leggin, Maj. Alexander, 64, 65, 76

Leghorn, 129, 312-13, 332-34, 350

Leluc, 453

LeMay, General Curtis E., 621, 624, 627, 630, 648

Lemnitzer, Brig. Gen. Lyman L., 88

Lend-lease, 41, 61, 150, 152, 153, 168

Lendersdorf, 378, 379

Lennon’s Hotel, 212, 212n

LeRoy, Lt. Col. Warren S., 41, 47, 48, 53, 55, 59, 60, 62, 137, 140, 142, 143, 143n, 144

Lewis, Lt. Col. Emory A., 275

Lewisite, 3, 269

Leyte, 218, 254, 266, 315, 400, 407-09, 501-05, 525-27, 570-73, 576

Libby, 2nd Lt. Ralph I., 220, 222

Liberty ships, 529

Liege, 378

Lingayen, 316, 407-08, 408n, 505-06, 527-30, 573, 656

Linnich, 374

Lipphardt, Lt. Col. Jack W., 477

Liquid smoke. See FS smoke.

Liri River, 442, 450

Liri Valley, 437-38, 442, 448

Lisdorf, 372

Livens, Capt. William H., 12

Livens projector, 3, 4n, 12-13, 188

Livergnano, 351

Livesey, Lt. Col. Herbert B., Jr., 81n

Lockman, Capt. Edward L., Jr., 517

Lofton, Caps. Morris W., 339n

Loire Base Section, 75n

London, 35, 40-45, 55, 59, 617

Lone Tree Hill, 551-52

Lone Tree Ridge, 578

Longueville, 177

Loos, gas attack, 9, 11

Los Negros, 315

Lost, 14n

Loton Deer Park, Alderbury, 147, 154

Loucks, Brig. Gen. Charles E., 36, 48-50, 101, 105, 219

LSTs, 339, 406, 407, 446, 494, 521, 529, 532, 566

Ludendorf bridge, 381

Ludwigshaven, 387, 388

Luftwaffe, 323, 327, 329, 331-32, 334, 336, 353, 356, 360, 376, 380, 383, 384, 384n, 386, 388, 392, 618, 645, 654

Lunéville, 386

Lupao, 512

Lutes, Maj. Gen. LeRoy, 173

Luzon, 218, 286, 315-17, 416-17, 505-15, 519, 527-29, 570, 573, 576-77, 634, 635n

LVTs, 501, 559

LVT(4)s, 565, 567

–M–

MacArthur, General Douglas, 136, 191, 196, 219, 238, 254, 397, 398, 498, 501, 502, 505, 553, 576

MacArthur, Col. John C., 40-45, 54, 58. 60, 62, 65, 71, 76, 183, 354n, 355, 466

McBride, Col. Lewis M., 418

MacDonald, Lt. Col. Kenneth K., 502

MacDonnell, Sgt. Theodore R., 518

McKaig, Lt. Col. Nelson, 215, 231, 493-94

McKinney, Maj. Leonard L., 211, 256, 260, 261, 263

McMillin, Maj. James M., 220, 221, 267

McMurray, Lt. Col. Russell E., 456

McNair, Lt. Gen. Lesley J., 468

Maeda, 586

Maffin Bay, 314, 315, 499, 551, 552

Maginot Line, 599, 602

Magnesium, 150. See also Incendiary bombs.

Magness, Lt, Col. Thomas H., Jr., 54, 605n

Main River, 385, 386

Maintenance, 109, 109n, 114, 128, 131-34, 182, 288-89, 293, 370, 434, 514. See also Chemical Maintenance Companies; Waterproofing.

Mainz, 384-86

Mairoi, 434

Maizières-les-Metz, 474, 476

Makin Atoll, 230, 554

Makua, 520-22

Malencourt, 534

Maling, Col. Edwin C., 40, 42, 43, 97n, 115, 121

Malinta Tunnel, 188

Malmédy, 489

Malta, 327

Manila, 187, 210, 286, 505-07, 573-74, 576, 634

Mannheim, 389

Manus Island, 525, 550

Marangella, Capt. Joel B., 390n

March, General Peyton C., 24, 25, 653

Mariana Islands, 191, 270, 273, 275, 287, 319, 401, 406, 501, 516, 557, 560-64, 567, 579, 624, 656

Marina, 282

Marine Amphibious Corps

I, 494

III, 523, 533, 561n, 562, 584, 589

V, 405, 560-61, 561n, 578, 583

Marine Brigade, 1st Provisional, 562

Marine Corps, 225, 532, 553, 560, 563, 564, 580, 585, 591

Marine Divisions

1st, 258, 275n, 517, 519, 523, 536, 564, 566

2nd, 405, 533, 536, 537, 553-54, 561

3rd, 494, 541, 562, 579, 581, 583

4th, 530, 555-57, 559, 561, 579, 581, 583

5th, 530, 579, 581, 583

6th, 517

Marine Regiments

1st, 566

5th, 566

6th, 555

7th, 566

8th, 537, 555

19th, 541

21st, 541

24th, 556

Marine Tank Battalions, 589n

1st, 558

3rd, 562

5th, 582

Markham, Lt. Col. Harrison, 432

Markham River, 397, 412

Marne, 7

Marriott, Col. Carl L., 36, 37, 201, 204, 211, 212, 256-66, 398, 399

Marriott, Lt. Col. Ian A, 87, 120

Marseille, 299, 302, 360

Marshall, Capt. Arthur R., 474

Marshall, General George C., 32, 38, 51, 420

Marshall Islands, 191, 270, 272-73, 406, 516, 555-57, 559

Marston Magna, 138

Martin, Lt. Col. Ronald LeV., 470, 484n

Mateur, 311

Mattingly, Col. Benjamin F., 76

Maui, 296

Mauldin, Bill, 340

Maull, Lt. Col. William R., 403n

Mavavia, 542

Maxwell Field, 616

Mayenne, 378

Medal of Honor, 594n

Medical Corps, 230, 233, 245

Medical Department (World War I), 17, 24, 24n

Mediterranean Base Section (MBS), 47, 89, 96, 97, 98, 98n, 99, 100, 109, 110n, 112, 282, 311

Mediterranean Theater of Operations, 121. See also North African Theater of Operations.

