Index
–A–
Aachen: 414-15, 418, 420-23, 489
ABC- I: 8, 10, 17
Adams, Col. Donald B.: 18-20, 56, 113
Adige River: 221
Advance Section (ADSEC): 286-87, 342, 344, 347-53, 359, 393-94, 397-403, 405, 411-12, 537-38
Aerial photography: 109, 145, 192, 227, 294-96, 430, 565. See also Maps and mapping; Photo interpreters.
K17 and Speed Graphic cameras: 296, 451
multiplex equipment: 5, 295
of Normandy beaches: 304-05, 307, 315
trimetrogen pictures: 295
use in bridge siting: 176, 185-86, 229-30, 283, 374, 427, 451, 490, 534-35, 564
Aerial tramway: 216
Agay River: 443
Agropoli: 154
Ahr River: 499-500, 504
Ain Beida: 98
Ain Fritissa: 105, 157
Air Force, Eighth: 36, 52, 56, 90, 296
Air Force, Twelfth: 86, 88
Air Force Engineer Command, IX: 90
Air Force Engineer Command, MTO (Provisional): 90
Air Force Service Command, XII: 88
Air Service Area Command, III: 172, 203
Air Support Command, XII: 84
Airborne Division, 82nd: 136, 156, 165, 303, 332, 368-69, 466, 473-74
Airborne Division, 101st: 303, 332, 336-37, 370, 476, 478
Airborne Engineer Aviation Companies
887th: 85, 87
888th: 73, 85, 87
Airborne Engineer Battalions
307th: 156, 368
326th: 332
Airborne Task Force, 1st: 439
Airborne troops: 96, 131, 311-12, 473
Aircraft
B-17E photographic: 49, 295
bomber: 87
F-4 and F-5: 296
light observation: 228, 375, 430, 451, 564
P-38: 229
Airel: 371-75
Airfield construction: 6, 9-11, 13-16, 31, 33, 40, 45, 50, 52-55, 58, 61, 85-90, 119, 140, 256, 261-64, 270, 277, 282
Aisne River: 389
Aix-en-Provence: 451-52
Akureyri: 11, 13
Alban Hills: 192, 208-09
Albert Canal: 365, 389
Albrecht, Col. Frank M.: 50, 56, 287, 349-50
Aldenhoven: 492, 494
Aldershot: 298
Alencon: 410-11
Alexander, General Sir Harold R. L. G.: 113, 115, 137, 179
Alexander Patch Bridge: 534
Algeria: 85, 87, 89, 91-92, 113, 121
Algiers: 59, 77-78, 83, 85, 91, 111, 115, 119-20, 125, 436
Alimena: 140
Allen, Maj. Gen. Terry de la Mesa: 145-46
Allied Force Headquarters (AFHQ): 59-61, 83, 88, 108, 110-11, 115, 118-21, 123, 125, 141, 166, 192, 198, 200-201, 203, 229-30, 234. See also Command structure problems.
Allied Force Headquarters (AFHQ), Engineer Section: 59, 61, 88, 102, 111, 116, 120, 153, 200-201, 206, 215, 229-30
Allied Military Government (Italy): 172, 225-26, 246
Alpine fortress: 553-56
Alps: 553-55
Alsace: 484, 556
ALSOS team: 556-59
Altavilla: 164
Altmuehl River: 549
Amalfi: 162, 177
Ambleve River: 471-74
Ambrieres-le-Grand: 385, 386n
American School Center: 40, 291
Amorosi: 175
Amphibian engineers: 6, 561
Amphibian Truck Company (TC), 819th: 506
Amphibious operations: 33
Army-Navy assault gapping teams: 305-08, 317, 319-20, 322-27, 333-34, 339, 341, 437, 441-43
Army-Navy responsibility division: 64-66, 78-79, 121-22, 163, 195, 306-08, 436-37, 561
doctrine and SOP: 64-65, 133
leapfrogging landings: 148, 162
pre-World War II planning: 6
rehearsals and exercises: 68, 76, 80, 124, 157, 192, 195, 293, 310-13
training: 6, 31, 65-68, 76, 80, 121-24, 157-58, 192, 195, 293, 304-07, 309-13, 437-38
Amphibious Training Command, AGF: 65
Anderson, Col. H. W.: 471, 473
Anderson, Maj. Gen. John B.: 517
Anderson, Maj. Gen. Jonathan W.: 65, 69
Anderson, Lt. Gen. Sir Kenneth A. N.: 59, 66, 77, 86
Andrews, Lt. Gen. Frank M.: 257, 259
Annunziata: 177
Antheor Cove: 443
Antiaircraft units and weapons: 223, 225, 227, 254, 480, 497, 509, 514, 518
Antrim Quartermaster Depot: 21
Antwerp: 351, 358-60, 363-66, 385, 413, 423
ANVIL operation: 212, 233, 238, 247, 249, 253, 436-38, 442-43, 445. See also Southern France operations.
Anzio: 228
landings and breakout: 179, 180, 183, 192-93, 195-97, 208, 223, 434
port operations: 197, 211, 234, 245, 248, 252
Anzola: 220
Apennines: 180, 237
Apex drone boats: 304, 306, 437, 441, 443-44
Apollinarisberg: 501
Ardennes counteroffensive: 364, 414, 434, 460, 461-84, 488, 507, 565
Argens River: 442
Argentan: 402
Argentan-Falaise pocket: 386
Arles: 447
Arles Canal: 448
Armogida, Lt. Col. Salvatore A.: 216
Armored Divisions: 5
1st: 17, 19, 21, 67, 74, 84, 94, 96, 98, 105, 156-57, 183, 189, 199, 222, 224
2nd: 65, 69, 119, 129, 131, 136, 376-77, 420, 489, 540
3rd: 373, 376, 385, 390, 414-15, 417-18, 474, 480, 541, 544-46
4th: 377, 380-81, 390-91, 429, 526, 530, 546-47
5th: 386, 389, 489, 498, 537-39
6th: 377, 380-81, 530
7th: 387-88, 464-66, 471
8th: 489
9th: 462, 466, 475-76, 481, 500, 502, 504-05, 541 -42
10th: 424, 429-30, 476-77, 482-83, 553-55
12th: 487, 552
14th: 549-51, 556
20th: 555-56
Armored Engineer Battalions: 5, 100, 381
3rd: 487n
9th: 500-505
16th: 67-68, 74, 93, 100, 103-05, 156-57, 166, 177-78, 183-85, 190-92, 208, 224-25
17th: 69, 125, 144, 157, 540
22nd: 538-39
23rd: 385, 414, 418, 515
24th: 380-81, 390, 546
25th: 380-81
33rd: 388
55th: 554
125th: 485, 551
Armored Field Artillery Group, 5th: 136
Armored Infantry Battalions
27th: 500, 502
60th: 481
62nd: 485
526th: 472
Armored Infantry Regiment, 6th: 189, 224
Army, First
advance to the Rhine: 414-15, 419, 423, 461-62, 490
Ardennes counteroffensive: 471, 473, 476, 483, 490
cross-Channel preparations: 285-87, 293, 299, 303, 305-09, 342, 344
operations in France: 349-50, 354, 366-68, 370-71, 381, 385, 387-92, 393, 398, 405
Rhine crossing and Elbe advance: 499-500, 504, 506, 513-15, 517, 526, 535, 541
Army, Third
advance to the Rhine: 414-15, 423-24, 427, 429, 462
Ardennes counteroffensive: 434, 476, 483
operations in France: 286, 350, 381, 385-87, 390-92, 394, 399-400, 402-03, 405
Rhine crossing to Austria: 515-16, 517, 525, 530, 535-36, 546-47, 551, 555
Army, Fifth: 286
Engineer Command: 205-07
Engineer Section: 153-54, 156-57, 163, 165-66, 172, 183-88, 191-92, 203, 205, 215-16, 218-19, 221-31, 249
Invasion Training Center: 121, 123, 157, 437-38
Italian campaign: 153-54, 165-68, 171, 174, 179, 180-81, 188, 190-91, 208-09, 211-12, 214, 216-19, 223, 228-31, 232-34, 555
Mine Warfare School: 105-06, 124-25
Peninsular Base Section support: 203, 232-34, 236-40, 245-49, 252-54
river crossing school: 224
Army, Seventh
Rhine crossing and advance: 459, 516, 517, 525, 531-36, 550-52, 557
Sicilian operations: 115-16, 119-21, 124-25, 129, 134-35, 136-37, 140-41, 145, 151-52
southern France campaign: 222-23, 227, 252, 436-39, 444-46, 451, 453, 455, 458, 484-88
Army, Ninth: 489-90, 499, 516, 517-19, 524, 535-36, 537-38, 541, 547
Army Air Forces: 6, 7, 252
aerial photography operations: 49, 229, 295-96
aviation engineers control: 88-90
support of ground operations:, 420, 430, 509
support of landing operations: 301, 304, 311, 320-21, 443
in the United Kingdom: 8, 16, 36-37, 52, 259, 267-69, 298
Army Air Forces Engineer Command, MTO (Provisional): 90
Army Ground Forces: 65, 100, 205, 260, 283
Army Groups
1st: 286-87, 350
6th: 435, 446, 449-50, 452, 454, 459, 484, 487, 532, 551, 553, 556-57, 559
12th: 350, 435, 449, 484, 487, 547, 550
15th: 115, 118, 125, 138, 197, 203, 216, 230 18: 113
21: 286, 312, 352, 363, 423, 499, 517
Army Map Service: 60, 63, 229, 297
Army reorganizations of 1937 and 1943: 4, 100, 205
Army Service Forces: 60, 89, 205, 260, 277-79, 282
Army Transport Command: 93
Arnaville: 424
Arno River: 211-14, 218, 224, 233, 240, 247-48
Arzew: 74, 76-77, 79-80, 91, 124, 158
Aschaffenburg: 530, 546, 551
Ashchurch depot: 45-48, 272, 276
Asphalt: 15, 140, 393-94
Assault Training Center: 293, 306
Atlantic Base Section: 60, 92, 110-13, 171
Atlantic Wall: 302, 365, 565
Audouville-la-Hubert: 303
Aure River: 301, 347
Aurunci Mountains: 209
Ausonia Mountains: 211
Austria: 547-48
Auw: 461-64, 483
AVALANCHE operation: 154, 158, 242, 248. See also Salerno.
Avellino: 166
Aversa: 242, 246, 248
Aviation engineers: 37, 85-90, 560
Avignon: 452, 457-58
Avranches: 381, 385, 394, 397, 400, 406, 410
Ay River: 369, 377, 380
Ayr: 9
–B–
BACKBONE operation: 153
Bacon, Col. Robert L.: 430-31
Bad Godesberg: 515
Bad Neuenahr: 500
Baerenthal: 484-85
Bagnoli: 184, 234, 242, 245
Ball, 1st Lt. James: 380
Balleroy: 408-09
Ballyclare depot: 19-21
Barby: 540
Barfleur: 344, 346-47
Barnes, Col. Elmer E.: 31-33
BARRACUDA operation: 153-54
Bartels, Pfc. George A.: 551
Barth, T/5 Henry E.: 432, 433n
Barton, Maj. Gen. Raymond 0.: 481-82
Base 901: 454-55
Base Area Groups (Provisional)
6625th: 152
6665th: 171
Base sections: 26, 29, 31, 38, 46, 51, 56, 60, 110-11, 121, 200-201, 262, 264, 272, 275, 287, 349-51. See also by name.
Basel: 531-32
Bastogne: 466, 474-79, 483-84
Bathurst: 64
Bay of Bougnon: 439, 442
Bay of Cavalaire: 439, 442
Bay of Gaeta: 438
Bay of Pampelonne: 439-41
Bay of the Seine: 299
Bayeux: 394, 409
BAYTOWN operation: 154
Beach Control Board: 437
Beach defenses and operations
Anzio: 193, 195-96
Normandy: 282, 300-308, 316-17, 319-20, 322-34, 336-39
Salerno: 154-55, 159, 161-63, 167
Sicily: 118-35
southern France: 437, 439, 441-44
Beach models: 49, 63-64, 293, 315-16
Beach Obstacle Board: 437
Beall, T/5
Robert L.: 127n Beanish, Sgt. Warren W.: 127n Beasley, Lt. Col. Oscar B.: 442
Bedja: 83-84
“Beer Bridge”: 515
Bekkaria: 96, 107
Belfast: 19, 66
Belfort: 454
Belgium: 389-90, 392, 405, 414
Bell, Col. Frank F.: 360
Bennett, Rear Adm. Andrew C.: 66
Benson project: 294, 296
Berlin: 541, 547
Berlin-Munich autobahn: 547, 549
Berre: 457-58
Besancon: 452
BIG operation: 558-59
Bills, Capt. Carl W.: 455-56
Bingen: 527
Bingham, Lt. Col. Leonard L.: 150
Birmingham: 9
Biscari Airfield: 119, 132
Bischofsheim: 531
Bisingen: 557-58
Biskra: 87, 89
Bitche: 484-85
Bivio Salica: 150
Bizerte: 84-85, 92, 99, 109, 114, 124-25
Black Forest: 551, 557
BLACKSTONE Task Force: 69
Blainville: 454
Bleialf: 464
Blida Airfield: 59, 77
Blies River: 487
Board of Contracts and Adjustments: 41
Boatner, Col. Mark M., Jr.: 59, 153
Boats. See also Powerboats; Sea Mules.
