Index
–A–
Accommodation Stores, defined, 8
Adjutant General
functions, 6-7
and sale of effects, 695
Adriatic Depot, at Bari, 94
Adriatic Depot 2, at Foggia, 95
ADSEC. See Advance Section.
Advance Section, Communications Zone (ADSEC).
See also Plank, Maj. Gen. Ewart G.
Class I purchases limited by, 487
depots at Liège and Verdun, 399
fresh produce receipts, 512
functions on Continent, 396
graves registration operations, 692-93
laundry operations, 709
Motor Transport Brigade, 399-400
as new concept to Mediterranean quartermasters, 122
operating procedures in pursuit, 401
OVERLORD planning, 324
and plans to destroy supplies during Ardennes
counteroffensive, 426
POL functions, 650-52
POW ration requirements, 492
POW responsibilities, 532
procurement activities, 383
QM deficiencies in lodgment area, 397
QM Section, cold storage responsibilities, 503
railheads
at Huy, 456
at Soissons and Coucy, 454
regulating station, 394
role in NEPTUNE planning, 324
transfer of functions to base sections, 406
transfer points at La Loupe and Arpajon, 453
Advance Sections, functions in World War I, 3
AES. See Army Exchange Service.
AFHQ. See Allied Force Headquarters.
Agricultural Branch, OCQM, 294
Agricultural material, QM imports of, 387
Agricultural officers, 294
Agrigento, 76
Ain Belida, 60
Air Cargo Resupply Squadron, 479
Air Force Service Commands (AFSC)
VIII, 271
IX, 346
XII, 94
Eighth, 15, 16, 23, 44, 170, 253. See also Spaatz, General Carl.
Twelfth, 94
Fifteenth, 94
Airborne Corps, XVIII, 346, 479
Airborne Division, 1st (Br.), 473
Airborne Divisions
17th, 481
101st, 324, 477, 479, 481, 684
Airborne Forward Delivery Airfield Group (AFDAG) (Br.), 480
Airborne operations, and OVERLORD planning, 345-46. See also First Allied Airborne Army.
Airborne Quartermaster Companies
407th, 684
426th, 479
Air raids, German, 44
Air supply, QM
for AVALANCHE, 83
to Seventh Army, 123
Air Transport Command, 281
Air-transportable “brick,” 481
Albangarez, 503
Alencon, 453
Allen, Brig. Gen. Wayne R., 310, 342, 380
as General Purchasing Agent, 29, 36-37
as member of U.S. Petroleum Board, 647
Allied Control Commission, 87, 167
Allied Force Headquarters (AFHQ), 66-68
and civilian relief, 154
coal section, 167
constituted, 39
controls local procurement, 141
gets British commander, 88
Petroleum Section, 156
and salvage program, 222
Allied Forces Headquarters Quartermaster Section, 66. See also Ramsey, Brig. Gen. Thomas H.
Allied Forces Local Resources Section, 90
Allied Local Resources Board, and food allocations, 142
Alsfeld, 677
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), 3
American POL specifications, standardized in North Africa, 156
American Red Cross
clubmobile program, 542
relief clothing, 208
American School Center, 29, 524-25. See also Shrivenham.
American soldier, characteristics of, 35-36
Amphibian Engineer brigade, 75-76
Amphibious operations, improved QM procedures in, 75
Amphibious packing, problems of quality of, 343
Ancona, 95
Anderson, David, 572
Anderson, Lt. Col. Webster, 156
Andilly, 688
Andrews, Lt. Gen. Frank M., 48, 253-54
Antiaircraft artillery battalions, special winter equipment for, 200
Antwerp, 415-18, 595, 674, 676
British-American agreement, 415
cold storage facilities, 510-11
delay in opening, 411-12
importance, 401
ANVIL, 114-19
French troops, 115
jerrican requirements, 165
Moslem troops, 115
southern France, 114-20
climate and terrain, 194
clothing test, 192-97, 555, 561, 599
implications of stalemate, 185
landings, preloaded trucks for, 98
QM operations, 101
tactical situation, 194
tentage losses, 202
Ardennes counteroffensive
and clothing deliveries, 595
and POL stocks, 660
and rations, 495
and winter clothing conference, 615
Armies
First, 256, 323, 363, 443, 452-56. See also Hodges, Lt. Gen. Courtney H.