Mehrum, 390, 391

Melbourne, 189, 190, 203, 236

Melchbourne Park, 153

Meritorious Service Unit awards, 288, 308, 313

Mers el Kébir, 282

Merzig bridge, 371

Metz, 368, 371, 371n, 474, 476-77

Meuse-Argonne Campaign, 653

Middleton, Maj. Gen. Troy, 425n

Mignano, 436-38, 440

Milchplatz, 390-92, 490, 491n

Miles, Col. John L., 81n

Miller, 1st Lt. Bernard, 173

Miller, Maj. Leonard C., 67

Million Dollar Hill, 428n

Military Police Training Center, Fort Custer, Mich., 469

Milne Bay, 256, 257, 307, 395-98

Milton, Col. Hugh M., II, 213n

Mindanao, 400

Ministry of Aircraft Production (British), 153

Ministry of Home Security (British), 323, 618

Ministry of Supply (British), 153

Minturno, 346, 348-50, 447, 450-51

Mitsubishi Aircraft Plant, 626

Mokmer, 500

Mollen, Maj. Irving R., 203, 205

Molokai Island, 232

Molotov cocktails, 189, 199, 299

Moneymore, 147

Monte Cassino, 448-50

Montebourg, 177

Monterumici, 351

Montgomery, General Sir Bernard L., 76, 328

Montgomery, Col. Edward, 40-43, 43n, 44, 46, 104, 137, 152, 354

Montgomery, Col. James V., 386n

Moore, Capt. Milton M., 174

Morcock, Lt. Col. John C., Jr., 201, 203, 547

Morgan, 1st Lt. Charles A., Jr., 188

Morgan, Lt. Col. John C., 189, 190, 191, 200, 203, 253

Morison, Samuel Eliot, 335n

Moroccan Division, 2nd, 441

Morotai, 314-15

Mortar, Stokes, 3, 11-12, 13, 15, 23, 418

Mortar boat groups, 525-26

Mortar boats, 232, 503n, 505n, 521-33

Mortar Island, 493

Mortar support units, 530-32

Mortars. See also Chemical mortar, 4.2-inch.

60-mm., 374, 495, 500, 541

81-mm., 419, 420, 495, 499, 500, 506-07, 541

Moselle River, 361-69, 371n, 484

Mosles, 174, 177

Moundres, 462

Mount Acero, 436

Mount Adone, 351

Mount Cairo, 448

Mount Camino, 437, 438

Mount Difensa, 437, 438

Mount Lungo, 441, 442

Mount Maggiore, 438

Mount Marrone, 442

Mount Mataba, 508

Mount Minoro, 572

Mount Pacawagan, 508

Mount Pantano, 440

Mt. St. Angelo, 434

Mount Sammucro, 437-39, 441

Mount Santa Croce, 437

Mount Scouri, 348, 442

Mount Suribachi, 531

Mudge, Brig. Gen. Verne D., 550

Mules. See Pack animals.

Munda, 493

Munn, Capt. James. F., 79

Muñoz, 512

Mustard gas, 3, 4, 14, 14n, 16, 17, 26, 238-40, 254, 269, 283, 284, 307, 319, 656

Muth, Lt. Col. Roy W., 485

Myers, 1st Lt. Robert D., 95

–N–

Nadzab, 397, 412-14, 416, 417

Nagasaki, 648

Nagoya, 626, 630

Naha, 533

Namur (Belgium), 479n

Namur (Marshall Islands), 406, 556

Nan Hill, 586

Nansei Shoto, 402

Napalm, 159-61, 287, 297, 299, 310, 320, 517, 539, 562, 565, 586, 588, 593, 628, 630-33. See also Fire bombs.

Naples, 124, 130, 133, 290, 298, 313, 329-32, 353, 359, 406, 434, 645

National Defense Act of 1920, 25, 30

National Defense Research Committee (NDRC), 216, 324, 354, 564

National Oil Refining Company, 160

Naval District, 14th, 560

Navy, U.S., 86, 95, 216, 222, 225, 234, 272, 276, 285, 519, 649

and flame thrower development, 560, 564, 580

and mortar boats, 232, 520-21, 530

and use of smoke, 335-36, 342, 394, 398-99, 403-11

Nebelwerfers, 439

Neckar River, 389

Nerve agents, 281, 650

Netherlands East Indies, 190n, 191, 237

Nettuno, 299, 338, 445

New Britain, 316, 412, 493, 549-50, 558

New Caledonia, 191, 236, 558

New Delhi, 625

New Georgia, 492-94, 538-40, 543, 546, 558

New Guinea, 198, 200, 206, 254, 257, 261, 315, 316, 395-97, 412, 415, 498, 500-501, 527, 545, 548, 656

New Guinea Base Section, 210

New Guinea Force School, 199

New York Port of Embarkation (NYPE), 105, 106, 125, 179

New Zealand, 191

New Zealand forces, 449

Nice, 454

Nied River, 371n

Niederzier, 376

Nierstein, 384-85

Nimitz, Admiral Chester W., 191, 225, 401, 404, 498, 501, 502, 576

Nishibaru Ridge, 517

Noemfoor Island, 415, 417

Normandy Campaign, 69, 70, 163, 167, 173-75, 177-78, 181, 250, 303, 355-58, 461-68, 477-79, 597, 599, 604, 605, 608

North African Theater of Operations, USA, 35, 41, 46, 86-87, 88, 94, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 108-09, 113, 121, 122, 123, 137, 149, 151, 165, 298, 326-30, 421, 592, 594, 645. See also Chemical Warfare Service, NATOUSA/MTOUSA; Services of Supply, NATOUSA/MTOUSA.