Boats, assault
Italian river crossings: 175-76, 191, 218, 220
northern Europe river crossings: 371-72, 388, 424, 433-34, 488, 548, 552, 554
Rhine crossings: 460, 489, 517-20, 525, 528-29, 532-33, 535
Roer crossings: 491-92, 494-96, 499
Boats, storm: 218, 220, 459-60, 517-20, 532-33, 535, 548
Body armor: 181
BOLERO plans: 22-24, 35-37, 42, 45-46, 50, 56, 58, 59, 195, 256-57, 262-64, 266-69, 350, 561
Bologna: 212-17, 240-41
Bolte, Lt. Col. Charles L.: 8
Bone: 83, 85-86, 92, 113
Bonesteel, Maj. Gen. Charles H.: 12
Bonesteel, Lt. Col. Charles II. III: 22, 26, 115
Bonn: 499-500, 513-15
Booby traps: 68, 101-04, 141, 181, 369, 380
Booms and antimine nets: 459, 496, 504, 509-10, 513-14, 516, 518, 523, 526-27, 533, 535
Boppard: 527, 530
Borgo Grappa: 208
Boslar: 494
Boston Port of Embarkation: 13
Bou Chebka: 84, 96
Bou Zadjar: 75
Bowman, Brig. Gen. Frank 0.: 59, 61, 153-54, 163, 165, 184, 191-92, 203, 205-07, 216, 219, 221, 223, 228, 230
Bowman, Waldo G.: 511n
Boyle, Hal: 541
Bradley, General Omar N.: 137, 287, 299, 305, 312, 343, 349-50, 370, 374, 376, 423, 434, 503, 515, 541
Braintree: 47
Brandenberger, General der Panzertruppen Erich: 480-81
Bratge, Capt. Willi: 503
Braunschweig: 540
Brazilian Expeditionary Force: 212, 225
Breidweiler: 481
Brenner Pass: 553, 555
Brenta River: 221
Brest: 352, 356, 359-60, 381-85
Bricquebec: 286, 394, 409
“Bridge in the sky”: 149, 165
Bridges. See also Bridging operations; Railroad bridges and tunnels; and by name.
Bailey: 5, 33, 41-42, 68, 100, 138-40, 147, 165-66, 179, 183-86, 191, 218, 224, 283-84, 288-89, 291, 361, 373-75, 382, 385, 390, 393, 427-28, 452, 454, 497-98, 513-14, 547, 564
British Bailey superior to U.S. design: 5, 184, 564
dummy: 186, 231, 536
footbridges: 190-91, 212, 372-73, 382, 488, 491-92, 494, 496-97
girder H-10 and H-20: 5
heavy ponton: 185, 218, 221, 389, 460, 492, 498, 506-10, 514, 517-18, 520, 526, 534-35
improvised: 175, 178, 191, 353-54, 382, 387, 420-21
infantry support: 185, 190, 372-73, 497
new models development: 283-84
pile: 165, 167, 178-79, 218, 538
ponton: 76, 185, 231, 515, 550
steel girder: 244
timber: 166, 184, 214, 224, 375, 393, 399
treadway: 5, 68, 75, 166-67, 176-78, 183-85, 218, 220-21, 224, 231, 283, 293, 336, 372-75, 381, 386, 390, 393, 459, 488, 492, 497-98, 500, 506-07, 509, 514-18, 520-21, 523-24, 526, 529-31, 533
trestle bent, fixed: 167
Bridging operations: 31, 33
demolition in Ardennes: 472-73, 476, 478-79, 484
equipment and bridge trains: 139, 184-85, 218, 221, 390, 499, 507, 513, 519, 531-32, 535
Italy: 165-67, 175-79, 183-86, 190-91, 199, 209, 211, 216, 218-19, 229, 231, 284
North Africa: 82, 99-100, 138
northern Europe: 283-84, 336, 372-75, 381-82, 385-90, 393, 420-21, 424-29, 432-34, 538-42, 544-50, 552, 554
Rhine River: 506-11, 513-16, 518, 520, 523, 526, 528-31, 533-36, 537-38
Roer River: 491-92, 494-500
Sicily: 138-41, 146-47, 149, 152
southern France: 453-54
training for: 41, 67-68, 218, 224-25, 291, 293, 310, 398
BRIMSTONE operation: 153-54
Bristol: 45, 261, 310, 313
British Air Ministry: 8, 52, 55, 262, 267, 291
British Chiefs of Staff: 8
British Eighth Army mine school: 124-25, 157
British Engineer Stores: 115
British Floating Bailey Bridge School: 218, 225
British Geographical Section, General Staff: 62, 120, 297, 564
British Inter-Service Information Series (ISIS): 64, 154
British Joint Planning Staff: 8
British Ministry of Agriculture: 269
British Ministry of Works and Planning: 268, 270
British quartermaster general: 23, 267
British School of Military Engineering (Italy): 225
British School of Military Engineering (U.K.): 41, 68, 290
British Timber Control Board: 55
British Underwater Obstacle Training Center: 304, 306n
British units. See also Army Groups, 18 and 21; Royal
Air Force; Royal Engineers; Royal Navy.
First Army: 77, 83-84, 105, 109, 113
Second Army: 286, 299-300, 312, 490, 537
Eighth Army: 83-84, 105, 113, 115-16, 137, 140, 153, 158, 165, 175, 179, 180-81, 208, 212, 216-17, 222-23, 240, 249
5 Corps: 84
10 Corps: 154, 156, 159, 162-65, 175, 177, 179, 180, 185, 188-89
13 Corps: 212, 216
1st Division: 195
46th Division: 159
49th Division: 11
56th Division: 159, 196
78th Division: 83, 147
Force 545: 115, 118-19
Blade Force: 83
Peter Force: 193
3rd Beach Group: 193
Airdrome Construction Groups: 85-87, 89-90
Commandos: 83, 159
Survey companies: 227
British-U.S. cooperation and differences: 8, 19, 22, 24, 32-33, 49-52, 55-56, 195, 261-62, 265-70, 274-75, 278, 284, 288-89, 293-98, 314-15, 363-65
British War Office: 8, 10, 23, 49, 51-52, 257, 262, 267-68, 296-98
British Works Finance: 262
British World Wide System: 340
Brittany Base Section: 351-52
Brittany peninsula: 301, 367, 381-85
Brixham: 317
Brockway trucks: 184-85, 221, 372-74, 386, 426, 563
Broich: 494-96
Brolo: 148
Brooks, Maj. Beryl C.: 38
Brooks, Maj. Gen. Edward H.: 554
Bruni oil refining complex: 456
BRUSHWOOD Task Force: 69
Budhareyri: 13
Buech River: 451-52
Büllingen: 467, 469
Bull, Maj. Gen. Harold R.: 503
Bulldozers: 5, 48, 79, 82, 166, 215, 328-29, 331, 341, 388, 437-38, 441-42
Allis-Chalmers: 195
armored: 209, 248, 325, 385, 505
D-7: 98-99, 128, 132-33, 144, 146, 183, 195, 443, 563
D-8: 144, 147, 308
R-4: 98, 128, 133, 144, 146-47
vulnerability: 130, 141, 145, 147, 161, 176, 181-82, 488
Burns, Col. Donald S.: 171, 203, 233
Butgenbach: 467, 469, 471
–C–
Caen: 299, 301
Caffey, Col. Eugene M.: 121n, 124, 310, 312, 337
Caiazzo: 177-78
Cairo: 119
Cairo (Italy): 192
Calore River: 163-64, 175, 180
Caltanissetta: 137, 139
Calvi Risorta: 239-40
Cambrai: 389
Camigliatello: 250
Camouflage: 41, 55, 108-09, 122, 145, 230-31, 239, 519, 524
Camp Carrabelle: 65
Camp Edwards: 65
Camp de Valbonne: 459
Canadian Army, First: 490
Cancale: 359
Cannes: 436
Cape Benat: 439
Cape Bon peninsula: 125
Cape Calava: 149
Cape Drammont: 443-44
Cape Orlando: 141, 144, 148
Cape Passero: 126
Capizzi: 146
Capri: 193
Capua: 177-78, 218, 224-25, 244
Cardiff: 46
Carentan: 286, 302, 304, 348-49, 367, 370-71, 374, 394, 398, 401, 408-09
Carentan-Cherbourg highway: 303
Cargo nets: 132
Carnoules: 451
Carr, Maj. William S.: 511-12
Carroceto: 197
Carter, Col. William A., Jr.: 98
Casablanca: 59, 63, 69, 72-73, 80, 88, 93-94, 111-12, 115
Casablanca Conference: 264
Caserta: 192, 195
Caspoli: 179
Cassino: 180-81, 186-87, 189-93, 208, 228, 239, 244
Castel San Vincenzo: 179
Cattenom: 424-26
Causeways. See Piers.
Cavalaire: 441
Cavalry Groups
3rd (Mechanized): 547
14th: 461-62
106th: 555
113th (Mechanized): 373
Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 117th: 585
Cavigny: 374-75
Cecina: 211
CENT Force: 119-20, 122, 124-27, 132-35
Center Task Force (CTF): 59-62, 66-69, 74-80, 85
Cerami: 146
Cesaro: 146-47
Cezembre Island: 382
Chalons-sur-Marne: 390
Chaney, Maj. Gen. James E.: 7-12, 17, 24-25, 35, 41
Channel Base Section: 351-52
Channel Islands: 360
Charleroi: 405
Charleville: 389
Chartres: 402, 410-12
Chateau-Thierry: 390
Chateaubriant: 406
Cheltenham: 26, 28, 257, 259, 289, 298
Chemical Corps: 3
Chemical Smoke Generating Company, 80th: 514
Chemical Warfare Service units: 187, 532
Chemnitz: 546
Cherbourg: 282, 286, 299, 302, 341, 343-44, 347, 369-70, 394, 397-401, 406, 408-10. See also Port reconstruction.
Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (COSSAC): 258, 278, 280, 282, 286, 289, 302-03
Churchill, Winston: 436
Cisterna: 183, 209, 211, 244
Citadel (Jülich): 492, 494-95
Citadel de St. Servan: 382
Civilian labor: 10
on the Continent: 285-86, 347, 351, 353, 355, 364, 397, 446, 457, 488
Iceland: 14-15
Italy: 172-73, 187, 215, 223-26, 228, 233, 239-40, 242, 245-47, 251-53
North Africa: 80-81, 87, 92-93, 112
Sicily: 119, 152
United Kingdom: 42, 46, 269-70
Civilian Labor Procurement Service, ETOUSA: 285
Civitavecchia: 192, 211, 227, 234, 236-38, 252
Clark, Lt. Col. Allen F., Jr:: 209, 211
Clark, Lt. Gen. Mark W.: 60, 66, 106, 153-54, 162-63, 165, 177, 179, 205, 212, 216, 223
Clerf: 474-75, 482
Clerf River: 474-75
Coastal Base Section: 446-47, 449, 451, 454
COBRA operation: 370, 376-77
Cochran, Lt. William C.: 478
Coe, Col. Edward H.: 402
Colditz: 542
Colle Basso: 146
Colleville: 300, 315, 326, 328, 330-32
Colli: 178
Coll al Volturno: 186
Collins, Maj. Gen. J. Lawton: 312, 515
Colmar Pocket: 484, 486-87
Cologne: 414, 490, 499-500
Cologne-Frankfurt autobahn: 514
Colonna, Col. John 0.: 88
Colton, Lt. Col. Hugh W.: 421-22
Colvocoresses, Capt. A.: 185-86
Combined Chiefs of Staff: 59, 115-16, 154, 436
Combined Military Procurement Control, SHAEF: 285
Comiso Airfield: 119, 132, 138, 140
Command structure problems
Army-Navy amphibious operations responsibility: 64-66, 78-79, 121-22, 163, 195, 306-08, 436-37, 561
control of aviation engineers: 88-90
in ETOUSA: 24-26, 28-29, 31-32, 200, 257-59, 349-50, 561
in NATOUSA/MTOUSA: 110, 200-201, 203, 561
supply authority in southern France: 449-50
Commercy: 390
Communications Zone (COMZ), ETOUSA: 258, 285, 287, 349-51, 358-60, 362, 366, 392, 393, 411-12, 449-50, 459
Communications Zone, NATOUSA: 80, 110-11, 200-201, 203
Concentration camp liberations: 544, 546
Congressional Medal of Honor: 190, 355n
Conington depot: 276
Conklin, Col. John F.: 60
Constantine: 87-88, 113, 120
Construction: 16. See also Airfield; Hospital; Housing; Supply depots.
Continental Advance Section (GONAD): 449, 455, 457, 459
Continental Base Section: 449
Corbeil: 410
Corps
I Armored: 105, 118, 120
II: 60, 77, 83-85, 94, 96, 98-99, 107-10, 113-14, 119, 121, 136-37, 139-40, 144, 153, 180, 188, 190, 206, 208-09, 211-16, 218-21, 227-28, 231
III: 499-500. 504-05, 514516, 547, 549-50
IV: 212-13, 215-16, 218-21, 231
V: 17-19, 21, 300-302, 305-07, 310, 315, 326, 388-89, 415, 419-20, 461, 466-67, 469, 515-16, 541-42, 544
VI: 155-56, 159, 162-63, 165-66, 174-75, 177, 179, 180, 188, 190, 192, 197-98, 208, 212, 227, 438, 442, 444, 454, 484-86, 550-51, 553-56
VII: 302, 305, 307, 311-12, 316, 336, 343, 367, 370-71, 374, 376-77, 385, 389-90, 414-15, 418-22, 499-500, 506, 514-15, 541, 544
VIII: 367-71, 376-77, 380-84, 461-62, 466, 475-78, 480, 482-83, 527, 547
XII: 387, 390, 424, 429, 488, 525, 531, 546-48
XIII: 489-90,, 492, 497-99, 519, 537, 539-40
XV: 381, 386-87, 487, 532, 550-53, 555
XVI: 489, 499, 517-19, 523-24
XVIII Airborne: 473
XIX: 367, 371, 373-74, 376, 386, 389, 420-22, 488, 489-90, 492, 499, 539-40
XX: 387, 390, 424, 426, 429-30, 433, 530-31, 546-49, 553
XXI: 486-88, 550-52
Provisional: 136-37
Corps of Engineers: 3-6, 16, 88-89. See also Office, Chief of Engineers, War Department.
