Index
–A–
Aachen, 472-73, 475, 476, 489, 607
Abaneta Farm, 448-49
Abyssinian war, 534
Acetylene tetrachloride, 247, 248, 305
Adelaide, 190
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.
Agno River, 528-29
Air Force Service Commands
IX, 159
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
Airborne Divisions
11th, 571
Airborne operations, 390, 391, 411-17, 453-55
Aircraft
B-17, 621
B-29, 401, 579, 625-28, 630, 656
P-38, 632
smoke screen laying, 206, 405, 407, 409, 412-17, 508
Airplane smoke tanks. See Smoke tanks.
Aitape, 498
Alban Hills, 447
Alexander, General Sir Harold R. L. G., 328
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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–
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
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
Biological warfare, 26, 53, 75, 84, 119, 227, 232-34
Birmingham, 323
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
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
Bomb fuzes, 157, 285. See also Fuzes.
Bombardment Division, 1st, 157
Bomber Commands
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
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
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
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 Group, 21st, 76, 81, 355, 389, 489, 609
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
Burn, Col. Walter P., 89, 96, 97, 346
Burns, Col. John R., 211, 212, 403
Burtonwood, 621
–C–
Cagayan River valley, 416
Cairo (Italy), 448
Caldwell, Lt. Col. R. Beverly, 227, 233
Camalaniugan airstrip, 416
Camouflage, 134n, 282, 284, 285, 633
Camp Doomben, 306
Camp Gordon Johnston, 424, 462, 520
Camp Sibert, 306, 311, 313, 326
Campofelice, 301
Canadian Army, First, 373
Canham, Brig. Gen. Charles D. W., 378
Cap de la Hague, 466
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
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
Hamburg raids and fire storm, 619, 619n
Tokyo raids, 629
World War I gas attacks, 5
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
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
29th, 273
Chemical Depot Companies, 70, 79, 92, 147, 277, 279, 294-99, 317, 319
6th, 93, 93n, 98, 138, 145, 297-99
9th, 147
61st, 147
64th, 147
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
42nd, 192, 193, 205, 231, 283-86, 293, 394-95, 400
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
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
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
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
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
90th, 485n
91st, 482, 484-85, 485n, 486-87
92nd, 374, 375, 461-62, 467-68, 470, 471-72, 480n, 482, 489n,
94th, 485n
95th, 485n
97th, 485n
98th, 461n, 499, 500, 502, 505, 510-15, 529
Chemical Mortar Companies, 422, 481
glider operations, 453-55
91st, 404, 502, 504, 516-19, 522
Chemical officers, 266
base sections, 73, 75-76, 256, 261, 641
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
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
237th, 317
238th, 317
240th, 317
Chemical service units, 212, 229, 268, 274, 277-80, 314, 643
Chemical Smoke Generator Battalions, 70, 22)
26th, 397
28th, 402
68th, 402
Chemical Smoke Generator Companies, 172, 325-27, 354-55, 359-60, 363, 368, 392, 395, 399, 400
67th, 402
71st, 402
74th, 373, 374, 389, 391, 491n
75th, 325
76th, 325
77th, 325
78th, 93n, 95, 327, 327n, 328, 387, 389
82nd, 356
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
164th, 331
165th, 356
167th, 356
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
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
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
Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (COSSAC), 59, 68
China-Burma-India Theater, 216
Chiunzi Pass, 434
Chloracetophenone, 3
Chloride of lime. See Bleach.
Chloropicrin, 13
Chlorosulfonic acid, 322n, 414n
Christensen, Col. Christian O., 75n
Church, Lt. Col. James R., 17, 18
Civilian Conservation Corps, 221
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
Cologne-Jülich highway, 375
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
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
XI, 213, 315, 399, 508, 509, 515, 634
XII, 80, 317n, 383-86, 484-86, 486n
XIV, 204, 213, 213n, 493-94, 505, 505n, 506-10, 515, 527, 538-39, 543, 576
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–
Daguitan River, 526
Dagupan, 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
M3, 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
Dimethyl phthalate, 308
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
Dumps, 70, 96, 129, 148, 148n, 174, 177, 274-75, 299, 302, 314-16, 342, 356-57, 497. See also Depots.