North Pacific Area, 191, 191n

Northern Base Section, 311

Northern Ireland Base Section, 141n

Northern Landing Force, 561, 561n

Notorangelo, 1st Lt. Anthony, 129, 289, 290

Noyes, W. A., 216

–O–

Oahu, 220, 268, 521

Oberwesel, 385, 386, 386n

O’Brien, Capt. John J., 177

Office of Gas Service, War Department, 24

Office of Strategic Services, 650

Oil bombs. See Incendiary bombs.

Oil-perspex filling, 157

Oise Base Section, 75n

Okinawa, 273-76, 402, 407-11, 517-19, 532-33, 568, 584-90, 656

Olds, Capt. James F., Jr., 538

OLYMPIC, 402, 590

OMAHA Beach, 70, 173-74, 177, 303, 355-58, 462, 656

Onville, 474

Operational research, 618, 618n, 633

Operations Division, WDGS, 33, 48, 53, 61, 89, 170, 255, 324-25, 638

Oppenheim, 384

Oran, 89, 96, 97, 103, 109, 282, 298, 311, 327, 328, 342, 425

Ordnance Department, 107, 134, 154, 155, 214, 253, 258, 259, 264, 269, 285, 560, 616, 617, 644

Ordnance Department (World War I), 17, 24, 24n

Ormoc, 504, 572

Oro Bay, 210, 216, 251, 262, 396, 399

Orsoy, 389, 390, 490, 491n

Osaka, 630

Oujda, 100

Ouled Rahmoun, 289

Our River, 484-85, 485n, 486-87

OVERLORD, 163, 461. See also Normandy Campaign.

–P–

Pachten, 372

Pacific Base Command, 580

Pacific Guano and Fertilizer Company, 221

Pacific Ocean Areas (POA), 191, 222, 224, 229, 234, 271, 401, 409, 642-44, 649, 651, 652

Pack animals, 430, 436, 452, 504

Packing and packaging, 133-34, 144, 248, 253, 273, 547. See also Containers.

Paestum, 334, 433

Palatinate, 383

Palau Islands, 273, 516, 522-24, 533, 564, 566

Palerno, 289, 301, 311, 342, 429

Palmer, Lt. Col. John McA., 17

Panama, 34

Panama Canal, smoke screening, 321-22, 322n, 325-26

Paoching, 633

Papua Campaign, 198-200, 213, 240, 245, 246, 293, 498, 543, 546

Parachute Infantry Regiments

503rd, 412, 415

504th, 439

511th, 416-17

Parafrag bombs, 412, 635

Paris, 73, 180, 304

Parker, Lt. James W., 197

Pasig River, 506

Patton, Lt. Gen. George S., Jr., 80, 91, 93, 110, 361, 383, 430, 474, 605

Pearl Harbor, 28, 225, 267, 269, 296, 404-05, 502, 521, 530

Peerenboom, Lt. Col. Maurice A., 214n

Peleliu, 516, 517, 523-24, 566-67

Peninsular Base Section (PBS), 115, 122, 129, 134n, 290, 312, 331n

Penler, Capt. Stephen, 241, 241n

Pennycock, Brigadier G. H., 355

Perkins, Lt. Col, Melville F., 54

Persano, 433

Pershing, General John J., 16, 23-25, 653

Perspex mix fuel, 157, 160, 631

Perth, 190

Philippine Army, 188

Philippine Chemical Depot, 188-89

Philippine Department, 35, 187, 193

Philippine Islands, 187-89, 218, 237-38, 240, 254, 266, 283-84, 315-17, 407, 501, 509, 543, 570, 573, 575, 576, 590

Philippine Scouts, 187

Phipps, Col. Francis H., 213

Phosgene, 3, 10-11, 13, 14n, 152, 282

Phosphorus, 322n

Pier, 374, 375

Pike, Cpl. Boyd R., 602

Pilelo, 549

Pinamopoan, 502

Piombino, 298, 332, 333, 350

PLUM (Philippines) , 283

Poland, 36, 535

Port en Bessin, 358

Port Moresby, 198, 199, 257, 262, 395, 545

Porter, Maj. Gen. William N., 27, 28, 229, 243, 245. See also Chemical Warfare Service.

and Bullene Mission, 483

and CWS status in the 1930s, 419

and gas warfare protection and retaliation, 77, 85, 270, 651-52

and HE mission for 4.2 mortar, 419-20

and incendiary bomb program, 617

and missions and value of CWS, 74, 200, 285, 637, 640, 657

named Chief, CWS, May 1941, 26

opinion of Reserve and AUS officers, 104n, 637

and shortage of chemical mortars, 178

and smoke screening plans, 324, 326, 396-97

and theater CWS officers, 40, 44, 50, 53, 56, 68, 100-101, 104, 115, 639

theater inspection trips, 48-49, 51, 52, 69, 71, 101, 105

and World War I gas attacks, 8n

Portland (England), 356

Porton Experimental Station, England, 45, 54, 242

Powell, Col. Frederick E., 44, 60, 185

Powers, Col. Patrick F., 76, 77, 78, 183, 184

Pozzuoli, 330-31

Prentiss, Brig. Gen. Augustin M., 68, 69

Prentiss, Lt. Col. Augustin M., Jr., 206, 207n, 216

Projects for a Continental Operation (PROCO), 170-73, 256

Propellants, mortar, 290, 431, 435, 438, 439, 497, 500

Protective clothing, 70, 75, 166-67, 175, 183, 187-88, 218, 242, 242n, 243, 250-52, 267, 279, 287, 304, 308, 643, 651. See also Impregnating facilities.