Corsica: 458
Cosenza: 234, 250-51
Cota, Maj. Gen. Norman D.: 475
Cotentin peninsula: 299, 302-03, 341, 343, 347, 351, 367, 377, 397
Coubert: 410, 413
Coughlin, Lt. William J.: 463-64
Courseulles: 349
Coutances: 367, 370, 376, 394, 397, 399-400, 406-08, 410
Coutances–St. Lô highway: 377
Couville: 357, 398
COWPUNCHER exercise: 158
Cox, Capt. Allen H., Jr.: 328
Crailsheim: 553-54
Cranes: 5, 40, 44, 82, 128, 171, 184, 195, 238, 261, 274, 276, 308, 488, 521
Craw Field: 86
Crawford, Maj. Gen. Robert W.: 258
Cress, Col. James B.: 352, 537
Crouay: 408
Crozon peninsula: 383
Csendes, 1st Lt. F. E.: 511
Cunningham, Admiral Sir Andrew B.: 59
Cyclone wire: 82, 133
Czechoslovakia. 547-48
–D–
Dahiquist, Lt. Col. John E.: 7
Danube River: 547-50, 554-55
Dartmouth: 312, 317
Davidson, Lt. Col. Arthur H., Jr.: 305
Davidson, Brig. Gen. Garrison H.: 118, 125, 151, 436-37, 445-46, 448, 451, 455-56, 459-60, 532, 534-35
Davis, Col. Ellsworth 1.: 518
Davison, Brig. Gen. Donald A.: 7-11, 17, 22, 24-26, 28-29, 31, 36, 39, 41, 50, 52, 61, 87-88, 90, 111
Dawley, Maj. Gen. Ernest J.: 163
Deception: 186, 230-31, 473, 519, 524, 536
Deggendorf: 548
Delta Base Section: 449, 457
Depot Cotier du Petrole: 357-58
Desertmartin depot: 19-20, 45
Dessau: 545
Devers, Lt. Gen. Jacob L.: 201, 257, 268, 436, 446, 449, 452, 484, 486, 551, 557
Diekirch: 481-82
Dieppe raid: 304
Dietenheim: 554
Dijon: 449, 454-55
Dillingen: 433-34
D1ME Force: 119-20, 122, 124-27, 129-33, 135
Dinan: 382
Dinant: 390
Dinard: 381-83
Distinguished Service Cross: 127n, 190, 326, 329, 433, 464, 478
Distinguished Unit Citation: 189, 326, 372, 426, 466-67
Djebel Abiod: 89
Djedeida: 83
Doan, Col. Leander LaC.: 418
Dol: 397
Dole: 452, 459
Domfront: 410
Doolittle, Brig. Gen. James H.: 86
Dorland, Sgt. Eugene: 502-03
Dortmund-Ems Canal: 538-39
Dossen River: 360
Doubs River: 452, 459, 532
Dourdan: 410
Douve River: 299, 302-03, 332, 335, 337, 370
Dove, Pvt. Vinton: 328-29
Dragoni: 184
DRAGOON operation: 351, 455. See also ANVIL
operation. Drauffelt: 475
Dresden: 547
Dreux: 402, 405
Drnovich, Capt. Louis J.: 330
Dromard, Brig. Gen. Robert: 455
Drome River: 452
Dryden, Lt. Edwin C.: 96
DUCK I, II, HI exercises: 310-11
Dueren: 489-90
DUKWs
Mediterranean operations: 117, 123-24, 128-32, 134, 159, 169, 193, 199, 220, 236-37
Normandy operations: 312, 331, 339, 344, 353-54, 362
river crossings: 459-60, 489, 504, 506, 519-20, 526, 529, 532-33, 536, 540
Dunkirk: 294
Dunn, Brig. Gen. Beverly C.: 288
Durance River: 436, 451, 457
–E–
Eaker, Maj. Gen. Ira C.: 296
Earth auger: 48
Eastern Assault Force (EAF): 77-79
Eastern Base Section (NATOUSA): 113-14
Eastern Base Section (U.K.): 28-29, 39, 45, 47-48, 50, 52-53, 272, 287
Eastern Task Force (ETF): 59-60, 62, 67-68, 74, 77, 83, 86
Echt: 518-19
Echternach: 480-82, 484
Eddy, Maj. Gen. Manton S.: 146, 376
Egginton subdepot: 48
Ehingen: 554
Eifel: 414-15
Eilenburg: 542
Eisenhower, General of the Army Dwight D.
as commander AFHQ and NATOUSA: 59, 88, 110, 192, 201, 258
as commander ETOUSA: 25-26, 201, 257-59, 350, 561
and operations on the Continent: 304-05, 317-18,414,434,503-04,517,541,547, 553,555
and operations in the Mediterranean: 116, 118, 153, 159
as Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force: 258-59, 285
El Ala: 94
El Guettar: 107
Elbe River: 537-42, 547
Elliott, Brig. Gen. Dabney 0.: 200, 206, 252
Elsenborn: 470
Elsenborn ridge: 469-71, 484
Elster River: 546-47
Empire Emerald: 173-74
Empire Traveller: 357
Empoli: 231
Enfidaville: 84
Engeman, Lt. Col. Leonard: 500-504
Engineer Air Force Headquarters Company, 904th: 145
Engineer Amphibian Brigades: 64-66, 122
1st: 61, 65-66, 74, 80, 111-12, 114, 121, 122n Engineer Amphibian Command: 65, 79, 122
Engineer Aviation Battalions: 9, 35-36, 38-40, 50, 52-56, 85-89, 271-72, 560
809th: 39, 53, 85-87
814th: 39, 85, 87, 89
815th: 85-86
817th: 44, 85
818th: 40
824th: 12, 15
825th: 39-40, 85
830th: 39
832nd: 39, 85
837th: 89
838th: 89
845th: 89
871st: 73
Engineer Aviation Regiments: 6
21st: 7, 12, 14-15, 85-86, 89
Engineer Base Depot Companies: 272
445th: 274
Engineer Base Equipment Company, 688th: 252-53
Engineer Battalions (Separate): 232, 272
378th: 157
383rd: 223
384th: 157
386th: 171, 252
387th: 185
Engineer Beach Control Groups
36th: 437, 441-42
40th: 437, 442, 451
540th: 438, 444
Engineer Board: 284
Engineer Boat Maintenance Company, 561st: 67
Engineer Boat Regiments: 65, 561
591st: 59, 66-67, 74-76, 80, 121, 122n
Engineer Camouflage Battalions: 208, 216, 270, 289
84th: 230-31
601st: 94, 108, 145
Engineer Camouflage Company, 396th: 239
Engineer Combat Battalion Beach Groups: 309
37th: 311, 314, 327
147th: 316
149th: 309, 311, 316, 327
336th: 316, 327, 330
348th: 316, 327
Engineer Combat Battalions: 4, 99-100, 207, 223, 233, 270-71, 289, 305-06, 381, 483, 562
1st: 74, 94, 129-30, 138, 140, 146-47, 544
2nd: 384, 462, 469-70
4th: 370, 388-89, 481-82
7th: 15, 525-26
10th: 69, 94, 148-51, 156, 165-66, 175-77, 182-83, 199, 224-25, 556
12th: 383
15th: 69, 72-73, 77, 94, 146-47, 374
20th: 136n, 328
25th: 487n
31st: 554
35th: 475-76, 483, 527
37th: 221, 309, 327-30, 362
44th: 475-76, 483, 528
48th: 183-84, 186, 188-90, 208, 212, 225, 438
49th: 336-37, 376-77
51st: 472-73, 479, 483, 507
81st: 461-67
82nd: 492
103rd: 474-75, 480
105th: 371-73, 420
107th: 20-21
109th: 78, 94, 96, 106, 156-57, 186, 192, 197, 199, 223
111th: 156, 164, 168, 176, 190, 225, 486
112th: 20-21, 305, 307, 330-31
120th: 132-33, 140-41, 156, 164-65, 188, 225-26
121st: 330-31, 375, 384, 494
135th: 427, 531
142nd: 552
146th: 307, 326
147th: 309, 318, 327, 330-31
148th: 368, 377, 513
149th: 309, 327. 329, 341, 518, 520
150th: 483, 526
151st: 385
158th: 476-79, 483
159th: 382-83, 475-76, 482-83, 527
160th: 424, 531, 548
163rd: 533, 558n
164th: 504, 509
168th: 462, 464-65, 475-76, 483, 528
169th: 218
171st: 497
172nd: 422
179th: 387-88, 424, 433-34, 531
187th: 518, 520
188th: 528
202nd: 383, 471, 518-19
203rd: 309
204th: 525
206th: 424-25, 433-34, 531
207th: 368, 377
208th: 523
234th: 374-75, 492, 540
235th: 187-90, 209, 211, 218, 220, 224, 229
237th: 307, 333-34, 336, 374, 376, 390, 422, 515
238th: 336, 370, 376, 390, 422-23, 515
243rd: 528
245th: 547
246th: 371, 373-74, 492, 494-95
247th: 371-72, 374, 421-22, 492, 494
248th: 390
250th: 538
252nd: 538
254th: 467, 469, 516, 542
255th: 220
258th: 518
263rd: 488
271st: 548
276th: 505, 509-12
279th: 497
280th: 518
284th: 510
286th: 487n
290th: 487
291st: 471-73, 483, 507, 513, 549-50
292nd: 497-98
294th: 376, 514-15, 545-46
295th: 386, 492, 540
297th: 376, 385, 386n, 390, 514
298th: 370-71, 376-77
299th: 306-07, 308n, 326, 341, 478
300th: 368
308th: 370, 381-82
310th: 209, 211, 220, 224-25
313th: 207, 209, 225-26
315th: 369, 424-25, 433
316th: 225 320th: 431-33
324th: 470, 549-50
329th: 544
334th: 157
336th: 309, 331
348th: 309, 330
401st: 139n, 220
402nd: 139n, 220n
404th: 220
1256th: 538
1269th: 557-59
1271st: 487n
1276th: 496, 518, 521
1278th: 478
2830th: 533
2831st: 533, 553
2832nd: 533
2833rd: 533
Engineer Combat Groups: 205-06, 216, 222-23, 270, 562
19th: 139n, 220
39th: 220
40th: 532, 553
112th: 306n
540th: 532-33, 554
1102nd: 370, 381, 476, 527
1103rd: 429
1104th: 371, 373, 389, 421-22, 490, 492, 499, 518
1106th: 333, 336-37, 341-42, 370, 374, 376-77, 390, 422-23, 514, 544
1107th: 381, 383, 475, 528
1108th: 192, 206, 218, 220
1110th: 368, 370, 377, 381, 513
1111th: 376, 471-72, 504
1115th: 374-75, 386, 490, 492, 497
1116th: 309
1117th: 381, 390
1119th: 309
1120th: 370, 376, 390, 514, 544
1121st: 542
1128th: 476
1135th: 525-26, 548
1139th: 387-88, 390, 424, 429, 433, 531, 548
1141st: 490, 496-97, 499
1145th: 487
1146th: 538
1148th: 517-19
1149th: 490, 497, 499
1153rd: 517-19, 523, 535
1154th: 547
1159th: 504, 506, 510-11, 549
1168th: 216, 218
1171st: 389
1338th: 218
Engineer Combat Regiments: 5, 122, 205-06, 223, 232, 271, 562
5th: 12, 15
19th: 67, 94, 96-99, 132, 139-41, 144, 190-91, 209, 215, 220n, 224, 253-54
20th: 69, 94, 99, 136, 140-41, 151-52
36th: 69, 78, 80, 121-23, 161-67, 177, 184, 186, 188, 193, 196-97, 208, 212, 223-24, 437-38, 441, 446, 459, 484-85
39th: 129-31, 140, 144, 157, 176-77, 188, 196-98 214, 224, 236
40th: 122, 127n, 250, 437, 449, 452, 454, 459, 484, 486, 487n, 488
112th: 20-21
540th: 69, 121-23, 129, 131-32, 148, 152, 156-57, 162-63, 168-69, 171, 193, 195-96, 198-99, 212, 236, 438, 443-44, 454, 459, 484-85, 488
Engineer Construction Battalion, 6487th: 248
Engineer Depot Companies: 46, 82, 208, 223, 251, 272, 363
383rd: 227
397th: 20, 39, 274
450th: 46,.112, 227
451st: 111, 227
458th: 252
460th: 112
462nd: 112, 252
715th: 112
Engineer Dredge Crews
1077th: 363
1080th: 365-66
Engineer Dump Truck Companies: 35, 208, 270, 274, 289
196th: 487
427th: 20
434th: 40
577th: 360
1528th: 237
Engineer fire-fighting units: 172, 248
Engineer Forestry Company, 800th: 250-51
Engineer Gas Generating Unit, 1044th: 360
Engineer General Service Regiments: 5, 9, 35, 39-40, 53, 223, 232-33, 274, 289, 291, 393, 398, 563
38th: 342
94th: 171, 242, 244, 454
95th: 394, 397, 402
175th: 73, 94, 99, 185, 224
332nd: 38, 353-54, 364, 398, 401-03, 405
335th: 446-47, 448n, 458, 459n
337th: 163, 167, 230
338th: 237-38, 247-48, 251
341st: 38, 394, 397, 402-03, 537
342nd: 38, 271, 346-47, 353-54, 398
343rd: 140-41, 152, 156, 178, 212, 451-52, 454
344th: 186, 212, 452, 454
345th: 93, 171, 173, 242, 246
346th: 271
347th: 272, 356-57, 398-403
354th: 398
355th: 364, 394, 397, 402, 537-38
358th: 346-48, 363-64, 405, 409, 411
359th: 405, 406, 409-11
360th: 359 364th: 411
365th: 394, 397
368th: 411
373rd: 360-61
375th: 402
377th: 402
389th: 402
390th: 398-400
392nd: 360, 398, 402
398th: 354
1301st: 526
1303rd: 381
1306th: 427-29
1317th: 537
1323rd: 271
Engineer Heavy Ponton Battalions: 397-98, 563
85th: 185, 459, 534-35
86th: 505, 515
88th: 526
181st: 508, 515
552nd: 508, 515
1553rd: 459, 487n, 534-35
1554th: 185, 218, 220-21
Engineer Heavy Shop Companies: 47, 251-52, 275-76
496th: 253-54
Engineer Light Equipment Companies: 223, 252, 270-71
629th: 471
Engineer Light Maintenance Company, 677th: 487n
Engineer Light Ponton Companies
501st: 513
503rd: 371-72, 375
509th: 388
Engineer Maintenance Companies: 47, 208, 223, 251-52, 270-71, 275
5th: 254
40th: 254
467th: 20, 47
469th: 252-53
470th: 47, 94, 109, 253
471st: 47
473rd: 252-54
962nd: 471
971st: 360
Engineer Maintenance Companies (Italian), 1st and 2nd: 253
Engineer Map Depot Detachments: 122, 233, 249
1709th: 454
1710th: 193, 228
1712th: 228
2634th: 249
2657th: 120
2658th: 120
2699th: 158
Engineer Mine Clearance Company, 6617th: 437
Engineer Mines and Bridge School: 225
Engineer Mobile Map Depots, 1st and 2nd: 454
Engineer Mobile Mapmaking Detachments: 63
Engineer Model Making Detachments: 49
1621st: 218
Engineer Mountain Battalion, 126th: 216, 220
Engineer Parts Supply Companies
752nd: 276
754th: 254
Engineer Petroleum Distribution Companies: 6, 37, 233, 363, 412, 457, 562-63
696th: 138, 173-74, 238-40, 458
697th: 455-58
698th: 405-06, 409, 411
701st: 458, 459n
702nd: 92
703rd: 240-41
705th: 239-40
784th: 457
785th: 240-41
786th: 405-07, 409, 411
787th: 405-06, 409, 411
788th: 405, 411
790th: 405, 411
1374th: 405, 409, 411
1375th: 405, 409, 411
1376th: 411
1377th: 411
1379th: 458
1385th: 458
2004th: 92
2602nd: 91, 119
2814th: 459n
Engineer Port Construction and Repair Groups: 116, 289, 562-63
1051st: 152, 169, 233-34, 236-37, 446-49, 454
1053rd: 359, 538
1055th: 346, 355-56, 359-60, 362, 398
1056th: 352-53, 355-56, 364, 537
1057th: 360
1058th: 359-60, 509, 511-12, 538
1061st: 360, 362
Engineer Port Repair Ship Crew, 1071st: 355, 360
Engineer port repair ships: 282, 363
Engineer Regiments (World War 1), 17th and 18th: 3
Engineer Service Battalions
407th: 241
408th: 457-59
Engineer Shore Groups: 121
36th: 122-23, 126-29
40th: 122-24, 133
531st: 122-24
540th: 122-24
Engineer Shore Regiments: 65, 68
531st: 66, 74, 76-77, 121-23, 129-32, 156, 158-59, 161-64, 167, 309, 316, 337, 341
540th: 72-73
Engineer Special Brigades: 65, 122, 305, 308-10, 561
1st: 122-24, 134-35, 137-38, 156-57, 309-12, 316-17, 337-38, 341-42, 346
5th: 309-11, 315-17, 327, 329-30, 332, 342, 363
6th: 309-11, 315-16, 327, 332, 342
Engineer Special Service Regiment, 333rd: 353, 355
Engineer survey liaison detachments: 297
Engineer Technical Intelligence Teams (ETIT): 380
Engineer Topographic Battalions: 49, 289, 295, 297
30th: 48
649th: 454
Engineer Topographic Companies: 289, 297
62nd: 94, 109, 145
66th: 63, 120, 218, 227-28
661st: 227, 454
Engineer Treadway Bridge Companies
988th: 507, 514
990th: 514-15
991st: 425-26
992nd: 371-72, 374-75, 540
994th: 516
998th: 487, 507, 516
1755th: 224
Engineer Utilities Company, 1090th: 152
Engineer Water Supply Battalions: 246
401st: 247
405th: 247
Engineer Water Supply Companies: 37, 246
518th: 94, 107-08
1513th: 247
1514th: 247
Engineers
army organization and tasks: 187, 207, 393
corps organization and tasks: 187, 205, 207, 214, 297, 393
division organization and tasks: 186-87, 205-07, 214
field force engineers in construction: 35, 270-71, 315
in infantry role: 72-73, 94-97, 159, 164, 188-90, 196-97, 329, 369, 383, 421-22, 462-67, 469-85, 487-88, 565
labor pool system in U.K.: 56-57
manpower shortages: 28-29, 222-23, 259, 269-71, 274, 315, 381, 562
officers and specialists: 32-33, 37-39, 43, 222-23, 271, 274-75, 560, 562
requisitioning procedures: 37-38
strength in European Theater: 38, 269, 565-66
strength in Mediterranean: 223, 232-33, 566
Enna: 139-40
Enns River: 548
Ensdorf: 431-32
Epinal: 453
Ernst Ludwig Bridge: 534
Erpel: 505-07, 513
Eschdorf: 475
Eschweiler: 418
Etang de Berre: 447-48, 456, 458
Ettelbruck: 481
Eupen: 414-15
Eure River: 402, 405
European Theater of Operations (ETOUSA): 25-26, 44-45, 58, 110, 277, 279, 287. See also Command structure problems; Office, Chief Engineer, ETOUSA; Services of Supply, ETOUSA.