allocation of QM units, 351
baking statistics, 520
bath statistics, 704
Captured Materiel Section, 728
clothing sales to officers, 623
coal supplies, 671
gasoline consumption, 455
graves registration plan, 681
outruns supplies, 454-57
POL consumption, 653
POL stocks, July 1944, 649
procurement activities, 382
QM, control of transportation units assigned to, 353
QM troop basis, 321
QM unit training, 353
ration shortages, 494
retains control of ADSEC, 364, 452
salvage operations, 716
self-sufficient in POL transport, 654
tonnage allocation raised, 456
tonnage receipts, 456
transfers POL installations to ADSEC, 651
winter clothing issues completed, 570
winter clothing tonnage, 568
Third, 653. See also Patton, Lt. Gen. George S., Jr.
advance halted, 453
allocation of QM units, 351
becomes operational, 452
captured supplies, 729
Civil Affairs, 539
clothing sales to officers, 623
coal shortages, 671
coffee requirements, 521
discards shoepacs, 606
duffle bags, 334
effect of POL shortage, 654
GR identification procedures, 687-88
high trench foot rate, 609
inaccurate POL reporting procedures, 653
POL rationing, 657
procurement activities, 382-83
QM organization, 450
rail operations, 463
ration shortage, 493
salvage centers, 717
transportation, control of, 450-51
Fifth, 88, 100, 147. See also Truscott, Lt. Gen. Lucian K., Jr.
activated, 52
advance on Rome, 96-107
and AVALANCHE, 82-86
base salvage depot, 226
bath and clothing exchange, 247-50
clothing requisition, 199
coal allocation, 168
coal issues, second winter campaign, 168
decrease in strength, 108
graves registration procedures, 217, 220
HQ at Sparanise, 100
international character, 148-52
Italian ration allowances, 151-52
local procurement of lignite, 169
mule requirements, 238-42
planning panel, 70
POL operations, 164-65
POL requirements, 158-59
POW ration issues, 153
QM organization, 83
QM Section at Salerno, 85
Ration Issues (table), 137
redeployment, 114
relieves Anzio force, 107
represented at ETO clothing conference, 617
retains repair functions, 229
revised issues for sleeping bag, 201
stocks of winter clothing, 199
War Department’s replacement factors, 183
Seventh, 70, 76, 77, 81, 88. See also Task Force 163; Patch, Lt. Gen. Alexander M .
bath and clothing exchange, 250-51
captured supplies, 729
clothing, 204-05
coal issues, 170
components of, 116
constituted, 76
free PX issues, 148
G-5, 118
Graves Registration procedures, 217, 218, 220
high trench foot rate, 609
jerricans in Sicily, 163
landing and push northward, 114-24
leaves Mediterranean area, 125
mule trains in Sicily, 238
POW ration issues, 153
replacement data, 179
replacement factors, Sicilian campaign, 178-82
salvage operations, 716-17
views on winter clothing, 615
Ninth
activated, 407
coal supplies, 671
low trench foot rate, 609
QM organization, 450
salvage operations, 717
use of QM groups, 465
winter clothing, 568
Fifteenth
activated, 407
occupational duties, Germany, 409
Armored Divisions. See also Combat Commands.
4th, winter clothing test, 616
5th, used as service troops, 264, 354
10th, 677
Armored Force clothing. See Jacket, combat, winter; Uniform, combat, winter.
Army area, depth of, 452
controlling element in supply, 403, 482-83
FUSA, 2 September, 1944, 454
FUSA, 12 September, 1944, 454
Army Effects Quartermaster, Kansas City, 695
Army Exchange Service, 148
incorporated as division in OCQM, 29
local procurement, 306
problems in U.K., 304-07
Army Ground Forces, 625
approves clothing proposals, 562
favors 10-in-1 ration, 132
reorganizes QM company (divisional), 483
Army Group, QM organization of, 445-48
Army Groups
1st, 445
6th, 124, 446-47. See also Devers, General Jacob L.
activated, 120
Class I supply level, 495
coal shortages, 169
lack of QM section, 447
link-up with 12th Army Group, 88
QM units, 372
receipt of ETO uniforms, 626
12th. See also Bradley, General Omar N.