Protective equipment, 93, 106-07, 107n, 108, 126, 152, 167, 177-78, 180, 185, 213, 236, 243-44, 258, 260, 267-68, 273, 651. See also Eyeshields; Gas masks.

Pulcherini, 451

–Q–

Quartermaster Battalion, 107th, 199

Quartermaster Corps, 166, 167, 175, 214, 242, 247, 250, 251, 258, 259, 284, 285, 643-44. See also Laundry operations.

Quartermaster Service Company, 4342nd, 274

Quimby, Capt. James O., 444

Quinine sulfate, 188

Quinville Ridge, 465

–R–

Rabaul, 493

Radios

SCR-193, 436

SCR-194, 436

SCR-284, 436, 452, 514, 514n

SCR-300, 451, 515

RAINBOW plans, 322

RAINCOAT, 438

Ramanantelo Hill, 517

Rambouillet, 304

Randazzo, 289

Ranger Battalions

1st, 447

3rd, 438-39, 447

4th, 437-38, 447, 447n

Ranger forces, 426, 432-34, 437, 445-46, 458

Rapido River, 122, 346, 441-45, 448, 651

RE/8 (Research and Experiment Station, Section 8) (British), 618, 618n

Reagh, Lt. Col. John D., 210

RECKLESS Task Force, 498

“Red Ball Express,” 165, 165n, 182

Regulating stations, 185-86

Reilly, Lt. Col. James E., 220, 220n, 225, 231

Remagen, 381-82

Remember Pearl Harbor Group, 189

Rennes, 178

Replacement Training Center, Camp Sibert, 326

RH 195, 247-48

Rhein-Herne Canal, 390

Rheinau CWS Depot, 299

Rhens, 381, 385n

Rhine River, 74, 292, 360, 373, 381-92, 484, 489-91, 612

Richardson, Lt. Gen. Robert C., Jr., 225, 234n, 401, 404, 405, 530n, 559, 567

Riddick, Maj. John A., 202, 205, 207

Riegelman, Col. Harold, 198, 200, 201, 204, 213, 214, 400, 499n, 548n

River crossing operations. See Smoke screen operations,

river crossings.

Rocket ships, 526

Rockhampton, 548

Rockway, Lt. Robert P., 549

Rockwood, Col. Alfred L., 103, 104, 116, 121, 128

Rocky Crags, 586

Rocky Point, 552

Roer River, 373-80, 390, 484, 487, 609, 612

Roer River dams, 373, 487

Rogers, Maj. Arthur C., 102

Roi, 406, 556

Rolandseck, 381-82

Rome, 282-83, 332, 350-51, 437, 442-43

Ronson flame thrower, 287, 560, 563, 567, 576, 580

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 28, 32, 37, 651, 652, 652n, 654

Roosevelt, Brig. Gen. Theodore, 465

Rosario, 510

Rothschild, Lt. Col. Jacquard, 485n

ROUNDUP, 140, 140n

Rowan, Brig. Gen. Hugh W., 23n, 40, 74, 77, 85, 104, 104n, 118, 121, 205, 235, 469, 470, 637-39, 648-49

appointed chief chemical officer, ETO, 43-44, 68, 69

biography, 44-45

and chemical mortar battalions, 71-74, 459-61, 483

and ETO supply, 48, 56-57, 167, 179-80, 182, 256, 641

and German gas retaliation, 156, 183

and main armament flame thrower, 608

organizes CWS, ETO, 41, 44-47, 50-55, 58-62, 65, 67-69,72 , 75-76, 79-83, 120

Royal, Admiral Forrest B., 526

Royal Air Force (RAF), 152-54, 619, 623-24

Royal Italian Arsenal, 290-91

Royal Navy, 333, 357

Ruger, Capt. Kirk J., 378-80

Ruhr, 389-90, 489

Rupt de Mad stream, 362

Russell Islands, 493

Rust inhibiters, 284

Ryukyu Islands, 191, 273, 402, 517, 532-33, 588

–S–

Saar River, 292, 371-73

Saar-Palatinate triangle, 383, 488

Saarlautern, 371-73

Sabotage, 285

Safi, 95

Safine, Maj. Albert L., 345

Sagekarasa Island, 493-94

St. Georgen, 302

St. Goat, 385

St. John, Col. Adrian, 68, 68n, 69, 71, 72, 73, 76, 76n, 166, 168, 169, 178, 179, 183, 184, 468, 648

St. Laurent-sur-Mer, 463

St. Lô 467

St. Malo, 633, 633n

St. Maximin, 455

St. Mihiel, 653

St. Quentin, 632

Sr. Tropez Peninsula, 343

Saipan, 401, 406, 516, 521, 561-63, 625, 626

Salerno, 298, 334-36, 342, 432-34, 446, 593

Salvage, 198-99, 249, 273, 274, 288-89, 315, 550, 597

San Clemente, 352

San Fabian, 506, 529

San Fernando, 513

San Francisco Port of Embarkation, 237, 255, 257, 268, 274

San Jose, 513

San Martino Hill, 451

San Narcisco, 315

San Pietro, 439-40, 447

Sandell, Capt. Edward H., 196, 198, 199, 199n, 200

Sandhoffen, 388

Sanitation, 271, 273, 319, 339

Sansapor, 315

Sant’Agata, 289

Sant’Angelo, 443

Santa Fe, 513

Santa Maria, 312

Santa Maria Infante, 451

San terno River, 351

Sarmi, 314

Satan tanks. See Flame thrower tanks.

Sauer River, 484-85, 485n, 486-87

Sault Ste. Marie Locks, 325, 326, 326n

Savernake Forest, 138

Schaf, Lt. Frank L., Jr., 189

Scheldt River, 360n

Schnee Eifel, 600

Schofield Barracks, 220, 286

Schophoven, 374, 375

Scott, Lt. Col. Walter M., 45, 54

Scrub typhus, 308

Seabees, 160

Seille River, 371n

Seine Base Section, 75n

Selgersdorf-Daubenrath road, 377

Senter, Capt. John, 241

Service, Chimique de Guerre, 16

Services of Supply (SOS), 32, 33, 142, 238, 420-21. See also Army Service Forces (ASF).