deputy theater commander: 257-58, 350
G-1: 38
G-3: 266, 291
G-4: 32, 37, 257-58, 356
EXPLOIT operation: 519
–F–
FABIUS amphibious exercises: 312-13
Faid Pass: 84, 94
Falaise Gap: 354, 385
Falmouth: 317
Farthing, Pfc. William E.: 432, 433n
Fedala: 69-70, 79, 93
Feriana: 84
Ferries. See also Rafts and ferries.
Phion: 361
Rhino: 340
Twickenham: 354
Fertilia: 239
Fifth Army Base Section: 169, 171, 203
Filettole pump station: 247
Finberg, Maj. Irving W.: 157
Fisciano: 167
Fiumarello Canal: 156, 159, 163
FLASHPOINT operation: 517
Florence: 211-14, 219, 231, 245-46
Floresta: 147
Foggia airfields: 165
Foley, Maj. James E.: 509
Folligny: 397, 399-400, 405
Fondi: 209, 245
Fontanelle caves: 226
Force 141: 115-16, 118-20, 123
Force 163: 436
Force 343: 115, 118-20
Formia: 182, 209
Formigny: 400
Fort Belvoir: 63
Fort Benning: 372
Fort Blucher: 538
Fort Keranroux: 383-84
Fort Koenigsmacker: 425
Fort Montbarrey: 383-84
Fort Pierce: 304-05, 310
Fort Yutz: 427-28
Fortifications and obstacle reduction: 148-50, 166, 186, 357, 367, 381-84, 413-15, 417-21, 424- 25, 430, 432-44, 488, 539, 551, 553, 555, 565
Forward Echelon, Communications Zone (FECOMZ): 287, 349-50
Fougeres: 385, 400, 406
Fowey: 305
Fox exercise: 311
Foy: 476-77
Fracolise: 246
Franey, Maj. J. M.: 38
Frankenthal: 458
Frankfurt: 515, 525, 530, 546
Frankfurt-Dresden autobahn: 546
Fraser, Lt. Col. Harvey R.: 507
Fraulautern: 431
Fredendall, Maj. Gen. Lloyd R.: 59, 97, 113
Frejus: 442, 451, 456
French forces: 83, 87, 227, 233, 239-40, 434, 447, 459. See also French units.
French Forces of the Interior (FFI): 389-91, 402, 456
French Morocco: 87, 89, 91, 93, 99, 105, 112, 121, 153, 157
French National Geographic Institute: 297, 564-65
French Navy: 446
French units
Armee B: 454
First Army: 453-55, 484, 486-87, 507, 551, 554, 557
Expeditionary Corps (FEC): 180, 208-09, 212
2nd Armored Division: 389, 487
Freudenstadt: 557-58
Friesenhahn, Capt. Karl: 503
Fry, Lt. Col. E. M., Jr.: 383
Fuerth: 553
Fulda River: 546-47
Fuorigrotta: 245
Futa Pass: 212, 215
–G–
Gabes: 84
Gaeta: 154, 182, 192
Gafsa: 84, 87, 94, 96, 98, 107-08
Gale, Maj. Gen. Humfrey: 59
Gallagher, Col. Leonard B.: 206
Gambsheim: 486
GANGWAY operation: 153-54
Gar Davidson Bridge: 535
Gardes, Lt. Col. George W.: 164
Gare Loch: 9
Garigliano River: 180-81, 183, 188-90, 208-09, 211, 233
Garmisch-Partenkirchen: 555
Gela: 119, 121, 126, 129-32, 137-38
Gembloux: 405
General Hospital, 37th: 245
General purchasing agent (U.K.): 41-43, 285
General Purchasing Board, USAFBI: 41-42
German Army units
Army Group G: 438
Army Group H: 490
German-Italian Panzer Army: 83, 97
Fifth Panzer Army: 464, 474, 480
Sixth Panzer Army: 466-67, 469, 474
Seventh Army: 301, 480-81
Tenth Army: 154, 180
Twelfth Army: 540, 544
Fourteenth Army: 180
Nineteenth Army: 438, 455
I SS Panzer Corps: 469
XIV Panzer Corps: 154
LXVI Corps: 464
LXVII Corps: 467
LXXX Corps: 480-81
LXXXV Corps: 480
Hermann Göring Division: 131, 154
Panzer Lehr Division: 475, 478
2nd Panzer Division: 478
5th Parachute Division: 480
6th SS Mountain Division: 485
12th SS Panzer Division: 469, 471
15th Panzer Grenadier Division: 154
16th Panzer Division: 154, 164
18th Volksgrenadier Division: 466
26th Volksgrenadier Division: 474
29th Panzer Division: 164
91st Infantry Division: 303-04, 333
116th Panzer Division: 479
212th Volksgrenadier Division: 480-81
224th Infantry Division: 439
242nd Infantry Division: 439
243rd Infantry Division: 303
276th Volksgrenadier Division: 480-81
352nd Infantry Division: 301
352nd Volksgrenadier Division: 480-81
709th Infantry Division: 303
716th Division: 301
Kampfgruppe Peiper: 469, 471-73
Waffen SS troops: 369
German E-boats: 312
German frogmen: 504, 509-10, 516, 523, 527, 533, 540
German nuclear research laboratories: 556-59
Gerow, Maj. Gen. Leonard T.: 306, 469
Ghent: 365-66
Gholson, Maj. Charles B.: 457
Gieselwerder: 544
Glatton Airdrome: 54
GOALPOST task force: 69, 73
Göring, Reichsmarschal Hermann: 559n
Goldstein, Pvt. Bernard: 472
Goodrington Sands: 310
Goodwin, Capt. Francis E.: 510-11
GOOSEBERRY breakwaters: 343
Gotha: 546
Gothic Line: 230, 233
Gouldin, Maj. Robert A.: 538
Governola: 221
Govin: 409
Gozo island: 125
Graders and scrapers: 5, 48, 98-99, 132, 308, 563
Grandcamp-les-Bains: 310, 344, 346-49
Granier, Brig. Gen. Georges: 455
Granville: 344, 346, 348, 355, 359-60
Grappling hooks: 212, 371, 384
Gray, Brig. Gen. Carl R., Jr.: 452
GRENADE operation: 489-90
Grenoble: 436, 451-52
Griner, Lt. Col. George W., Jr.: 7, 11
Gross, Brig. Gen. Jean: 454
Groves, Maj. Gen. Leslie R.: 557n
Guard (installation) operations: 553
Gulf of Frejus: 442-43
Gulf of Gela: 116
Gulf of Naples: 154
Gulf of Salerno: 154, 159
Gullat, Col. Doswell: 332, 363
Gustav Line: 180, 190, 208, 228
–H–
Hadir Steel Mill: 537
Hagensen, Lt. (jg.) Carl P.: 307-08
Hagensen packs: 307-08, 320
Haguenau: 485
Hahn, Otto: 558
Haigerloch: 558
Hainneville: 357, 410
Haislip, Maj. Gen. Wade H.: 555
Hall, Col. William C.: 427
Halle: 545
Hamel-au-Pretre: 300
Hameln: 539, 541
Hampton Roads: 63
Hann-Muenden: 541
Hannis Taylor: 365
Harbor Craft Company (TC), 329th: 510
Hardstandings construction: 10, 86, 266, 313-14, 520
Harkleroad, Capt. Paul F.: 328
Harmon, Maj. Gen. Ernest N.: 69
Harmon, Capt. Harold M.: 463-64
Harmon, Lt. Col. William B.: 449
Harris, T/5 Charles E.: 161
Hartle, Maj. Gen. Russell P.: 18
Harvey, Lt. Col. A. D.: 398
Harvey, Col. Oliver C.: 437
Harz Mountains: 544
Haswell, Pfc. James B.: 423
Hayden, Maj. Gen. J. C.: 66
Heavey, Col. Edward H.: 18
Hechingen: 557-58
Hedgerow blasting operations: 367, 370, 374
Heilbronn: 553-54
Heilig, Lt. Col. E. Warren: 402
Herbert, 2nd Lt. Edward: 431
Hermann Göring Steel Works: 540
Heuem: 461, 463-64
Hewitt, Vice Adm. H. Kent: 65, 124, 195, 437
Highware: 344
Highway 1 (Italy): 211
Highway 2 (Italy): 211, 240
Highway 6 (Italy): 187-88, 214, 239-40
Highway 7 (Italy): 188, 208-09, 211, 239-40
Highway 9 (Italy): 213
Highway 18 (Italy): 166
Highway 64 (Italy): 215, 219
Highway 65 (Italy): 212-15, 217, 219, 241
Highway 82 (Italy): 209
Highway 85 (Italy): 188
Highway 87 (Italy): 177
Highway 113 (Sicily): 137, 139-41, 144, 148-50
Highway 117 (Sicily): 141, 152
Highway 120 (Sicily): 137, 139-41, 145-48, 152
Hilfarth: 499
Hill 122: 369
Hill 313: 482
Hirson: 405
Histon depot: 276
Hitler, Adolf: 352, 415, 439, 544
Hitler Line: 208
Hochheim: 531
Hodges, Lt. Gen. Courtney H.: 504, 515, 517
Hodges, Capt. Preston C.: 480
Hoefen: 467, 470
Hoefn field: 11
Hoenningen: 541
Hoge, Brig. Gen. William M.: 315, 332, 502-03
Hohe Rhoen: 551
Homberg: 523
Honsfeld: 467, 469
Hopkins, Harry: 22
Hopper dredges: 363, 365
Horb: 558
Hosingen: 474-75
Hospital construction: 9, 51-53, 245-46, 261, 263-64, 268-69, 280-81
Hotton: 479-80, 483
House-to-house fighting: 384-85, 433, 474-75
Housing construction: 7-10, 13, 15, 17, 19, 24, 50-58, 256, 259, 261-64, 266-68, 280
Huebner, Maj. Gen. Clarence R.: 515, 542, 544
Huertgen Forest: 462, 481
Hughes, Brig. Gen. Everett S.: 110
Hughes, Maj. Gen. H. B. W.: 287-88
Hughes-Hallett, Vice Adm. J.: 66
Hulen, Col. Harry: 402
Huntingdon: 45, 48
Huntingdonshire: 9
Huppain: 406-09
HUSKY operation: 115-16, 118, 120-22, 124-25, 152, 163. See also Sicilian operations.