activated, 364
Class I supply level, 495
experience with M1943 uniform, 616
QM Section, 445-48
QM support, 402
receipt of ETO uniforms, 626
Army logistical system, basic in MTO and ETO, 7
Army-Navy Petroleum Board, functions in TORCH, 156, 337, 647
Army Service Forces, 17. See also Services of Supply, (SOS); Somervell, Lt. Gen. Brehon B.
nonconcurrence in AGF clothing proposals, 562
offer of M1943 uniform to ETO, 560
and overseas allowances, 31
role in supply policy, 588
Army Supply Program, 554, 556, 559, 575, 584, 588, 613
Arno River pursuit, 107-10
Arpajon, 453
Arqua, 143
Ashchurch, 26
Assault reserve, QM supplies for DRAGOON, 117
Assault troops, equipment reduced, 334
Assembly Area Command (AAC), 409
Athens, QM air supply to, 96
Atlantic Base Section (ABS). See Base Sections, Atlantic.
Australia, U.S. bases in, 48
Automatic supply, by Fifth Army, 104
Autostradi, 110
–B–
coal supplies, 168
POL planning factor, 158
QM troop units, 84
Back orders, system for, 105, 392
Baird & Tatlock, Ltd., 662
Baker Perkins, Ltd., 516
Bakeries
British type, 515-18
and civilian relief, 520
field, 143-46
Bakery Battalions
94th, 145
99th (Co. B), 144-45
Bakery Branch, OCQM, 516-18
Bakery Companies
103rd, 145
108th, 145
124th, 145
167th, 145-46
178th, 146
268th, 516
3029th, 519
4358th, 146
4362nd, 146
7553rd (Italian), 146
American (1913 type), 2
British versus American type, 517
reorganized, 144
Bakery equipment
American, 144
spare parts depot, 519
Bakery operations
combat, Italy, 133
ETO, 515-20
Mediterranean, 143-46
Normandy, 487
southern France, 145
United Kingdom, 14
Balkans, 116
Bamberg, 634
Barber, Col. Thomas V., 310, 369, 380, 625, 642, 643
Barber sets, 41
Barden, Col. Albert, 719
Bare, Col. George H., 91
Bari-Foggia airfields, 94
Barker, Brig. Gen. Ray W., 253
Barnum, Col. Edmund N., 29
Barrott, Col. William E., 120
Base Area Group, 6665th (Provisional), 88
Base Depots. See Quartermaster Base Depot, Headquarters and Headquarters Company.
Base Sections, 3, 24, 73-75, 227, 271, 400, 403-08
Atlantic (ABS), 40, 52, 66, 73, 141-42, 244
firewood procurement, 166
solid fuels, 166
Base 901 (French), 92, 117-19, 204-05, 721
Brittany, 127, 365, 400, 406-07, 466
Channel, 403-04
Cherbourg, 404
Coastal, QM Section, 119
Continental (CONBASE), 73, 120, 204
equips French volunteers, 122
POL organization, 156
activated, 121
bakeries, 520
POL Section, 156
Eastern (Tunisia), 62-63, 65-66, 73, 83, 178
constituted, 59
POL operations, 160
salvage program, 225
supports II Corps, 63
Fifth Army Base Section (Provisional), 88-89
Mediterranean, 40, 52, 63-66, 73, 77
activated, 54
salvage activities, 230
activated, 365
bakeries, 520
POW responsibilities, 532
Northern (Corsica), 73
Northern Ireland, 26, 255, 270, 271, 422. See also Ireland.
non-American service units, 723
POW responsibilities, 532
Peninsular (PENBASE), 72, 73, 104, 108, 110, 113-14, 142-43
activated, 89
coal issues, 169
delivery of firewood, 168
and Fifth Army requisitions, 183
functions of QM section, 91
laundry and dry cleaning, 245-47
Quartermaster Section, 167
ration issues to non-Americans, 148-54
ration level, 138
remount activities, 239-42
salvage activities, 231-33
winter clothing allocation, 200
mounting-out operation, 354
XVIII District, 357
XIX District, QM activities, 357-59
United Kingdom (U.K.), 422-25
Central District, 422
Eastern District, 422
semiautonomous headquarters, 425, 571
Southern District, 422
Western District, 422
XXIX District, QM activities, 356
Basic maintenance set, 390, 577, 740-41
Bastogne, 481
Bates, Maj. Robert H., 193
Bath and Clothing Exchange, 105, 247-51, 607, 704-05
Bath trailers
improvised mobile, 250
limitations, 249
Bath units. See Fumigation and Bath Companies; Sterilization and Bath Companies.