AEF, 21, 21n, 22

ETOUSA, 41-42, 45-47, 50-52, 55, 57-61, 64-65, 67, 71-72, 89, 132, 141, 141n, 143, 146-47, 154, 159-60, 164, 298, 354-55

NATOUSA/MTOUSA, 94, 102, 103, 107, 109, 110, 112, 113, 114n, 115-16, 121, 127, 132

SWPA, 191, 196-97, 200-205, 208, 210-13, 216, 218-19, 239, 250-51, 256-61, 264-66, 395, 397-99, 547

Sfax, 329

Shadle, Brig. Gen. Charles S., 637, 655

attaché and chemical officer in England, 37, 40

and chemical administration and supply, 98-100, 102-04, 107-08, 112, 114-16, 118-22, 125-27

and chemical mortar use, 430, 460

as CW officer, AFHQ, 41, 87, 88, 135, 196, 219, 638-39, 648-49

and handling of CWS field elements, 135, 235, 640, 641

and tactical smoke planning, 88, 92

Shaffer, Maj. John J., 294n, 546

Shannon, USS, 532

Shaw, Capt. Augustus H., Jr., 373

Shepherd, Lt. Col. Earl L., 485n

Shepton Mallet, 147

Sherman-Crocodile tanks. See Flame thrower tanks,

Sherman-Crocodile.

Shimbu Line, 507-08

Shimonek, Lt. Col. William H., 213n, 493

SHINGLE, 336, 350, 443. See also Anzio.

Shrivenham, 42, 43

Shoe impregnite, 108, 125, 167, 236, 248, 258, 267

Shortages, 125, 266, 641-43

chemical service personnel, 268, 274

containers, 151, 162

decontaminating apparatus, 107, 130, 132, 133, 139, 168, 253, 262

flame throwers, 169, 547, 604

incendiaries, 157, 160-61, 562, 565, 621

landing craft and amphibious vehicles, 395-97, 425, 501

mortars and ammunition, 84, 128-30, 133, 168-69, 178-82, 218, 275-76, 460-61, 479-80, 509, 515-16, 519, 642, 646

protective equipment, 90, 107, 138, 139, 168

shipping, 86, 394, 401, 401n, 547

smoke materials, 245, 353, 394

spare parts, 182

tanks, 608, 612

WP grenades, 84, 107, 126-27, 262, 643

Shower facilities, 130, 168, 174, 253, 279, 310, 643

Shari Line, 517

Sibert, Maj. Gen. Franklin C., 503, 503n

Sibert, Maj. Gen. William L., 24, 503n

Sicily, 109, 114, 122, 127, 133, 289, 298, 301, 311, 328-29, 418, 423, 425-33, 439, 446, 453, 456n, 520, 593, 604

Sidi Ferruch, 282

Sieg River, 381

Siegfried Line, 472-73, 475, 477, 485, 487-89, 599-601, 603-04, 607, 609, 632

Sierre Madre Mountains, 507, 509

Sieve River, 351

Signal Corps, 24n, 27

Silica gel, activated, 287-88, 297

Sillaro Valley, 351

Simpson, Lt. Gen. William H., 609

Skinner, Maj. Richmond H., 525, 527

Skipper, Capt. Howard E., 207

Skyline Ridge, 518

Smith, Lt. Col. Farleigh E., 485n

Smith, Lt. Gen. Holland M., 560

Smith, Lt. Col. Robert W., 203, 205, 206, 251, 252

Smoke, colored, 106

Smoke, target area marking, 511, 513

Smoke candles, 9, 240

Smoke demonstrations, 327, 373, 378, 398, 404, 409, 425

Smoke generator units, 72, 74, 79, 85, 88, 92, 93, 331, 361, 393, 402-05, 411. See also Chemical Smoke Generator Battalions; Chemical Smoke Generator Companies.

Smoke generators, 172, 279, 321, 395. See also FS Smoke; Smoke screen operations, smoke pots and generators.

Besler, 291, 331, 335, 336, 342, 404, 406

boat-mounted, 93, 335, 337, 343, 345, 348, 357-58, 382, 395-98, 406, 409-11

DUKW-mounted, 384, 388

emplacements, 349, 366, 376, 406, 410

Esso, 291, 324, 398

FS types, 395, 400

fuel for, 169, 329, 354

Haslar (British), 323, 327, 328, 354

jeep-mounted, 366, 367

maintenance problems, 370, 377, 486

mechanical, 72, 88, 91, 110, 134, 331, 337-40, 346, 348, 361, 373-74, 378, 382, 389, 410

M1 mechanical, 169, 324, 326-27, 327n, 328-29, 354-55, 357-60, 395-96, 404-05, 645

M1 stationary, 324, 325, 326, 405

M2 mechanical, 169, 174, 302, 331, 352, 355-56, 359, 362-68, 370, 377, 393, 395, 398, 399, 403, 645

need for two operators, 370

No. 24 (British), 169

portable, 357, 409

spare parts manufacture, 129, 290-91

Smoke grenades. See Grenades.