Huy: 471
–I–
Iceland: 8, 11-16
Iceland Base Command: 12, 15-16
Idice valley: 215
Il Giogo Pass: 212
Iles d’Hyères: 439
Ilfracombe: 293
Iller River: 554
Ilva Steel Works: 184
Impregnated clothing: 320, 325
INDIGO operation: 11
Infantry Divisions
1st: 66, 74, 76-77, 79, 94, 98, 119, 125-26, 129,
136-38, 140-41, 145-48, 300-301, 307, 312, 315-16, 327, 376, 386, 422-23, 470-71, 506, 514, 544
2nd: 307, 383-84, 461, 467, 469-70, 515, 541-42
3rd: 65, 69, 94, 118-19, 125-26, 136, 148-50, 156, 165, 174-77, 179, 193, 195, 437, 439, 441, 486-87, 533, 552-53, 555-56
4th: 302-03, 311-12, 316, 332-33, 339,
370-71, 376, 388-89, 462, 476, 481
5th: 424, 433-34, 525-26
8th: 369, 377, 381, 383
9th: 65, 69, 73, 77-78, 94, 100, 145-48, 370, 374, 376, 470, 490, 504
28th: 389, 461-62, 474-75, 480, 482, 487
29th: 300-301, 310, 312, 315-16, 371, 374-75, 383-84, 421, 475, 489-90, 492
30th: 371-74, 376, 420-21, 473-74, 489-90, 492, 497, 518-21, 523-24, 540
32nd: 17, 19, 21n
34th: 17-19, 21, 77-78, 94, 96, 156, 158, 174-79, 189-92, 199, 211, 237
35th: 371, 374-75, 489, 498-99
36th: 156, 158-59, 161, 164, 168, 179, 190-91, 224, 438, 443-44, 486
37th: 17, 19, 21n
42nd: 552, 556
44th: 554-55
45th: 119, 122, 125-26, 132-33, 136-37, 139-41, 147, 150, 156, 158-59, 162-65, 175, 179, 188, 226, 437, 485, 532, 534, 553, 555
63rd: 488, 553-54 69th: 516, 541-42
71st: 548
75th: 487, 523
78th: 504, 514
79th: 368-69, 377, 386-87, 486, 489, 518, 520-21, 523-24
80th: 530
83rd: 370-71, 377, 381-82, 489, 540
84th: 480, 489-90, 492, 497-98, 539
85th: 208-09, 220-22, 224
86th: 549
87th: 527, 530
88th: 207-09, 212, 221
89th: 528-30
90th: 368-70, 377, 424-25, 429-30, 433-34, 526
91st: 212, 221
92nd: 212, 217, 225
95th: 424, 427, 429-34
99th: 461, 467, 469-70, 549-50
100th: 553-54
102nd: 489-90, 492, 496-97
103rd: 555
104th: 544-45
106th: 461-62, 464-65, 476
Infantry Regiments
2nd: 526
3rd: 100
7th: 148-49, 175-76, 441, 533, 556
8th: 303, 319, 333-34, 336-37
10th: 525-26
11th: 525
12th: 481, 483
15th: 128, 148, 176, 441, 533
16th: 74, 129-31, 146, 301, 311, 316, 320, 327-28, 330, 332
18th: 74, 119, 129, 131, 146-47, 316, 327, 332, 422
26th: 74, 76, 96-97, 129-30, 146, 315-16, 423
28th: 377, 380
30th: 148, 533 38th: 470
39th: 77-78, 145-46
47th: 146-47
60th: 146-47
109th: 474, 480
110th: 474, 480
112th: 474:487
115th: 332, 494-96
116th: 301, 311, 315-16, 324, 326-28, 330, 332
117th: 371-72 119th: 371-72, 492
120th: 371, 373-74, 492
121st: 381-82 134th: 499
141st: 156, 159, 161, 190-91, 443-44
142nd: 156, 159, 161, 444
143rd: 190-91, 444
157th: 149-50, 485-86
168th: 77-78
175th: 492, 494
179th: 485, 532
180th: 532
275th: 485
309th: 490
317th: 530
319th: 530-31
330th: 371
334th: 497
345th: 527
347th: 527
353rd: 528
354th: 528-29
357th: 369, 425, 433
358th: 369, 424-25, 433
359th: 369, 424-25, 434
378th: 427 379th: 430-31
395th: 470
405th: 496
407th: 497
422nd: 462-64, 466
423rd: 461, 464, 466
424th: 464, 466
442nd RCT: 212
Infantry-engineer assault teams: 130, 415, 417, 420-21, 432, 488, 565
Infantry School: 372
Inland waterways: 284, 362, 364-65, 447
Inn River: 548-50, 555-56
Innsbruck: 555
Inspector General: 200
Intelligence: 48-49, 62-64, 192, 227-30, 296, 316-17, 350-51
Inverary: 67
Irby, Lt. Col. William J.: 513
Iris huts: 52, 55, 265
Iry, Lt. Col. Clarence N.: 12
Isar River: 548-50, 555
Isigny: 286, 310, 344, 346-49, 397-98
Isigny-Bayeux road: 342
Island Base Section: 152
Isle of Wight: 291, 406
Italian campaign: 153-59, 161-79, 180-93, 195-99, 200, 203, 208-09, 211-31, 233-34, 236-42, 244-55, 282, 286, 437-38, 562
Italian forces
with Allied units: 227, 245, 248, 253
Axis defense forces: 83, 126-27, 131, 155
engineers: 180, 216, 225, 227, 233, 237, 241, 246, 252-53
Itri: 209
Itschner, Col. Emerson C.: 287, 344, 393, 397-98, 400-401, 537
–J–
Jagst River: 553-54
Jemmapes: 119
Joint staff planners, U.S.: 31
Jones, Lt. Col. William L.: 228-29
Jones, Lt. Col. William P., Jr.: 206
Joss force: 118-20, 122, 124-30, 132-33, 135
Jourdan River: 356
Jülich: 490, 492, 494-97
June: 246-47
Junior N. Van Noy: 355-56
Juvisy: 402-03
–K–
Kaldadharnes Airdrome: 11, 15
Kasba fort: 73
Kassel: 515
Kasserine Pass: 83-84, 88, 94, 96-98, 100, 104, 107
Kaye, Lt. Col. Minton W.: 295
Kean, Brig. Gen. William B.: 306
Keflavik field: 11, 15
Kelley, Maj. Roy S.: 364
Kennedy, Capt. Kenneth W.: 74-76
Kerkrade: 421
Kienheim: 550
Killian, Col. Joseph 0.: 221
King, Admiral Ernest J.: 65
King, Lt. Col. Roswell H.: 415, 418
King’s Newton: 398
Kittrell, Col. Clark: 450
Klase, Capt. Andrew F.: 346
Klebach, Sergeant-Major Jacob: 503
Koblenz: 414, 430, 527
Kocher River: 554
Koenigswinter: 514-15
Koerrenzig: 497-99
Km. force: 119-20, 122-24, 131
Krefeld: 519, 524
Krinkelt: 470-71
Kripp: 500, 506-07, 510-11
Kwaadmechelen: 364
–L–
La Calle: 113
La Chapelle-Anthenaise: 400
La Ferte: 391
La Forge: 358
La Grande Dune: 338
La Haye-du-Puits: 367-69, 399, 406, 410
La Hutte-Coulombiers: 405
La Madeleine: 303
La Meauffe: 375
La Mede: 456-58
La Roche: 479
La Senia Airfield: 74, 91
La Vicomte-sur-Rance: 382
Ladd, Lt. Col. John G.: 229
Lahn River valley: 515
Lake Constance: 532, 553
Lambach: 548
Landaker, Col. Chester L.: 364
Landen: 405
Landing ships and craft: 31, 64-66, 439, 491.
See also River crossings; and by type designation. Italian campaign: 156, 159, 163, 169, 192-93, 195, 199, 236-37
Normandy landings: 299, 314, 316-17, 319-25, 327-28, 330-34, 338-39, 340
North Africa landings: 67-69, 72, 75-76, 78-79
Sicilian landings: 116-18, 123-24, 127-29, 132-33
southern France landings: 439, 441-43
Landshut: 550
Larkin, Maj. Gen. Thomas B.: 24, 26, 37-39, 60, 88, 110-11, 200-201, 203, 450
Lauer, Maj. Gen. Walter E.: 469
Laval: 400-401, 406, 410
LBVs: 347
LCAs: 75, 319
LCI-92: 318
LCI-554: 325
LCIs: 193, 317, 325, 327-28
LCMs: 65
Mediterranean operations: 75-76, 118, 131, 133, 437
Normandy invasion: 306-07, 317, 320, 322-25, 333-34, 344
Rhine crossing: 489, 506, 517-21, 523, 529, 531, 535-36
LCP(R)s: 75
LCT-30: 325
LCTs: 65
Mediterranean operations: 118, 127, 129, 131-32, 169, 193, 195, 199, 236-37, 443
Normandy and French port operations: 317, 319-20, 322, 324-25, 327, 330, 333, 338, 344, 346-47, 353, 362, 408
LCVPs: 65
Mediterranean operations: 81, 117, 127, 133, 159, 193
Normandy landings: 307, 319
Rhine crossing operations: 489, 504, 506, 508, 510, 513-16, 517-21, 525-26, 528-29, 531, 535-36
Le Garre, Eugene: 409
Le Grand Vey: 336-37
he Havre: 356, 360-63, 413
Le Luc: 439
Le Mans: 400-401, 405
Le Muy: 439
Le Pas-des-Lanciers: 457
Le Pontet: 457
Lech River: 555
Lee, Maj. Gen. John C. H.: 28
as COMZ commander: 285, 349-50, 366, 449, 459
as G-4 and deputy commander, ETOUSA: 257-58, 350
as SOS, ETOUSA, commander: 24-26, 29, 31, 200, 287, 561
and U.K. construction and supply buildup: 37, 51-52, 56, 278, 315
Leghorn: 211, 219, 221, 233-34, 237-41, 245-48, 251-52
Leina: 546
Leine River: 540
Leipzig: 541-42, 546, 550
Les Andalouses: 74
Les Couplets tank farm: 357-58
Les Dunes de Varreville: 303
Les Moulins: 300, 302, 330-31
Lessay: 369-70, 376-77, 380, 410
Lessay-Periers road: 377, 380
Liberty ships: 136, 167, 169-71, 199, 234, 236-38, 353-56, 360, 362-65, 447
Libramont: 479
Licata: 116, 119, 121, 126-29, 136-38, 144
Liege: 364, 390, 405, 461, 471, 513, 518
Limatola: 224
Lines of communication: 31, 152, 277-78, 282-83, 350-51, 449, 563
Linn, Maj. Herschel E.: 307, 333
Linnich: 490, 492, 496-98
Lintfort: 518-19
Linz: 506-07, 548
Liparulo, Pfc. Lorenzo A.: 472
Lippe River: 537-38
Liri River: 192, 208, 227, 230
Lison: 397-99
Littlejohn, Brig, Gen. Robert McG.: 45, 56
Liverpool: 45
Livron: 452, 458
Loch Linnhe: 68
Loch Ryan: 9
Lockerley: 298
Lockett, Lt. Col. Charles L.: 455
Lohr: 551
Loiano: 241
Loire Base Section: 351
Loire River: 363
London: 26, 28, 257, 259, 261, 289
Londonderry: 19, 66
Longueville: 286
Loper, Col. Herbert B.: 297
Loper-Hotine Agreement: 49, 120, 294, 564
Lord, Brig. Gen. Royal B.: 33, 39, 258, 265, 356
Lorelei: 527
Lorient: 358-59
Lorraine plain: 423
Losheim Gap: 461-63, 467, 469
Lourmel: 74
Lovelady, Lt. Col. William B.: 415, 417-18, 544
LSIs: 317
LST-282: 444
LST-338: 131
LST-531: 312
LSTs: 68n
Mediterranean operations: 75-76, 117-18, 124, 128-29, 131-32, 136, 149, 163, 169, 193, 195, 199, 234, 236-37, 444
Normandy and French port operations: 312, 317, 342-44, 353, 359, 383
Lucas, Maj. Gen. John P.: 165
Lucca: 213-14
Ludendorff, General Erich: 500
Ludendorff Bridge: 500-506, 509-13, 515
Ludwigs Canal: 552
Ludwigshafen: 535
Luetzkampen: 461
Lumber supply: 9, 166, 175, 218, 234, 242, 245, 250-51, 462, 471, 475, 483, 503
Luneville: 454, 460, 488
Lure: 453
Luxembourg: 389, 462, 464
Luxembourg City: 476, 480-82, 515
Luzery: 477
LVTs: 491-92, 494-96, 517-18, 520, 536
Lyon: 436, 449, 452, 454-55, 457-59
Lyons, Col. F. Russel: 504
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Maas River: 519
McAuliffe, Maj. Gen. Anthony C.: 555
McCoach, Maj. Gen. David J., Jr.: 200n
McDonough, Colonel: 306n MacKeachie, Col. Douglas C.: 41-42
McNair, Lt. Gen. Lesley J.: 205-06
McNarney, Brig. Gen. Joseph T.: 7
Macon: 458
Maddaloni: 225
Madeleine River: 356
Madonie-Nebrodi ranges: 141
Magdeburg: 540
Maginot Line: 423, 425, 429, 484-85
MAGNET force: 17-19, 21
Main River: 530-31, 546, 551-52
Main supply routes (MSRs): 351, 376-77, 394
Maintenance operations: 46-47, 214, 241, 252-54, 274-76
Mainz: 429, 515, 530-31
Maiori: 162
Maison Blanche Airfield: 77, 86-87
Major Robert A. Gouldin Bridge: 538
Maknassy-Sened area: 84, 107
Maktar: 94
Mailing: 424-26, 429
Malmédy: 471-73, 483, 507 “Malmédy massacre”: 472
Manhattan Project: 556, 557n Mannheim: 458, 531-35
Mantes-Gassicourt: 385-87
Manteuffel, General der Panzertruppen Hasso von: 464
Maps and mapping: 5, 48-49, 564. See also Aerial photography.