Baths, improvised equipment, 704
Battle dress, British
advantages, 548-49
officers, 298
popularity, 174
Baum, Col. John P., 559-60, 564
Beach Control Group, DRAGOON, 119
Beach dumps, Normandy, 444
Beach maintenance areas, 443-45
Beach maintenance set, 336, 740-41
Beach supply operations
Algiers, 54
Anzio, 99
DRAGOON, 119
HUSKY planning, 76
Morocco, 51
Normandy, 441-45
OVERLORD plans, 319
perfecting of, 75
Salerno, 85
Sicily, 79-80
surprise to Germans, 362
Beaches. See OMAHA Beach; UTAH Beach
Belfort Gap, 120
Belgium
Bennison, Col. Richard T., 651n, 658, 711, 720
Bentley, Capt. Richard T., 181
Berlin, sales store in, 626
Berlin District, 438
Biarritz, 124
BIGOT Security System, 324
Billeting of troops, and FUSA and TUSA procedures, 638
Black market
coal, 671
food (France), 539
Blanket roll, use by assault troops, 334
Bobrink, Col. Henry W., 690
Body armor, steel vest, 202
BOLERO
basic plan preserved, 39
British equipment, 37
concept defined, 17
dual functions during TORCH, 47
“in limbo,” 252
organization, 19-30
SOS manpower for, 18
strategic and geographic assumptions, 31)
BOLERO Combined Committee
Washington, 258
Bonn, 495
Boots
German field, 609
service, combat, 561
defective last, 603
deficiencies, 600
shortage in Italy, 185
water absorbed by, 599-600
Bordeaux, 120
Boughton, 695
Boughton Park, 517
Bougie, 221
Bouteville, 420
Bowden, Col. Edwin T., 418, 595
Bradley, General Omar N., 63, 88, 256, 323, 364, 445
disapproves Class II tonnage allocation, 390, 568
and ETO-type field jacket, 553
and overcoats, 561
and personal equipment, 334
and special staging area menu, 357
and tonnage allocations to armies, 453
Brazilian Expeditionary Force, 111, 112
Brazilians, clothing for, 111, 209
Brenner Pass, 114
Brereton, Lt. Gen. Lewis H., 478, 626
Brest, 363, 406, 411, 466, 567
Breuna, 689
“Bricks,” of balanced supplies, 344
Bricy, 656
BRIMSTONE, 70
Brindisi, 118
Bristol, 14, 26, 33, 263n, 283, 343
Bristol Channel
depots near, 30
ports, 44
“BR-ITI’s,” 150
British Administrative Zone (ETO), 404, 412-15, 447
British-American Mission for Procurement on the Continent, 382
British-American solid fuel section (MTO), 166
British Army units
Army Groups
18, 60-63
Armies
Second, 609
Eighth, 16, 49, 63, 75, 76, 165, 170
Infantry Division, 1st, 97
British depots
dispersed for defensive warfare, 34
location problems, 35
British Movement Control Office, 63
British Special Investigations Branch (Ports), 286
British supply nomenclature, 24
British war economy, impact of Americans on, 290
British War Office, 33, 311, 665
and American cemeteries, 680
and civilian personnel, 28
coal deliveries to MTO, 167
POL statistics, 155
Brittany Base Section. See Base Sections, Brittany.
Brown, Lt. Col. Rowland S., 91
Brumbaugh, Col. A. M. (Max), 25, 317, 327, 423, 564, 565, 571, 576, 744-46
Brunson, Col. Mark V., 70, 72, 126
Buckley, Maj. Patrick H., 525
Buildings, replace tents in Italy, 202
BULL requisitions, new procedure for SHINGLE, 98-100
Burma, U.S. bases in, 48
Busch, Brig. Gen. Everett, 334, 347n, 359, 394, 426, 451, 483, 547, 567, 624
laundry and bath unit allocations, 469
views on winter clothing, 616
Butzbach, 689
Byrom, Col. James E., 263n
–C–
Cagliari, 94
Cairo, 115. See also SEXTANT Conference.