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
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
Elliott, Col. Lowell A., 40, 41, 43, 96, 98, 99
Emmons, Lt. Gen. Delos C., 225
Enemy Equipment Intelligence Service Team (EEIST) Number One, 79-80, 84
Engineer Combat Battalions, 592
6th, 552
27th, 551
118th, 538
121st, 374
149th, 303
294th, 379
295th, 377
Engineer Combat Groups
40th, 387
540th, 386
1102nd, 385
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
Enz, Maj. Walter W. F., 192, 195, 201, 202, 205, 210
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
Fire bombs. See also Incendiary bombs.
in European operations, 149, 631-32
expenditures, 632, 634, 635, 647
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.
development of, 230, 232, 234, 287, 535, 643, 646
flame tank battalion, 576, 584-85, 589
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
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
E5-5, 606
in Europe, 169, 608-09, 612-13, 647
on landing craft, 564-65
main armament (defined), 560n
periscope mounted, 588-89, 589n
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
failure in Papua Campaign, 199, 245, 293
an infantry/engineer weapon, 213, 537-38, 548, 554, 555-57, 563-64
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
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 Montbarey, 609
Fort Sam Houston, 297
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–
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.
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
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 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
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
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
Goon gun, 428n
Goon Gun Hill, 428n
Gorrill, Lt. Col. F. S., 201
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
M14, 253
smoke, 84, 169, 172, 199, 323, 537
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–
Hague Peace Conference, 6
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
Heddernheim, 621
Heffner, Capt. James J., 95
Hexachlorethane (HC). See HC smoke.
Highway 1 (Italy), 352
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
303, 363
331, 363
593 (Albaneta Farm), 448-49
700, 541
950, 438-39
1000, 541
Hilsea, 147
Hingle, Maj. Arthur T., 47, 64, 164, 175, 177
Hiroshima, 648
Histon, 147
Hobbs, Maj. Gen. Leland S., 376, 377
Hollandia, 213, 218, 252, 308, 498, 501
Hollerath, 601
Holmes, Capt. Jerome K., 227, 232
Hooker, Lt. Col. Albert H., 153
Howitzers, 420, 420n, 495, 500
Huebner, Maj. Gen. Clarence R., 473
Hughes, Maj. Gen. Everett S., 121
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
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
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
combat operations requirements, ETO, 153-54, 156
defective, 620
development of, 26, 616-17, 647-48
Eighth Air Force, first use by, 620
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
India, 625
Indian forces, 449
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, 40, 89
Infantry Divisions
1st, 70, 81n, 83, 424, 426, 462, 473, 593, 597, 601
3rd, 289, 292, 299, 340, 342n, 343-45, 386, 387, 388, 424, 425, 428, 435-37, 445, 447, 452, 489, 520
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
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
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
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
84th, 374
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
106th, 81n
Americal, 236, 494-96, 536, 542, 543, 569
Infantry Regiments
1st, 551-52
7th, 428
8th, 465
13th, 378
16th, 462
21st, 502
26th, 601
28th, 378-80
32nd, 587
38th, 598
63rd, 508
103rd, 538
111th, 522
117th, 601
119th, 375-76
120th, 375-76
121st, 597
123rd, 315
127th, 200
128th, 503
129th, 495
132nd, 542
135th, 448
142nd, 438
143rd, 443-44
157th, 433
160th, 506
162nd, 500
164th, 542
165th, 554
179th, 432
180th, 440
185th, 527-28
186th, 500
313th, 489
314th, 491
321st, 517
322nd, 517
323rd, 517
333rd, 374
345th, 385
347th, 385n
353rd, 385
354th, 386
355th, 386
359th, 467
381st, 504
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
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
Jungle warfare. See Tropical warfare.
–K–
Kadena airfield, 517
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
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
Kochi Ridge, 586
Kolombangara, 493
Kordeleski, Pvt. Frank, 539
Korea, 657
Kornasoren airdrome, 415
Krauthausen–Selgersdorf road, 376
Krueger, Lt. Gen. Walter, 400n, 416, 416n, 497, 505, 568, 635
–L–
La Sénia, 98
La Valbonne, 387n
Labir, 503
Lagone, 440
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
–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
Magnesium, 150. See also Incendiary bombs.