defense overprints: 120, 145, 156, 158, 185, 227-28, 315-17
Italian campaign: 156, 158, 185, 218, 227-29, 249-50, 252
North Africa operations: 62-63, 81, 109, 120
operations in northern Europe: 293-98, 315-17, 351, 391
photomaps: 49, 62-63, 109, 145, 218, 227-28, 295-96, 315, 565
security measures: 63, 120, 158, 297-98
Sicilian operations: 120, 144-45
southern France operations: 454-55
supply and distribution problems: 120, 297, 391, 454, 565
Maracaibo boats: 68, 75
Marche: 474, 478-80
Mareth Line: 83-84
Marienburg Castle: 552
Marigny: 376-77, 385
Maritime Command, ETOUSA: 66
Marne River: 390
Marne River Canal: 403
Marrakech: 93
Marseille: 233, 436, 439, 442, 445-49, 451-53, 456, 458
Marsh draining: 370
Marshall, General George C.: 8, 12, 22-25, 65
Marston, Brig. Gen. John: 11
Marston warehouses: 265-66
Martigues: 447-48, 456
Marvin, Col. George W.: 443
Matching Airdrome: 54
Maures: 442
Mayenne: 354, 401
Mayenne River: 385, 400-401
Meaux: 390
Meckenheim: 500-501
Medical Battalion, 56th: 123
Medical Department: 268-69
Mediouna airfield: 93
Mediterranean Allied Air Forces: 208
Mediterranean Base Section: 60, 77, 88, 92, 110, 112-13
Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTOUSA): 90, 203, 225, 227, 246, 254, 435, 563
Meeks Field: 15
Mehdia: 69, 73, 79, 82
Melgerdhi field: 11
Melun: 387, 390
Merderet River: 303, 332
Mers-el-Kebir: 158
Mersa Bou Zedjar: 74-75
Merzig: 429-30
Messina: 116, 137, 139, 141, 150
Metz: 402-03, 405, 414, 423-24, 429
Metz Gap: 414, 423
Meulan: 386
Meuse River: 389-90, 467, 471-72, 479, 489, 513, 518
Meyrargues: 451-52
Miano: 249
Michelshof: 482-83
Michin, Pvt. Bernard: 478
Middleton, Maj. Gen. Troy H.: 377, 381, 475-76, 482-83
Mignano: 179; 180, 186, 244
Milazzo: 144
Military Pipeline Group (Provisional): 411-12
Military Pipeline Service (MPLS): 412
Military Railway Service (MRS), Transportation Corps: 242, 399, 405, 452
1st: 397, 451, 453
2nd: 356
Millburn, Maj. Gen. Frank W.: 486-87
Miller, 1st Lt. Keith E.: 127n Millikin, Maj. Gen. John: 500, 504
Milwit, Col. Herbert: 48-49, 296
Mincio River: 221
Mine clearance methods: 103, 105, 107, 116, 140, 144, 158, 182-83, 488, 564. See also Mine detectors.
Mine detectors: 101, 307, 320, 325, 334, 368, 494
AN/PRS-1 (Dinah): 183
AN/VRS-1: 183
British: 144
SCR-625: 5, 103-04, 107, 130, 141, 144, 182-83, 564
vehicle-mounted: 104, 183
Minefield charting and recording: 101, 106, 182, 197-98, 564
Minefields and clearance operations
Italy: 168, 181-83, 190-91, 199, 217, 237, 246
Normandy and northern France: 328, 331-32, 369, 380, 383-84, 408-09
Sicily: 119, 130, 140-41, 144, 146-48
southern France: 437
training: 67-68, 100, 103, 105-06, 124-25, 157-58, 182, 212, 225, 370, 380, 564
Tunisia: 96, 100-107, 141
Mines, German: 5, 100
antipersonnel (AP): 101-02, 368
antitank (AT): 101, 141, 368
“bottle mine”: 374
improvised: 144, 446
mustard pot: 368, 380
nonmetallic: 181
plastic: 217n, 494
S (“Bouncing Betty”): 102, 147, 181-82, 190, 368, 380
Schu: 107, 158, 181-83, 217, 302, 380, 446
Stock: 181
Teller: 101-02, 107, 130, 147, 181, 190, 217n, 302, 322, 368, 446, 564
Topf: 217, 494-95
wooden box: 107, 141, 144, 190, 217
Mines, Italian: 101, 155, 217n
Mines and minelaying, U.S.: 96-97, 102, 197-98, 370, 465, 472, 474, 477, 564
Minturno: 245
Mistretta: 141
Model, Field Marshal Walter: 483
Moletta River: 196
Mondovi: 113-14
Moneymore General Depot: 20
Monschau: 461, 464, 467, 470
Mont Castre ridge: 369
Montalbano: 147
Montargis: 402
Monte Camino: 188
Monte Camolato: 146-47
Monte Grande: 216
Monte Lungo: 186
Monte Maggiore: 188
Monte Orso railroad tunnel: 244
Monte Pelato: 146
Monte Porchia: 188-89
Monte San Biagio: 244
Monte San Fratello: 148
Monte Serrasiccia: 216
Monte Soprana: 155
Monte Trocchio: 189
Montebourg: 398
Montecatini: 246
Montesano: 250
Montgomery, General Sir Bernard L.: 83-84, 97, 115-16, 137, 165, 286, 499, 537
Moore, Col. Anderson T. W.: 97
Moore, Maj. Gen. Cecil R.: 31, 56, 285, 287, 401, 489, 565
and dual command, ETOUSA and SOS: 28, 259, 350, 561
and engineer intelligence: 296-98
and engineer manpower: 38, 56-57, 260, 271, 315
and U.K. buildup: 42-43, 256, 260, 262, 264, 267, 272, 275, 277
Moosberg: 550
Morlaix: 359-60, 364, 383
Mortain: 385
Mosbach: 554
Moselle River: 390, 392, 423-30, 452, 462, 481
Mostaganem: 119
Mott, 1st Lt. Hugh: 500-504
Mt. Cauvin tank farm: 408
Mt. Etna: 140, 146
Mt. Vesuvius: 251
Mountain Division, 10th: 216, 220-22
Mountain Infantry Regiments, 86th and 87th: 220
Mouterhouse: 485
Muehlhausen: 542
Muenster: 538-39
MULBERRY artificial harbor: 340, 342-44, 361, 408
Mulde River: 542, 544-47
Mulhouse: 454
Munich: 553, 555, 559
Munich-Salzburg autobahn: 555
MUSKET operation: 154
Mussolini Canal: 244
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Naab River: 548
Namur: 364, 390, 478
Nancy: 405, 424
Nantes: 359
Naples: 153-54, 158, 162, 165-67, 175, 184, 192, 195, 203, 226, 234, 241-42, 249-53, 286, 438, 454. See also Port reconstruction.
Naso ridge: 148
National Redoubt (Alpine Fortress): 553-56
Native Labor Company, 144th: 92
Naval Beach Battalions: 122-23, 133, 305
1st: 193, 437
2nd: 129
4th: 437
8th: 438
Naval combat demolition units (NCDUs): 305-08. See also Amphibious operations.
Naval LCVP Units:
No. 1: 506n, 516
No. 3: 517
Naval Operations Board: 145
Navy, U.S.
Amphibious Corps, Atlantic Fleet: 65
Amphibious Force, XI: 305
Amphibious Training Base: 304-06, 310
bases in the United Kingdom: 9, 67
in Iceland: 11-12, 16
Italian campaign support: 156, 158, 163, 169, 195
Normandy landings support: 282, 299, 301, 304-07, 316, 320-21, 325-26, 333, 337, 342-43, 565
North Africa landings support: 68-69, 73, 78-79
port reconstruction operations: 136, 237, 352-53, 355, 361-62, 445-47
Rhine River crossing support: 489, 516, 526, 535, 538
Seabees: 15, 446, 538
Sicilian operations support: 123-24, 127, 131-32
southern France landings support: 436-37, 439-41, 443
Task Unit 122.5.3: 518
Navy Cross: 326
Navy Intelligence Board: 436
Neckar River: 553-54, 557
Neffe: 476-78
NEPTUNE plan: 286, 299-300, 303-04, 309, 342, 349
Nettuno: 193, 196
New York Port of Embarkation: 43, 60, 157, 173, 277, 279
Newbury depot: 46, 272
Newcastle: 68
Newport: 46
Niblo, Col. Urban: 205
Nicholas, Col. Richard U.: 490
Nicosia: 139, 145
Nierstein: 525-26
Nijmegen bridge: 504
Niscemi: 131
Nissen huts: 8-9, 12-14, 33, 52, 54-55, 265
Noce, Brig. Gen. Daniel: 65-66, 79
Nordhausen: 544
Nordheim: 552
NORDWIND operation: 484, 486
Normandy Base Section: 351-52
Normandy landings. See OMAHA Beach; UTAH Beach. North Africa invasion: 40, 59-69, 72, 74-82, 114, 121-22, 438. See also TORCH operation.
North African Air Service Command (NAASC): 90
North African Theater of Operations, U.S. Army (NATOUSA): 110-11, 113, 152, 156, 200-201, 203, 228, 245, 249, 252, 436, 450. See also Command structure problems; Services of Supply, NATOUSA.
North African Training Command: 93
Northern Ireland: 8-9, 17-22, 35, 68, 261
Northern Ireland Base Command (Provisional): 21
Northern Ireland Base Section: 29, 272
Northwest African Air Forces (NAAF): 88-90
Nuremberg: 547, 553
–O–
Oberforstbach: 418
Oberwesel: 528-29
O’Daniel, Brig. Gen. John W.: 157
Oddi Airdrome: 11
Odenwald: 531
Office, Chief Engineer, ETOUSA: 28, 42, 46, 560-61. See also Moore, Maj. Gen. Cecil R.
administrative divisions: 36, 262, 267-68, 272, 285, 289-90, 296, 298, 317, 350-51
cross-Channel plans and operations: 31-33, 256-57, 280, 282-85, 297, 304, 349, 397, 489, 531
and TORCH operation: 38-39, 56
Office, Chief of Engineers, War Department: 17, 35, 40, 42-43, 48-49, 51, 60, 63, 229, 279, 288, 296-97
Ohrdruf: 546
Oise Base Section: 351
Oise River: 389
Oliver, Maj. Gen. Lunsford E.: 538
OMAHA Beach
assault plans: 299-303, 305-07, 310-12, 315-16
landing operations: 317, 319-34, 339, 506
post D-day operations: 340-44, 346-47, 349, 394, 400, 405-08
Ombrone River: 211
O’Neill, Lt. Col. John T.: 305, 306n, 307
Oppenheim: 525-26, 528, 530-31, 546
Oran: 59, 69, 74, 77-78, 83, 86, 88, 91, 111-13, 119, 122, 124-25, 156, 158
Ordnance Department: 47
Orleans: 402
Orleansville: 74, 77
Orne River: 299
Orscholz Switch Line: 430
Ortheuville: 478-79, 483
Oujda: 153
Ouled Rahmoun: 92, 114
Our River: 462, 474, 480-81
Ourthe River: 478-79
OVERLORD operation: 256, 262, 265, 277, 281-83, 286-88, 297, 299, 302, 310-11, 344, 348, 351, 356, 358, 438
Oxford: 298
Oxwich Beach: 310
Oxx, Col. Francis H.: 60
–P–
Pachten: 433
Pack animals: 99-100, 148, 188, 209, 211, 213, 225, 229
Padgett, S/Sgt. Ewart M.: 423
Paestum: 156, 162, 249
Paignton: 310
Palermo: 118, 132, 136-37, 139, 141, 150, 156, 159. See also Port reconstruction.
Parachute Infantry Regiment, 505th: 473
Paris: 351, 356, 362, 385-89, 399-400, 402-03, 405, 410, 413
Pash, Col. Boris T.: 556-58
Passau: 548
Patch, Lt. Gen. Alexander M.: 436-37, 452, 487, 534, 550
Patillo, Lt. Col.: 306n
Patterson Field (Iceland): 15
Patton, Lt. Gen, George S., Jr.
and North Africa operations: 59, 72, 74, 113
Seventh Army commander: 115-16, 131, 135, 136-37
Third Army commander: 390, 400-401, 405, 423, 429, 434-35, 483, 515, 525, 527, 530, 547, 549, 555
Paxson, Col. Harry 0.: 185-86, 192
PBS (Main): 234, 245, 252. See also Peninsular Base Section.
Peckham, 1st Lt. Charles: 328
Pegnitz River: 553
Peiper,ObersturmbannführerJoachim:469,471-74
Pence, Brig. Gen. Arthur W.: 29, 39, 113, 171, 203, 232
Peninsular Base Section: 171-74, 199, 203, 222, 227, 231, 232-34, 236-42, 244-55, 563
Pensouth: 234, 254. See also Peninsular Base Section. Pergrin, Lt. Col. David E.: 471-72, 507
Periers: 367, 369-71, 374, 376, 394
Perregaux: 91
Person, Col. John L.: 411-12
Petralia: 137, 139
Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants. See POL supply. Philbin, Lt. Col. Tobias R.: 431
Philippeville: 91-92, 113
Photo interpreters: 145, 185-86, 192, 229-30. See also Aerial photography.