Smoke pots, 85, 88, 92, 107, 110, 169, 174, 213, 302, 310, 323, 328, 342, 346, 348, 356, 374, 377, 378, 380-81, 388-89, 391, 395, 400, 410-11, 435, 442, 526

as bomber target, 335

British, 92, 323, 327, 329, 331

fire hazard problems, 97, 408, 644

floating, 379, 399, 407, 411

for Gilberts assault, 271-72, 405

HC, 199, 267, 324, 345, 352, 372, 374, 378, 379, 404, 408

installed on ships and craft, 272, 342, 343, 405-06

M1, 133, 170, 327, 327n, 335, 336, 343, 346, 364, 400, 405-06, 435

M1A1, 327n

M4, 133, 170, 335, 336, 364, 400, 405

M4, floating, 331, 334, 334n, 407

M5, 327n

Smoke screen operations

air installations, 354, 394, 397, 400-402

Anzio beachhead, 336-40, 342, 447

and artillery observation, 333, 335, 337, 339-40, 346, 351, 353, 373-75, 377, 380, 383, 386, 388, 391, 435, 444, 452, 519

assault landings, 334, 335, 342, 353, 398, 402, 403, 405, 409, 520, 526-27, 529

bridges and bridging sites, 345-46, 348-53, 362, 366-68, 372, 374-92, 400, 435, 488

British, 322-24

Central Pacific landings, 405-06

daylight, 324, 337. 339, 350, 375, 375n, 407, 435

deceptive, 383, 385, 387, 389

fog oil for, 72, 329, 335, 342, 350, 354, 359, 363-64, 366, 368, 369, 372, 387, 388, 399, 403, 406, 407, 408, 410, 411

Fort Driant attack, 474-75

forward area missions, 350, 353, 360-61, 428-29, 435, 437, 451-52, 457, 473, 481, 508, 510, 645

haze production, 333, 337-40, 342, 350-53, 361, 384, 388

to hide gun flash, 339, 374, 392

Italian ports, 329-34, 350, 353, 359, 645

large area mission, 321-27, 334, 346, 353-55, 360, 362, 392-93, 394, 400, 403, 644-45

misuse of, in New Guinea, 213

Moselle crossing at Arnaville, 362-71

night and twilight operations, 324, 331, 335-36, 350, 366n, 376, 527, 529

Normandy, 163, 169, 170, 173, 174, 354, 356-58

northwest African ports, 327-29, 331, 645

Okinawa, 409-11

Pacific airborne missions, 412-17

Pacific anchorages, 394, 398, 400, 405-11

Panama Canal, 321-22, 322n, 325-26

Philippines, 407-08, 416-17, 529

“pillaring” effect, 486

plants and factories, 323, 325

ports and harbors, 92, 93, 95, 109-10, 169-70, 301, 302, 327, 353, 358, 360, 395, 396

proposed for Pearl Harbor, 404-05

Rapido River crossing, 442-45

Rhine River crossings, 381-92, 489-91

river crossings, 74, 79, 361, 368, 371, 378, 392-93, 400, 435, 645. See also rivers by name.

Salerno landings, 334-36, 342

Sauer-Our and Roer crossings, 486-88

smoke control center, 390

smoke pots and generators, 328, 331, 348, 367, 374, 388

smoke pots and shell mixture, 345-46

southern France landings, 302, 342-44

supply installations, 302, 354, 390, 397

supply routes, 302, 346, 348, 351-52, 360, 392, 457

tactical control of, 366-67, 369, 374-75, 380, 390, 392, 398, 444-45

tank and TD attacks, 352, 473

troop movements, 351, 377, 389, 390, 392

U.S. west coast, 405

use of aircraft, 206-07, 405, 407, 409, 412-17, 508

wind effect on, 331, 339, 365, 367, 369-70, 372, 374, 376, 379, 380, 385, 388, 391-92, 407, 414, 416-17, 428, 443, 486, 520

World War I, 9, 9n

Smoke tanks, 151, 253, 319, 323. See also FS smoke.

E-1, 416-17

E2B25, 319

M-10, 240, 412-17

M33, 253

Snake Hill North, 506

Sodium arsenite, 271-72

Solome Lake, 517

Solomon Islands, 493-94

Somervell, Lt. Gen. Brehon B., 32, 38, 59, 125

Sound locator teams, 518

South African Antigas Laboratory, 23rd, 283

South Pacific Area (SOPAC), 191, 191n, 204, 207, 213n, 222, 229, 492n, 493, 500

Southern Attack Force, 407

Southern Base Section, 51n, 75n, 141n, 298

Southern France, invasion of, 299, 301, 340, 342-44, 350, 453-55, 480n

Southern Landing Force, 561n, 562

Southern Line of Communications (SOLOC), 181

Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA), 191, 193-94, 196, 202, 204-07, 211, 216, 218, 222, 234-35, 239, 240, 242, 252-55, 293, 319, 395, 399, 497-98, 501, 637, 639-40, 642, 644, 651

Spain, civil war, 535

Special Service Force, 1st, 438

Spessard, Capt. Rutherford H., Jr., 517

Spray tanks, aircraft. See Smoke tanks.

Stark, Lt. Col. Edgar D., 424, 441

Stinger, Lt. Raymond C., 339

Stima Lagoon, 493

Stokes mortar, See Mortar, Stokes.

Storage, 107, 152-55, 239-40, 246, 249-54, 281-83, 286-87, 290, 307, 318, 497, 509, 644. See also Depots.

Strasbourg, 611

Stubblefield, Lt. Col. Henry I., 119

Stubblefield, Pfc. Richard, 487

Stubbs, Maj. Gen. Marshall, 64, 65n, 175, 256

Sudbury, 147

Sudbury Egginton, 146

Sulphur trioxide, 414n

Sulphuric acid, 188, 414n

Supply. See also Depots; Shortages.