Magness, Lt, Col. Thomas H., Jr., 54, 605n
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
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
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
6th, 517
Marine Regiments
1st, 566
5th, 566
6th, 555
7th, 566
19th, 541
21st, 541
24th, 556
Marine Tank Battalions, 589n
1st, 558
3rd, 562
5th, 582
Markham, Lt. Col. Harrison, 432
Marne, 7
Marriott, Col. Carl L., 36, 37, 201, 204, 211, 212, 256-66, 398, 399
Marriott, Lt. Col. Ian A, 87, 120
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 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.
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
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.
81-mm., 419, 420, 495, 499, 500, 506-07, 541
Moselle River, 361-69, 371n, 484
Moundres, 462
Mount Acero, 436
Mount Adone, 351
Mount Cairo, 448
Mount Maggiore, 438
Mount Marrone, 442
Mount Mataba, 508
Mount Minoro, 572
Mount Pacawagan, 508
Mount Pantano, 440
Mt. St. Angelo, 434
Mount Santa Croce, 437
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–
Nagasaki, 648
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
Netherlands East Indies, 190n, 191, 237
New Britain, 316, 412, 493, 549-50, 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
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.
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–
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
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
Oro Bay, 210, 216, 251, 262, 396, 399
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.
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
504th, 439
511th, 416-17
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
Pike, Cpl. Boyd R., 602
Pilelo, 549
Pinamopoan, 502
PLUM (Philippines) , 283
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
RAINBOW plans, 322
RAINCOAT, 438
Ramanantelo Hill, 517
Rambouillet, 304
Randazzo, 289
Ranger Battalions
1st, 447
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
Rhein-Herne Canal, 390
Rheinau CWS Depot, 299
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
Rogers, Maj. Arthur C., 102
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
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
Ruger, Capt. Kirk J., 378-80
Rupt de Mad stream, 362
Russell Islands, 493
Rust inhibiters, 284
Ryukyu Islands, 191, 273, 402, 517, 532-33, 588
–S–
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. 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 Fernando, 513
San Francisco Port of Embarkation, 237, 255, 257, 268, 274
San Jose, 513
San Martino Hill, 451
San Narcisco, 315
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
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).
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.
Shoe impregnite, 108, 125, 167, 236, 248, 258, 267
chemical service personnel, 268, 274
decontaminating apparatus, 107, 130, 132, 133, 139, 168, 253, 262
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
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
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 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
emplacements, 349, 366, 376, 406, 410
Haslar (British), 323, 327, 328, 354
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
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
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
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.
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
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
Smoke tanks, 151, 253, 319, 323. See also FS smoke.
E-1, 416-17
E2B25, 319
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
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
Tanabaru, 586
Tank Battalions
709th, 611
739th, Special (Mine Exploder), 609
741st, 610
743rd, 612
Tank Destroyer Battalions
641st, 498
823rd, 375
Tanks. See also Flame thrower tanks.
Churchill Mark VII, 605
light, 559, 561, 564, 578, 606, 606n
M3, 287
M4A2, 562
M5A1, 576-77
medium, 560, 561, 563, 580, 584, 605, 606, 610, 612
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
Team Cherry, 476-77
Them, Capt. Eugene F., 504, 517
Thomas, Lt. Frank J., 344
Thomas, Col. Kramer, 465
Thuillier, Brig. Gen. Henry, 16
Tiger Bridge, 450
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
–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–
Vandegrift, Maj. Gen. Alexander A., 536
Velden, 80
Velletri, 452
Verzy, 632
Viareggio, 352
Victory ships, 529
Vietri sul Mari, 434
Villa, 448
Villedieu, 178
Vincennite, 10
Vire River, 467
Vogelkop Peninsula, 415
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
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
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
Woebbeking, 1st Lt. Vernon E., 499
World War I, 3-18, 534, 614-15, 653
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
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