Photo Squadron, 13th: 296
Pichon-Fondouk el Aouareb Pass: 94
Pico: 209
Pierced steel plank: 6, 87
Piers: 354-55
causeways: 343-44
Lobnitz pierheads: 343-44
naval ponton: 117-18, 124, 128-29, 131-32, 169-70, 316, 361, 442
ramps: 136, 238
“whale” floating roadway: 340, 343-44
Pietravairano: 224
Pile driving equipment: 167, 238, 488
Piolenc: 458
Piombino: 234, 236-38, 252
Pipeline construction: 6, 563
Mediterranean: 61-62, 91-93, 119, 138, 172-73, 232-33, 238-42, 252, 455-59
northern Europe: 280, 282, 284, 291, 358, 391, 393, 405, 408-13
ship-to-shore: 91, 284, 291, 408-09
training: 406
victaulic coupling: 62, 92, 410
Pisa: 211, 214, 218, 231, 245, 247
Pistoia: 214-16
Plank, Brig. Gen. Ewart G.: 287, 349, 351
PLUTO (Pipeline Under the Ocean): 406
Plymouth: 313, 317
Po River: 217-20, 224, 228
Po valley: 213, 215, 217-18, 233, 240
Pointe de la Percee: 330-31
POL supply: 6, 32-33, 563
Major POL System: 406-13
Mediterranean operations: 62, 91-92, 119, 138, 167, 172-73, 174, 232, 238-41, 252, 447
Minor POL System: 406-09, 411
northern Europe operations: 284, 357, 405-13
storage tanks and pumping stations: 62, 91-92, 138, 173-74, 238, 240, 357-58, 405-06, 408-09
Polich, Lt. Col. Frank J.: 188
Poligny-Mouchard: 452
Pomigliano Airfield: 245
Pont-du-Fahs: 84
Pont-Hebert: 337, 374-75
Pontaubault: 400-402
Ponte Olivo Airfield: 119, 131, 138, 145
Pontedera: 231
Ponthierry: 387-88
Pontine marshes: 209, 211
Poole: 313
Port-aux-Poules: 121-23, 157-58
Port Battalion (TC), 382nd: 129
Port-de-Bouc: 445, 447-48, 456-58
Port-en-Bessin: 299, 302, 406-09
Port-Lyautey: 63, 69, 73, 86-87, 93
Port reconstruction, Mediterranean: 113, 119, 129
Leghorn: 233-34, 237-40
Marseille: 233, 445-47, 456, 458
minor ports, Italy: 234, 236-39
minor ports, southern France: 439, 444-45, 447, 458
Naples: 167-74, 177, 232, 234, 236-39, 245-48, 281, 447
Palermo: 115-16, 136, 138, 151-52
Toulon: 445-46, 456
Port reconstruction, northern Europe: 31, 33, 277-78, 280-83, 286-89, 291
Antwerp: 351, 363-66
Cherbourg: 282, 348-49, 351-57, 360, 367, 406
Le Havre: 360-63
minor ports: 310, 340, 344, 346-49, 351, 356, 358-60, 365-66
Portland: 312-13, 317
Porto Empedocle: 119, 137-38, 151
Ports, artificial: 310, 339, 340, 343
Ports (TC)
4th: 346
5th: 363
11th: 310, 344, 346-47
13th: 363
17th: 365
Pouppeville: 335-37, 341
Power shovel: 99
Powerboats: 427, 434, 459, 505, 508-10, 512, 526, 532, 535-36
Pozzilli: 188
Pozzuoli: 239
Prime movers: 80, 144, 195
Projects for Continental Operations (PROCO): 277-82, 285, 287, 289
Provisional Engineer Group, V Corps: 307
Provisional Engineer Special Brigade Group: 310, 315, 332, 339, 340, 344, 346, 438
Public utilities restoration: 61, 151-52, 168, 172, 237, 242, 245, 247-48, 280, 284-85, 542
Pursuit Squadron, 33rd: 12
Purteil, Lt. William E.: 463
–Q–
QUADRANT Conference (Quebec): 256-57, 259, 262
Quarries: 187, 225, 238, 356, 357, 462, 475
Quartermaster Corps: 5-6, 45, 278
Quartermaster Group, 49th: 246
Quartermaster Railhead Company, 557th: 312
Quartermaster Service Companies:
3206th: 312
4145th: 347
Quartermaster units: 36, 122-23, 238, 272, 274, 309-10
Queen Mary: 19
Querqueville: 357
Quiberon Bay: 356, 359
Quineville: 304, 335
Quonset barges: 218, 220-21
–R–
Rabat: 118-19, 121
Rade d’Agay: 443
Rafts and ferries: 68, 175-76, 218, 220-21, 425-26, 434, 460, 505-06, 508, 514-15, 517-18, 521, 523-24, 526, 528, 531, 533, 535-36
Railroad bridges and tunnels
British unit construction railway bridge (UCRB): 288, 397, 399-401, 403
northern Europe: 283, 288, 291, 356, 364, 383, 397-403, 405
Sicily and Italy: 141, 152, 229, 233, 242, 244-45
southern France: 451-53, 537-38, 564
training: 398
Railroad reconstruction. See also Railroad bridges and tunnels.
cross-Channel attack plans: 280-83, 286, 288, 291
Italy: 152, 172, 232-33, 242, 244-45
North Africa: 61
northern Europe: 282, 356-57, 364, 397-99, 403, 405, 542
Sicily: 119, 137, 152
southern France: 448, 451-53
training: 41, 398
RAINBOW-5 plan: 8, 17
Rambouillet: 402
Rampan: 375
Ramps. See Piers.
Rance River: 381-82
Randazzo: 139, 141, 144, 146-47
Ranger Battalions
1st: 74, 76
3rd: 128, 136
Rangers: 126, 129-31, 159, 162, 177, 195, 300, 312, 328, 330, 552. See also Ranger Battalions.
Rapido River: 180-81, 186, 190-92, 208, 224, 233
Raviscanina: 186
Reading: 298
Real estate operations: 119, 173, 203, 248-49, 351
Recovery unit, T-2: 128, 184
Red Ball Express: 397, 411
Reddy Fox explosive pipe: 304, 306, 437
Rednitz River: 553
Reed, Lt. Col. Howard H.: 39
Regen River: 548
Regensburg: 547-48
Reggio di Calabria: 154
Regnitz River: 553
Reims: 412
Relizane: 119
Remagen: 500-503, 505, 507-11, 513-14
Remagen bridge. See Ludendorff Bridge.
Rennes: 383, 397, 407
Reno River: 216, 231
Resia Pass: 555
Rettel: 424
Reykjavik: 11-15
Reynolds, Sgt. John A.: 502
Rheinberg: 517-19, 527, 535
Rheinduerkheim: 534
Rhens: 527
Rhine gorge: 525, 527
Rhine River: 413, 414, 423, 430, 454, 458, 484-86
Rhine River crossings
First Army: 500-16, 517, 524, 526, 535-36, 541
Third Army: 517, 525-31, 535-36, 546
Seventh Army: 517, 525, 531-36, 550-51
Ninth Army: 517-21, 523-36, 537-38
planning: 429, 459-60, 486-88, 489-91, 499-500, 504, 517-18, 531
Rhone River valley: 436, 447, 449, 451-55, 458-59
Ricciardi, Roberto: 163
Ridgway, Maj. Gen. Matthew B.: 473
Riggs, Lt. Col. Thomas J., Jr.: 463-66
Ripon: 41
River crossings: 5, 229, 382. See also Boats; Bridging operations; Rafts and ferries; and rivers by name.
artillery support: 371-72, 388, 431, 433, 490-92, 519, 525, 532-33, 535
cableways: 459, 489, 492, 495, 532-33, 540, 554
doctrine: 535
equipment: 455, 488, 518-21
landing craft: 459-60, 489, 491-92, 494-96, 504, 506, 508, 510, 513-16, 517-21, 523, 525-26, 528-29, 531-33, 535-36, 540
training: 212, 218, 224, 424, 459, 518-19, 532
Road construction
Iceland: 15
Italy: 165, 186-87, 192, 195-96, 198-99, 209, 211-12, 214-17, 226, 229, 245
North Africa: 61, 82, 94, 96-99
northern France: 280, 283, 286, 393-94, 397
Sicily: 140-41, 146-47
Robinson, Lt. Melvin 0.: 551
Rochefort: 479
Rocherath: 470-71
Rock and gravel supply: 8, 13, 15, 99, 140, 175, 187-88, 196, 215, 225-26, 238, 356-57, 377, 394, 488, 563
Roer River crossings: 467, 489-92, 494-500, 517-18, 524
Roer River dams: 461, 490
Roerdorf: 496-97
Roermond: 489
Roetgen: 415, 417-18
Rogers, Col. Thomas DeF.: 42, 333-34, 370, 422
Rolandseck: 514-15
Rome: 154, 188, 192, 208-09, 211, 234, 237, 240, 244, 246
Rommel, Field Marshal Erwin: 97, 301-02
Romney huts: 55, 265
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: 22, 538
Roosevelt, Brig. Gen. Theodore, Jr.: 333, 337
Roosevelt Bridge: 538
Roscoff: 360, 363
Rosenheim: 556
Rosneath: 66-67
Ross, 1st Lt. Robert P.: 329
Rouen: 360-63
ROUNDUP operation: 22-23, 31-32, 36, 48, 57, 278
Route Napoleon: 436
Routes
16: 462
172: 370
174: 373, 375
N-4: 478-79
N-13: 393-94
N -15: 476
N-23: 471
N-26: 478-79
N-28: 477
N-800: 370, 394
Royal Air Force: 49, 90, 294-95
Royal Engineers: 12, 15, 18, 21, 92, 315
Royal Navy: 74-76, 78, 169, 195, 237-38, 320-21, 360, 363, 489
Ruhr: 423, 490, 499
Ruhr Pocket: 538, 540-41, 544, 547
Russian 5th Guards Airborne Division: 548
Russian forces: 542, 547-48
Rust, Lt. Col. Clayton A.: 511-12
Ryder, Maj. Gen. Charles W.: 59, 77
–S–
Saalach River: 556
Saale River: 541-42, 544, 547
Saar-Moselle triangle: 430
Saar River: 423, 429-34, 487
Saarbruecken: 423, 484, 487
Saarlautern: 429-34
Sacco River: 22’7
Safi: 63, 79-80
St. Brieuc: 359, 383
St.-Charles: 114
St. Die: 454
St. Gilles: 377, 385
St. Goar: 527-30
St. Goarshausen: 528-29
St. Hilaire-du-Harcouet: 400-401
St. Hubert: 479
St. Jean-de-Daye: 371, 374, 409
St. Laurent: 300, 326-28, 331-32
St. Lô: 367, 370-71, 375, 394, 408-10
St. Lô breakout: 359, 399, 405
St. Lô-Periers road: 376
St. Malo: 344, 346, 348, 358-59, 381-82, 384
St. Marcel: 457
St. Michel-en-Greve: 359, 383
St. Peter: 548
St. Raphael: 439, 443-44, 456, 458
St. Sauveur-le-Vicomte: 303
St. Tropez: 439, 441-42, 445, 451
St. Vaast-la-Hougue: 344, 346-49
St.-Vith: 461, 464-66, 471, 476, 483-84
Ste.-Barbe-du-Tlelat: 157
Ste. Honorine-des-Pertes: 300, 407-09
Ste. Marie-du-Mont: 335
Ste. Maxime: 439
Ste. Mere-Eglise: 286, 302-03, 332
Salcombe: 305, 308
Sale airfield: 93
Salerno: 154-56, 158-59, 161-65, 167, 171, 177, 192, 437
Salm River: 472-73
Salon: 457
Salzburg: 553, 555-56
San Benedetto: 220
San Biagio: 244
San Felice: 239
San Pietro: 192
San Stefano: 238-40
San Vittore: 239
Sandau: 539
Sandhofen: 458
Sant’ Agata: 148
Sant’ Angelo: 190-91
Santerno valley: 212
Santo Stefano: 141, 147-48, 152
Saone River: 452
Sardinia: 153
Sarre-Union: 429
Sarrebourg: 429-30, 453, 458, 484
Sarreguemines: 429, 458
Sauer River: 462, 480-82
Sbeitla: 84, 89, 100, 107
Sbeitla-Gafsa road: 98
Sbeitla-Hadjeb el Aioun road: 94
Sbiba: 94, 96-97
Scaling ladders: 371-72, 384
Scauri: 246
Scharnhorst Line: 414, 417-18
Scheidgen: 482
Schelde estuary: 363, 365
Schill Line: 414, 418
Schlausenbach: 463
Schmidthof: 418
Schnee Eifel: 419, 461-62, 464
Schoenberg: 461, 464-66, 476
Schoenebeck: 540
Schoppen: 469
Schwammenauel dam: 490
Schwarz Erntz River: 462
Schweinfurt: 552
Scoglitti: 126, 132, 134
Scorpion flails. See Tanks.
Scotland: 8-9, 66-68
Scott, Col. Stanley L.: 24
Sea Mules (tugboats): 510, 517-21, 523, 536
Sebou River: 73
Sedan: 389
Sedgewick: 238
Seine Base Section: 351
Seine River: 360, 362-63, 367
Seine River crossings: 385-87, 389-90, 402-03, 410, 413
Sele River: 154, 156, 159, 161, 163-64, 166-67
Selune River: 400-401
Senden: 538
Serchio River: 213, 231, 247-48
Serino aqueducts: 168, 242, 247
Services of Supply, ETOUSA: 21, 24-26, 28-29, 31, 33-34, 36-38, 43, 57, 60, 257-58, 261, 270, 278, 287-89, 315, 349, 561. See also Command structure problems; Communications Zone.
Services of Supply, ETOUSA, Engineer Service: 26, 28-29, 31-33, 37-39, 42-43, 47-48, 51-53, 55-56, 62, 77, 200, 256, 259, 269-71, 289
Services of Supply, NATOUSA: 26, 100, 110-12, 115, 121, 153, 157, 172, 200-201, 203, 449-50
Services of Supply, War Department: 24, 37, 65, 88-89. See also Army Service Forces.
Sessa: 239
Sesto: 241
Seves River: 369, 377
SEXTANT Conference (Cairo-Tehran): 256, 260
Seydhisfjordhur: 13
Sfax: 84, 92
SHARK force: 119-20
Sherman, Col. Harry B.: 176
SHINGLE operation: 180, 192, 195. See also Anzio. Shoemaker, Pvt. William J.: 328-29
Shrivenham: 40, 47
Sicilian operations: 114, 115-35, 136-41, 144-52, 153, 165, 437
Sieg River: 514
Siege operations: 382, 384
Siegfried Line: 392, 430, 454, 461-62, 464, 467, 486
breaching operations: 414, 419, 429, 432, 488, 565
fortifications: 413, 414-15, 417, 420, 424, 432, 487
Siena: 211
Sigmaringen: 557
Silla: 231
Simon, Sgt. Zolton: 328
Simpson, Lt. Gen. William H.: 489-90, 492, 499, 517
Sinzig: 502
Sisteron: 451-52
Sittard: 518
Skyline Drive: 462, 474, 480
Slapton Sands: 310-12
SLEDGEHAMMER operation: 22
Smith, Pvt. Harry: 402
Smith, Lt. Col. Lionel F.: 328
Smoke screening operations: 127, 175, 177, 187, 231, 373-74, 384, 428-29, 494-95, 507, 514, 527, 540, 546
Smullen, Lt. Col. Chauncey K.: 449
Smyser, Col. Rudolf E., Jr.: 90
Snake devices. See Tanks.