Calabria, Germans evacuate, 84
Calais, 412
California Desert Training Center, 49
Cambridge, 680
Camp Lee, 25
Camp Lucky Strike, 408
Camp Twenty Grand, 408
Campaign credits, QM, assault landings
OVERLORD, 442n
Salerno and Anzio, 85n
Sicily, 78n
Southern France, 120n
TORCH, 50n
Campi Flegri, railroad yards at, 93
Canadian Army, First, 609
Canadian Mission, Vichy, 48
Candy, as ration item, 47, 146, 313
Canine Section, Remount Depot, Front Royal, Va., 236. See also Dogs, use of.
Cannes, 124
Canteen, mobile (AES), 307
Cap, field, cotton, 618
Capasso, Capt. Steven F., 219
Capocichino Airfield, 94
Captured enemy materiel, 67, 526, 728-31
Captured Enemy Materiel Detachment, QM, 729
Car Platoon, 90th QM, 469
Carbinieri, 150
Cargo marking, system of, 282-83
Caronia, 220
Carter, Lt. Col. Clifton C., 475
Carter, Col. Robert F., 14, 16, 25, 501
Casablanca, 39, 50, 51, 66, 72, 73, 134, 144, 166
Casablanca Conference, 177, 253
Castelfiorentino, 111, 114, 220
CATOR. See Combined Air Transport Operations Room.
Cemeteries
Army-level, Italy, 217
burials of German dead, 690
labor requirements, 682
landscaping and maintenance, 221, 690-93
by location
Andilly, 688
Anzio, 220
Arzew, 220
Besancon, 220
Bougie, 221
Breuna, 689
Butzbach, 689
Cemeteries-Continued
by location-Continued
Cambridge, 680
Caronia, 220
Champigneul, 688
Constantine, 221
Eisenach, 689
El Amana, 64
Epinal, 218-20
Follonica, 220
Fosse, 688
Gafsa, 220
Gela, 220
in Germany, after V-E Day, 689
Gorron, 688
Granagliano, 114
Grand Failly, 689
Hamm, 689
Heisville, 684
Henri-Chappelle, 470, 688, 698
Ittenbach, 689
La Cambe, 684
Le Chêne Guérin, 688
Licata, 220
Limey, 689
Margraten, 689
Marigny, 685
Montelimar, 125
National (U.S.), 2
Nettuno, 222
Neuville-en-Condroz, 693
Niederbronn, 689
Nuremburg, 689
Orglandes, 684
Paestum, 220
Palermo, 220
Pouppeville, 684
St. Andre, 688
St. Avoid, 689
St. Corneille, 688
St. James, 688
Saint Juan, 220
St. Laurent No. 1 and No, 2, 684
St. Martin-de-Varreville, 684
Ste. Mère Eglise, 684
Solers, 688
Stromberg, 689
Tarquina, 220
Tébessa, 63
Tunis, 221
Villeneuve-sur-Auvers, 688
location of enemy dead, 690
Memorial Day ceremonies, ETO, 1945, 693
temporary
ETO, 683
MTO, 221
by unit
II Corps, 221
VI Corps, 217-18
XV Corps, 218
Center Task Force, 40, 43, 52, 75. See also TORCH.
problems in mounting, 43
QM troops, 46
Central Base Section (London), 255, 271
Cerisy Forest, 673
Chain of command, functional versus geographic concepts, 3
Champigneul, 688
Chancy, Maj. Gen. James E., 13-18
appoints Lee CG, SOS, USAFBI, 18
relieved as theater commander, 18
Channel Base Section, 403-04
Chaplains, graves registration functions, 215-17
Charleroi, 500, 659. See also Depots, Charleroi.
Chartres, 399, 524, 651, 653-54
Chattancourt, 658
HQ, SOS, ETOUSA moved to, 23
OCQM organization at, 24-25, 256
Chemical Warfare Service
functions, 6
and protective clothing, 300
Cherbourg, 396, 444-45, 567, 568, 570, 650. See also Depots, Cherbourg.
Base Section. See Base Sections, Cherbourg.