ammunition planning factors, 109n, 144, 258-60, 265, 271

ammunition supply points (ASPs), 124, 275, 299, 301

block-loaded shipments, 265-66, 272, 273, 275, 642

chemical warfare stock in 1941, 34, 236-37, 267

for combat forces special requirements, 110, 170-73, 255-56, 270-71

computation of requirements, 90-93, 99-100, 109, 109n, 114-15, 128, 139-40, 143-44, 149-56, 156n, 162, 164, 168-69, 172-73, 181, 218, 237-39, 263, 265, 271, 274, 275

controlled items, 140, 140n, 141, 257-58

credit allocation systems, 137, 137n, 140-43, 145, 185-86, 257, 641

CWS-Ordnance-Quartermaster division of responsibility, 34, 107, 214-15, 258-59, 264, 269, 643-44

local procurement, 182, 237, 244, 246, 290-92, 479, 479n, 548, 560

logistics data compilations for field use, 100, 113, 143-145, 150, 259

materiel status report supply, 125, 255

“pipeline” factor, 268

planning for “type” units, 274

spare parts, 105, 109, 123, 127-29, 132, 168-69, 178-79, 182, 253, 272-73, 275, 288-92, 478-79, 479n, 547

stock overages, 125-26, 132, 158, 166

task force problems, 263-65

theater CWS supply systems, 94, 95, 105, 106, 110-11, 114, 254-55, 261, 263, 272, 273, 276, 640-43

of toxics, 3, 34, 48, 56, 68, 77-78, 107-08, 151, 155, 218, 229, 239-40, 253-54, 258, 267, 269, 313, 642, 643, 651-52

“War Department Shipping Document” form, 142

Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF), 67, 68, 68n, 76, 76n, 77, 166, 183, 184, 468, 648

Sutton, Lt. Col. James P., 214n

Sydney, 190, 197, 241, 245, 306, 397

–T–

T-Force, 303-04

Tabarka, 289

Tables of basic allowances, 90, 99, 109, 144, 237, 241, 255, 257-59, 267-69

Tables of organization and equipment, 90, 99, 144, 255, 259

chemical air operations company, 319, 319n

chemical composite company, 309-11, 313, 317

chemical decontamination company, 300

chemical depot company, 295

chemical general warfare service company, 294-95

chemical laboratory company, 281

chemical maintenance company, 288

chemical mortar battalion, 426, 430, 456, 460, 462, 470-71, 482, 506n, 508

chemical mortar company, glider-borne, 454-55

chemical processing company, 305n

chemical smoke generator company, 325

flame tank battalion, 584

Tabontabon, 503

Tacloban, 315, 400, 407

Tanabaru, 586

Tank Battalions

709th, 611

713th, 584, 587, 588-89

739th, Special (Mine Exploder), 609

741st, 610

743rd, 612

Tank Destroyer Battalions

641st, 498

823rd, 375

Tanks. See also Flame thrower tanks.

amphibious, 343, 344

Churchill Mark VII, 605

light, 559, 561, 564, 578, 606, 606n

M3, 287

M3A1, 560, 561

M4A2, 562

M5A1, 576-77

medium, 560, 561, 563, 580, 584, 605, 606, 610, 612

Tanks, storage, 152, 153, 155

Tanner, 1st Lt. William J., 220

Tarawa, 405, 530, 554-55, 559, 564, 589

Tarr, Lt. Col. Philip R., 43, 45, 54, 79

Task Force, South Pacific, 189

Task Force 6814. See Infantry Divisions, Americal.

Task Unit 78.1.8, 529

Task Unit 79.8.1, 527-29

Taunton, 138, 145

Team Cherry, 476-77

Tear gas, 3, 7n, 8n, 107

Thatcham, 138, 145

Them, Capt. Eugene F., 504, 517

Thermate, 622, 622n

Thermite, 614, 615, 622n

Thomas, Lt. Frank J., 344

Thomas, Col. Kramer, 465

Thuillier, Brig. Gen. Henry, 16

Tiger Bridge, 450

Tinian, 401, 561-63, 625, 633

Tirrell, Cpl. Wilber G., 544-45, 545n

Tokyo, incendiary attack on, 624, 628-30

Tolman, Maj. John D., 495

Tomlinson, Col. Clarence M., 543

Toowoomba, 195

TORCH, 43, 44, 87, 89, 90, 92, 140n, 142-46. See also North African Theater of Operations.

Toulon, 340

Townsville, 190, 191n, 203, 240

TRADEWIND task force, 314

Training, 77-78, 83-84, 297, 649-50

assault operations, 342, 356, 386, 409, 424, 462, 490, 520, 527, 555, 599

chemical field maneuvers, 224, 230

civil defense, 165, 221-22, 232

CWS schools and teams in the Pacific, 193-96, 210, 214, 224, 230-32, 235, 307, 399, 548, 649

flame tank, 561, 567, 579, 589, 611-12

mortar units, 424-25, 429, 450, 453, 461-62, 469, 490, 496, 500, 507, 515, 527, 530

for smoke operations, 326, 356, 387n, 397-99, 404, 409

Transport, chemical units, 363, 368, 426, 430, 436, 451-52, 456, 456n, 478, 482, 501-05, 516, 570

Tremensuoli, 594

Trench rattle, 168

TRIDENT Conference, 143

Triflisco, 435

Triner, Col. Joseph, 67

Trobriand Islands, 548

Tropical warfare, 203-04, 206, 208, 218, 246, 249-50, 266, 293-94, 310, 497, 546

Troyes, 363

Truscott, Maj. Gen. Lucian K., Jr., 337, 340

Tucker, Maj. Woodson C., 220, 542

Tulagi, 536

Tunisia, 98, 114, 289, 298, 327, 328

Turner, Vice Adm. Richmond K., 409, 411, 561n

Turpinite, 7n, 8n

Tyrrhenian Sea, 346, 442, 450

–U–

Übach, 472

Umurbrogol Pocket, 567

Underwood, Capt. Charles D., 368

Unit gas noncommissioned officers (UGNCOs), 83-84, 214, 224, 228, 230

Unit gas officers (UGOs), 83-84, 202, 214, 224, 228, 230

United Kingdom, 43, 46, 61, 142, 166, 654-55

CW production and storage, 151-55

incendiary bombing of England, 36-37

smoke screening, 322-23

use of aerial incendiaries, 618-19

United Kingdom Base Section 73, 75n

United States Army Forces in Australia (USAFIA), 189-92, 196, 236-40, 284

United States Army Forces in the British Isles (USAFBI), 36, 37, 38, 40

United States Army Forces, Central Pacific Area

(USAFICPA), 224, 224n, 225, 229, 230, 232, 270, 272-73, 553n, 559-60

United States Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE), 188-89, 200-205, 216, 252, 258-60, 398, 546, 648