“Snortin’ Bull Express”: 542
Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer: 399
Soissons: 405
Somervell, Lt. Gen. Brehon B.: 24, 43, 58
Somme River: 389
Sommerfeld track: 42, 68, 75-76, 82, 87, 134, 175, 196
Sonnino: 211
Sorrento: 154, 162
SOS Task Force A: 60, 72
Sottevast railroad yard: 357
Souk el Arba: 87, 89-90, 92-93
Souk el Khemis: 87, 89-90, 92
Soulle River: 399
Sousse: 92
South African Survey Companies: 227 46th: 218
Southampton: 313
Southern Base Section: 29, 46-47, 50, 52-53, 265, 267, 272, 313-15
Southern France operations: 222-23, 233, 255, 436-60. See also ANVIL operation.
Southern Line of Communications (SOLOC): 450, 457
Spa: 471
Spaatz, Lt. Gen. Carl W.: 88, 90
Spaccasassi Creek: 197
Spain: 69, 74, 153
Spanish Morocco: 69, 74, 85, 153
Sparanise: 245
Special Engineer Task Force, OMAHA Beach: 307-08
Special Observer Group (SPOBS): 7-11, 16
Special Service Force, 1st: 199
Specker, Sgt. Joseph C.: 190
Spohn, 2nd Lt. George S.: 127n
Staging and marshaling areas: 246, 262, 313-15
Stark, Col. Alexander N., Jr.: 97
Station de Sened: 108
Stavelot: 471-72
Stoumont: 473-74
Strait of Messina: 150, 153-54, 158, 250
Strasbourg: 454, 484, 486, 557
Stuttgart: 554, 557
Submarines, German midget: 504, 509, 523, 535
Sudbury depot: 274, 276
Sulzbach: 548
Sunic tank farm: 357-58
Supply. See also POL supply; Supply depots; Supply shortages.
buildup for cross-Channel attack: 32-33, 43-44, 256, 259-61, 263, 265, 272, 278-79, 285, 288-89
Class II: 43-44, 60, 272, 277, 282
Class IV: 32, 43, 60, 99, 252, 272, 277, 279-80, 282, 297
Class V: 60
controlled and critical items: 44, 112, 157
doctrine: 560
heavy equipment need: 5, 20, 44, 48, 52, 55, 86-87, 89-90, 166, 260-61, 354, 562-63
to Iceland: 12-14
inventory procedures: 46, 157, 450, 560
ISS manifest system: 261
for Italian campaign: 157, 167, 172-73, 193, 199, 219, 226-27, 233-34, 236-37, 245, 251-52
joint U.S.-British stockpiling: 288-89
loading and handling problems: 12, 45, 79-80, 85-86, 133, 137-38, 163, 195, 265
of Normandy beaches: 308-09, 312-13, 316, 327, 338-39, 340-44, 349
in North Africa: 42, 60-61, 72-74, 76-80, 82, 111-14, 286
operations on the Continent: 366, 376-77, 390-91, 394, 419
PROCO forecasting system: 277-82, 285, 287, 289
reverse lend-lease: 41-42, 269, 278
shipment marking systems: 19-20, 259-61
of Sicilian operations: 115-16, 121, 124, 129, 132-35, 137-39, 148, 151
of southern France operations: 351, 441-42, 444, 449-50
unit equipment preshipping: 259-60
from U.S. to the United Kingdom: 19-20, 41-44, 259-61, 278-79
Supply depots
on the Continent: 280, 282, 284, 286-88, 351, 364, 366, 390-91
lists and catalog problems: 32-33, 42-43, 46-47, 254, 274
simnel (map): 298
in the United Kingdom: 19-20, 45-46, 56, 58, 261-66, 269, 271-72, 274-76, 560
Supply shortages: 20, 44-45, 47-48, 392, 411, 560
bridging equipment: 166-67, 184-85, 191, 213, 218, 390, 454-55, 507, 531-32
heavy equipment: 166, 224, 261
railroad rolling stock: 356, 364, 452
spare parts: 45, 48, 82, 214, 253-54, 275-76, 413, 450
vehicles: 60-61, 79, 99, 112-13, 137, 261, 339, 356, 563
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF): 258-59, 285, 287-88, 350, 359, 449, 476, 484, 489, 517, 557
Sure River: 488
Surkamp, Capt. Arthur T.: 483
Survey Directorate, AFHQ: 120
Swansea: 305, 310
Sweeney, Maj. Matthew J.: 515
Swenholt, Col. Helmer: 402, 405
Swindon: 298
Syracuse: 116, 126, 136, 138
–T–
T-Force headquarters: 557, 559
Tabarka: 92, 114
Tabb, Capt. Robert P., Jr.: 333, 336
Tabet, Lt. Col. Sam: 477
Table of Basic Allowances (TBA): 43, 89, 99, 112, 253, 261, 277
Tables of Organization and Equipment (TOE): 4-6, 38, 43, 100, 141, 223, 241, 254, 277, 351, 393, 562-63
Tactical Air Force, XII: 456
Tafaraoui: 74, 86, 91
Tailfingen: 557-58
Tancarville Canal: 362
Tank Battalions
14th: 500
70th: 303, 481
707th: 475
738th: 510
741st: 301, 322
756th: 192
Tank Destroyer Battalion, 705th: 478
Tankdozers: 248, 304, 306-08, 317, 319, 325-26, 334, 381, 420
Tanks
with canal defense searchlights: 510, 516, 523
duplex-drive amphibious: 319-20, Ii22, 324-25, 489, 532-33
flame-throwing “Crocodile”: 384
hedgerow cutter: 367
M-4: 144, 283, 500, 504, 506, 520, 524
M4A4 with dozer blade: 437-38, 441-42
with Scorpion flail: 105, 116, 158, 564
with snake devices: 105, 183, 488, 564
T-26 (Pershing): 500, 506, 509, 515
tank-gapping teams: 437, 441-43
use in bridging: 184, 438
Taranto: 154
Task Forces
4 (Iceland): 11-12, 14
Allen: 189-90
Engeman: 500-504
Lovelady: 415, 417-18
King: 415, 418
Luckett: 481
Raff: 96
Riley: 482
Stark: 97
Welborn: 545
X (3rd Armored Division): 418
Tassigny, Lt. Gen. Jean de Lattre de: 454, 557
Taute River: 349, 356, 370-71, 374, 377
Tebessa: 83-84, 87, 92, 96, 113-14
Technical intelligence teams, Allied: 556-59
Telephone communications: 241, 413, 457
Telergma: 87, 89, 92
Tennessee Valley Authority: 296
TERMINAL landing party: 77
Termini Imerese: 137, 152
Terneuzen: 365
Terracina: 209, 211
Terrain models: 218, 532
Thala: 84, 96-97, 107
Thatcham-Newbury depot: 45-46
Thelepte: 98, 107
Thionville: 424, 426-29
Thomas, Col. William N., Jr.: 193
Thompson, Col. Paul W.: 293
TIGER amphibious exercise: 312
Tilly: 388
Timmerman, 1st Lt. Karl: 502
Tirrenia depot: 251
Tlemcen: 94
Todd, Lt. Col. John G.: 185
TOMBOLAS: 408-09
Tompkins, Col. William F.: 24
Tompkins, Maj. William F., Jr.: 508
TORCH operation: 22-23, 26, 32-33, 35, 37-40, 43, 45-46, 53, 55-57, 59-60, 62-63, 67, 82, 91, 121, 124, 163, 255, 271, 561
Torgau: 542
Torquay: 317
Torremuzza: 148
Toul: 405
Toulon: 436, 439, 445-46, 456
Tournai: 389
Towchester: 298
Tractors: 44, 48, 81, 128, 244, 308, 331, 521
Trailers: 144, 185, 218, 308, 331
Training. See also Amphibious operations; Bridging operations; Minefields; River crossings.
in NATOUSA/MTOUSA: 120-21, 123-25, 212, 218, 224-25
in the United Kingdom: 20-21, 40-41, 55, 66-68, 271, 274, 289-91, 293, 304, 398, 560-61
in the United States: 6, 20, 39, 65, 68, 97-98, 122, 274, 289, 304, 560
Transportation Corps: 29, 119, 137, 156, 215, 282, 340, 342, 352-53, 365, 397, 538
Transportation Training Center: 291
“Treaty of Antwerp”: 363
Trevieres: 342
Tribehou: 376-77
TRIDENT Conference (Washington): 153, 256, 259
Trier: 430
Triflisco: 175, 177, 185
Tripoli: 125
Troina: 139, 145-48
Troina River: 147
Trois Ponts: 471-73, 479, 483, 507
Troop basis: 23, 32, 35-37, 43, 58, 61, 116, 256-57, 262-63, 267
Trucks: 5, 48, 99, 113, 137, 185, 193, 213, 261, 563
Truman Bridge: 540
Truro: 310
Truscott, Lt. Gen. Lucian K., Jr.: 69, 148-50, 166, 175-76, 179, 216, 438
Tunis: 77, 83-85, 92, 124
Tunisian campaign: 83-94, 96-114, 118, 120-21, 250
Tunnels. See Railroad bridges and tunnels. Tyrrhenian Sea: 180
–U–
Uckange: 427
Uerdingen: 519, 524, 536
Ulm: 554
United Kingdom (U.K.) Base Section: 349n, 351
Unkel: 506
Unkelbach: 506
Urft dam: 490
U.S. Army Forces, British 1sles (USAFBI): 16-18, 25, 35, 41-42
U.S. Army, Northern Ireland Forces: 18-19
U.S.-British Railway Bridging School: 398
U.S. Geological Survey: 296
U.S. Marine Corps: 11, 64
1st Provisional Brigade: I 1 -12, 15
USS Boise: 131
USS Chase: 80
USS Dallas: 73
USS Jeffers: 131
USS Leedstown: 80
USS Shubrick: 131
USS Wasp: 12
UTAH Beach
assault planning: 299, 302-05, 307, 310, 312, 316
landing operations: 317, 319, 332-34, 336-39, 374
post D-day operations: 286, 340-42, 344, 349, 353, 394, 398, 408
–V–
“V-13” streetcar: 422
V-weapons: 364-65, 422, 510, 513, 544
Valence: 451-52, 458
Valognes: 304, 349-50, 394
Varenne River: 385
Vaughan, Brig. Gen. Harry B.: 287, 349n Vecchiano: 213
Vehicle recovery and salvage operations: 81-82, 96, 127-28, 133, 195, 213, 338, 341, 377
Vehicle waterproofing: 82, 175, 307, 312, 314, 317
Velletri: 209
Venafro: 178-79, 188
Verdun: 390-91, 405, 434
VERITABLE operation: 490
Verona: 221-22
Versailles: 402, 405
Vesoul: 452-53, 458
Vianden: 480-81
Victaulic Company of America: 62
Victor Bridge: 516
Victor Hugo Storage Depot: 91
Vielsalm: 465-66
Vienne: 457
Vierville: 300, 302, 315, 326, 330
Vire: 402, 410
Vire and Taute Canal: 371, 373-74
Vire River: 299, 302, 347, 356, 371-76, 398-99
Vitre: 400
Vitry-le-Francois: 390, 403
Volturno River: 165-66, 174-79, 180-81, 184, 186, 224-25, 227, 230, 239
Vosges: 485
Vosges Mountains: 454-55, 484
–W–
W. L. Marshall: 365
Wahlerscheid: 469-70
Walker, Maj. Gen. Walton H.: 426-27, 430, 531
Wallace, Col. David C.: 518
Wallach: 535
Walworth Camp: 19
War Department: 8, 10-11, 16, 24, 35-38, 43-44, 205, 222, 277-79, 297. See also Office, Chief of Engineers.
Wasserburg: 556
Water supply (in the field): 31, 33, 107-08, 119-20, 124, 147
Water supply (municipal). See Public utilities restoration.
Watkins, Maj. Vernon L.: 94
Weasels, M-29: 333, 526
WEBFOOT exercise: 195
Weilerswist: 513
Weisse Elster: 542
Weissenfels: 542
Welborn, Col. John C.: 544-45
Werra River: 541, 546-47
Wesel: 490, 499, 517, 537-38
Weser River: 539-41, 544
West Wall: 421, 469, 487. See also Siegfried Line. Western Base Section: 26, 29, 50, 53, 265, 272, 287, 313-15
Western Naval Task Force: 119, 124, 437
Western Task Force (WTF): 59-61, 63, 65, 68-69, 72-73, 78-79, 110
Weymouth: 317
Wharton, Brig. Gen. James E.: 312, 337-38
Wheeler, Col. John W.: 517-18, 523
Whitcomb, Col. Richard: 343-44
White, Maj. Gen. Arthur A.: 446
White, Lt. Col. Willard: 557-58
Wiese, Lt. Gen. Friedrich: 438-39
Wilck, Col. Gerhard: 423
Williams, Sgt. Joseph E.: 433
Wilmont: 20
Wilson, Brig. Gen. Arthur R.: 60
Wiliz: 475-76, 480-83
Wimmenau: 485
Wingen: 485
Winslow, Col. William R.: 380, 382, 384
Winter Line: 179, 180, 188
Winter operations: 215, 240, 462, 471, 488
Wirtzfeld: 469-70
Wissembourg: 485
Withee, T/5 Edward S.: 464
Witney: 298
Woerner, Lt. David M.: 463
Wolfe, Brig. Gen. Henry C.: 66, 74, 121, 455, 487
Wood, 2nd Lt. Phiqzqz C., Jr.: 322-23
Woofus rocket-firing LCM: 437
Woolacombe: 306-07
Wooten, Maj. Gen. Richard M.: 24
Worms: 429, 525, 531-35, 550
Wright Field: 49
Wrotham: 9
Wuerzburg: 552
Wurm River: 420-21
Wyatt, Lt. Col. Aaron A., Jr.: 157-58
–X–
X-Ray Force: 193
–Y–
Yates, Maj. Robert B.: 473-74, 507
Young, Col. Mason J.: 544
–Z–
Zeitz: 542