Class I depot, 498.
cold storage, 503
harbor, 363
Chester, England, 26
Chief Quartermaster (CQM)
A.E.F., 3
authority within base sections, 26
and depot missions, 11
duties as Special Staff Officer, 5, 20
SOS, Western Task Force, 43
Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (Designate) (COSSAC). See also Morgan, Lt. Gen. Sir Frederic.
formation of, 253
renamed SHAEF, 323
Chief Surgeon, ETO, menus approved by, 531. See also Hawley, Maj. Gen. Paul R.
Chief of Transportation, 282
Christie, Lt. Col. George, Jr., 588-89
Churchill, Winston S., 33, 116
Cigarettes, 146-48, 306, 307, 391. See also Tobacco.
Civil Affairs. See also Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, G-5.
food
issues, France, 537
and QM rations, 540
shortages, Belgium, 539
organization, ETO, 385-88
OVERLORD
planning, 385-86
tactical plans, 537
placed under SHAEF, 386
QM support, 1, 387-88, 539, 734
rations, 388
relief, as a new QM function, 118
relief operations, 141, 536-40
requirements computations, 387
southern France, 118, 141, 143
supplies
distinctive marking, 540
storage, 388
wheat, storage and milling problems, 540
Civilian authorities, British, methods of coordination, 287
Civilian food habits (U.S.), influence of A ration, 542
Civilian workers
British, 28, 44, 254, 264, 348
North Irish, 348
Civitavecchia (Port of Rome), 108, 119, 140, 168
Clark, General Mark W., 42, 46, 100, 110, 199
and Army Base Section concept, 88
and Army supply levels, 105
and AVALANCHE, 82-86
halts offensive on Bologna, 112
and jerrican shortage, 165
on QM performance at Salerno, 86
and tobacco allowances, 147
and winter clothing, 187
writes to Gregory, 86
Classes of Supply
Class I. See also Rations.
automatic supply suspended, 275
for BOLERO, 32
commodity-loaded ships, 496-97
defined, 7-S
levels, U.K. and Continent, 489-92
Class I
local procurement, ETO, 512-15
local procurement versus automatic supply, 275-76
Marseille, 124
Mediterranean Theater, 129-54
OVERLORD planning, 331-33
overstockages, 1942, 296
plan for ETO, 488-90
ration “bricks,” 496
requisitions, U.K., 275-76
ship diversions, ETO, 497
single theater-wide level, 491
substitutions, 497
TORCH, 41
Class I operations
backlogs at ports, 498
combat rations in pursuit, 490, 493, 495, 541
corps level, 465
discharge and forwarding problems, 497-99
embargo at Paris, 498
European Theater, 485-543
First Army, 458-59
Germany, no advance depots in, 495
inefficiency of native labor, 135
NYPE liaison, 497
OCQM favors concentration in ADSEC, 500
order and shipping time, 497
printed menus ignored, 136
requirements for perishables, 502, 505
special balancing shipments, 499-500
10-day menus, 135
Class II, See also Clothing; Equipment.
defined, 8
graves registration supplies, 683
plans for TORCH, 41
tonnage for U.K., 568
Class II and IV
for AVALANCHE, 82-83
lessons of MTO experience, 211
Marseille, 124
at Salerno, 185
warehouse at Oran, 54
Class II and IV operations
First Army, 461
Mediterranean Theater, 171-211
Naples area, 93
OVERLORD planning, 334-37
20-day cycle established, 393
Class III. See also POL.
for AVALANCHE, 83
from British Army, 17
defined, 8
plans for TORCH, 41
Class III operations
corps level, 464
First Army, 459
in France and Belgium, 648-68
in Germany, 674-78
Mediterranean Theater, 155-70
OVERLORD planning, 337-38
Class IIIA, defined, 20
Class IV
defined, 9
materials handling equipment, 639-40
Class V, defined, 9
Class VI, liquor, 310
Clastres, 656
Clay, General Lucius B., 415, 553, 554, 560
Cless, Lt. Col. George H., 181
Clothing. See also Battle dress; Boots; Cap; Coat; Footwear; Glove; Handkerchief; Hood; jackets; Leggings; Mitten; Overcoat; Overshoe; Parka; Poncho; Raincoat; Shirt; Shoe; Shoepac; Sock; Sweater; Trousers; Underwear; Uniform.