United States Army Forces, Middle Pacific (AFMIDPAC), 224, 553n

United States Army Forces, Pacific (AFPAC), 219, 402, 403, 403n

United States Army Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas (USAFPOA), 216, 224, 273, 275-76, 553n

United States Army Forces in the South Pacific Area (USAFISPA), 203-04

United States Army Forces, Western Pacific, 219, 254

United States Chemical Warfare Committee (USCWC), 171, 201, 229

United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe (USSTAF), 62, 67, 159, 161, 162

University of Melbourne, 195

University of Queensland, 193

Unmacht, Col. George F.

and chemical mortar use, 232, 516, 520-21

and flame thrower and flame tank development, 234, 287, 560-61, 567

and gas and BW preparedness, 221, 224, 227-33, 267, 268, 296, 649

and need for smoke in Hawaii, 404-05

organization of theater chemical office, 222, 225, 227, 269, 286

and Pearl Harbor attack, 219-21, 267

position as theater chemical officer, 216, 224-25, 234, 235, 288, 521, 553n, 637, 639, 649

and service manpower shortage, 274

UTAH Beach, 174, 355-57, 462, 464, 465

–V–

Valognes, 178, 179

Vandegrift, Maj. Gen. Alexander A., 536

Velden, 80

Velletri, 452

Venafro, 436, 447

Verzy, 632

Vesuvius, 331, 332n

Viareggio, 352

Victory ships, 529

Vietri sul Mari, 434

Villa, 448

Villa Verde Trail, 513, 577

Villedieu, 178

Vincennite, 10

Vire River, 467

Vogelkop Peninsula, 415

Volturno River, 345, 435-36

Vosges, 455

Vossenack, 611

–W–

Waitt, Brig. Gem Alden H., 28n, 155, 216, 218, 270, 637, 652

as Assistant Chief, CWS, for Field Operations, 33, 56, 57, 77, 85, 100, 101, 104, 106, 171, 179

and plan for screening airfields, 401

and the replacement system, 118n

and spare parts supply, 182

and SWPA toxic munitions investigation, 210

and a unitary CWS organization, 32n

Wakde Islands, 314, 499, 501, 502, 551

Walker, Lt. Col. George E., 363, 367, 367n

Walker, Maj. Gen. Walton, 361, 371

Wallach, 390, 391

Wallington, Col. Edward C., 67, 67n, 78, 79, 80

Walmsley, Col. Harold, 80, 390n

War Department General Staff (WDGS), 25, 33, 422n, 650. See also Army Service Forces; Operations Division, WDGS.

Warnack, Brig. Gen. Alan D., 366

Warren, Capt. George B., Jr., 373

“Washington Command Post,” 30-32

Washington Conference, 1921, 25

Waterproofing, 272, 273, 290, 294, 305, 432, 546, 547, 550, 559, 564, 575, 595

Waugh, Lt. Robert T., 594, 594n

Weather. See also Smoke Screen operations, wind effect on.

Army-Navy study, Pacific, 231

and smoke operations, 339, 363, 369, 390

Weber, Maj. Walter C., 202, 206

Wellmich, 385, 386, 386n

Wesel, 390, 391

West Wall, 371-72, 599-601

Westbrook, Capt. Clyde H., 491

Westbury, 147

Western Base Section, 141n

Western Defense Command, 325, 326

Western Task Force (WTF), 89, 91-93, 93n, 94-96, 98-99, 301, 326, 421

Wewak, 412

Weymouth, 356

Wheeler Field, 220

White, Lt. Col. G. C., 606

White phosphorus (WP), 72, 106, 172, 400n, 415, 421, 433, 440, 495, 497, 509-12, 514, 527, 531, 593. See also Chemical mortar, 4.2-inch; Grenades, white phosphorus.

psychological effect of, 473n, 509

smoke missions, 374, 378, 379, 428, 435, 437, 443, 473, 486, 495, 500, 616

Whitesides, Col. Sterling E., Jr., 219

Wildflecken, 302

Wilhelmshaven, 157

Williams, Maj. Allen H., 397

Williams, Maj. Arthur H., Jr., 192, 193, 201, 264

Williams, Lt. Col. Benjamin D., 485n

Willis, Col. Burton D., 191n, 193, 194, 203

Wilson, Brig. Gen. Alexander, 242

Wilson, Maj. Alfred J. P., 103, 110, 112, 115

Wingard, Lt. Robert E., 231, 232

Winter Line, 122, 436-42, 651

Woebbeking, 1st Lt. Vernon E., 499

World War I, 3-18, 534, 614-15, 653

Worms, 383, 387, 388, 489

Wright, Lt. Carroll W., 174

Wright, Lt. Col. Maurice H., 41, 46, 54, 59, 68

–Y–

Yamashito, General, 635n

Yanka, Lt. Col. Donald E., 485n, 489

Yankhauer, Capt. J. R., 175

Yap, 502, 576

Yehle, Cpl. Edward A., 506

Young, Lt. Frank W., 365

Young, Col. Mason, 378

Youngman, Lt. Col. John P., 206

Yperite, 14n

Ypres, gas attack, 5, 7, 8, 8n, 9, 10, 184

Yuza-Dake, 586

–Z–

Zambales Mountains, 505

Zamboanga, 400

Zanetti, Col. J. Enrique, 37, 43, 45, 54, 616-17, 622

Zoroastrian Society, 619