Arctic and mountain area allowances, 561
British rationing system, 300
for ETO troops, 544-99
extra allowances in U.K., 298
fatigue, 172
geographic basis of issue, 551, 556
inadequacies, MTO, 171
layering principle, 176, 555, 620
loss of staff correspondence on, 562
low transport priorities, 577
for MTO troops, 171-211
North African experiences, 172-77
officers
allowances in U.K., 300
required to purchase uniforms, 621
personnel categories and authorizations, 635
protective
lack of set policy on, 45
requisitions
for August 1944, 587
daily telegram procedure, 576
fifteen-day cycle, 577
for last quarter of 1944, 575
regular PROCO requisition, 331
sales
to officers, 621-23
rationing in ETO, 624
selective nature of requirements, 544
shortages
major QM problem, 171
in medium sizes, 571
special cold-climate
delayed receipts, 594
ETO Surgeon approves, 566
requisitioned by Littlejohn, 565-66
summer, Italy, 197-98
tactical considerations, 172
winter, ETO
airlift, 569
assets held in U.K., 575
field test, 616
first emergency requisitions on ZI, 578
replacement factors, 573-77
service uniform worn in U.K., 547
simplification of sizes recommended, 620
winter, Italy
1943–44, 185-89
1944–45, 198-201
Fifth Army depot levels, 188
issues at ration points, 188
special allocation to Fifth Army, 200
winter, U.K.
inefficient salvage, 570
turned in for OVERLORD, 334
women’s, 624. See also Uniform, women’s.
wool, exchange agreement with British, 314
Coal
black market, 674
local procurement, CONAD, 170
OVERLORD plans, 671
production, Morocco, 166
shortages, local procurement hampered by, 166, 385, 644
Coalition warfare, problems of, 13-17
Coastal Base Section, 119
Coat, wool serge, 174, 559, 590
“Cobelligerency,” 87
Coffee
cold weather requirements, 133, 521
reverse lend-lease, 518
roaster trailer, 518
roasting and grinding, 143, 487, 513, 518
shortages in Normandy, 520
supplements British composite ration, 41
Cohen, Lt. Col. Robert L., 553, 625, 628, 629
Cold storage
DRAGOON plans, 140
in ETO, space increased, 510
Germany, facilities in, 511
Namur, 509
OVERLORD plans, 501-02
TORCH plans, 134
Cold-temperate area
clothing allowances, 561
eastern France, 563
western Germany, 563
Cologne, 706
Combat Commands
CCA, 2nd Armored Division, 76
CCB, 1st Armored Division, 52, 58
Combat efficiency
and monotonous rations, 131, 485-86
Combat feeding, experiment in at Cassino, 133
Combat loading, TORCH, 47
Combined Air Transport Operations Room (CATOR), 656
Combined Civil Affairs Committee (CCAC), 536
Command and staff responsibilities, overlapping
Commodity loading, of ships, 415, 496, 594
Communications Zone (COMZ)
allocation of bath and laundry units, 703
Class I supply level, 492
ETOUSA merger with SOLOC, 126
G-4, tonnage allocations, 363, 389-93, 455, 567
liquor ration, 309
moved to Continent, 364
MTOUSA, 110
QM functions, 2
rail support, 453
CONAD, See Continental Advance Section.
CONBASE. See Base Sections, Continental.
Condiment kit, 501
Congress, approves permanent cemeteries, 700
Construction materials, rationing of, 258
Continental Advance Section (CONAD), 121, 146, 204
Class I supply level, 492
labor force, 210
laundry service, 247
local coal procurement, 170
POL functions of QM Section, 156
POW responsibility, 635
QM operating procedures, criticized, 122
QM Section, 121
ration level, 139
separate POL Section organized, 157
support functions, for Seventh Army, 126
unique support mission, 123
Continental Base Section (CONBASE). See Base Sections, Continental.
Continental requirements, clothing, September 1944, 547
Control and Reports Branch, Quartermaster, NATOUSA, established, 182
Control Branch, Quartermaster Section, SOS, NATOUSA, 72
Cooks’ and bakers’ schools, 524
II, 39, 52, 60, 65, 66, 81, 144, 256
Class II and IV equipment, 45
criticizes sleeping bag, 201
G-4 Section, 54
graves registration procedures, 215-16
McNamara, as quartermaster of, 42
motor march to Northern Tunisia, 63
pack animals, 238
POL operations, Tunisia, 160
POL statistics, 158
TORCH supply plans, 40-44
in Tunisia, 56-65
IV, 139
Anzio clothing test, 193
VIII, 407
in Brittany, 466
Class I supply, 493
XII, QM operations, 468
XV, 146
XIX
graves registration operations, 686
QM operations, 467-70
Corps of Engineers
POL responsibilities, 8
refrigeration responsibilities, 501
transfer of QMC officers to, 5
Corsica, 68, 84, 118, 123, 145
COSSAC. See Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (Designate).
Côte d’Azur, 119
Cotulla, Brig. Gen. Louis E., 510
Coney, 454
Cound, Col. Oliver E., 25
Courier system, OCQM, 370, 390, 395
Courtney, Capt. Bernard A., 181-83
CQM. See Chief Quartermaster.
Craig, Capt. Donald, 611
Crailsheim, 677
Crawford, Maj. Gen. Robert W., 561
Curry, Lt. Col. John R., 248
–D–
Da Costa, Capt. Charles J., 80
graves registration supplies, 683
investigated by Colonel Younger, 448
Dakar, 48
Danielson, Lt. Col. Ida W., 629
Darley, Lt. Col. George L., 156, 158, 165
Darmstadt, 524
Dawes, Brig. Gen. Charles G., 3. See also General Purchasing Board.
Day of supply, defined, 9
Decanting operations, 8, 159-62, 460, 658, 661, 665, 676
De Carvalho, Col. Sebastiano A., 73
Dehydrated foods, unfavorable reaction to, 523
de Lattre de Tassigny, General Jean. See Lattre de Tassigny, General Jean de.
Delta Base Section. See Base Sections, Delta.
Depot Operations Manual, 268.
Depot plan, 21
Depot sites, U.K., 258-59
Depot space, QM requirements, 258
Depot Supply Companies
2nd, 346
240th, 125
246th, 95
345th, 462
490th, 479
619th, 124
Depot system, U.K., 47, 410-14
Depot units, QM, World War I, 4
Depots
advance, lack of mobility, 403
baggage. See Personal Effects and Baggage Depots.
bakery materials, special, 466
base. See Quartermaster Base Depot, Headquarters and Headquarters Company.
Civil Affairs, food storage, 388
closing program, 423
effects. See Personal Effects and Baggage Depots.
facilities, ETO, 420-22
intermediate, 390
by location
Adriatic. See Depots, Bari.
Adriatic 2. See Depots, Foggia.
Ancona, support for USAAF, 95
Ashchurch, 26
Aversa, Class operations, 92
Bari (Adriatic Depot), 94
Boughton, personal effects, 695
Bouteville (Q-172), 420. See also Depots, UTAH Beach.
Cagliari, 94
Cambrai, 674
Cardiff, 44
Caserta, salvage operations, 226
Cherbourg (Q-171), 415, 546, 630, 674
Epernay, 674
Exeter (Q-134), 44
Farge, 678
Florence, 114
Folembray, 696
Front Royal, Va., remount activities, 236
G-14. See Depots, Liverpool.
G-15. See Depots, Boughton.
G-16. See Depots, Wem.
G-18. See Depots, Sudbury.
G-23. See Depots, Histon.
G-25. See Depots, Ashchurch.
G-30. See Depots, London (G-30).
G-35. See Depots, Bristol.
G-40. See Depots, Barry.
G-45. See Depots, Thatcham.
G-55. See Depots, Lockerly Hall.
G-65. See Depots, Hilsea.
Giessen, 438
Glasgow (Q-103), 44
Gricignano-Teverola, Class II and IV operations, 93
Hanau, 438
Highbridge, 44.
Hilsea, 44
Histon (G-23), 260
Homecourt, 509
Isigny, effects activity, 695
Isle St. Germain, spare parts (bakery), 728
Is-sur-Tille, remount activities, 242
Kettering-Wellingborough (Q-101), 26
Leghorn, 109-10
Le Mans (Q-175), captured supplies, 729
Le Molay (OMAHA), (Q-173), 415, 420
Liverpool (G-14), 44, 268, 695
Lockerly Hall (G-55), 260
London (G-30), 261
London (Q-110), effects activity, 694
Lutterade, Class III depot, 659
Luxembourg (Q-184), 432
Maastricht, POL operations, 674
Marcianise, Class I depot, 93
Masbury, POL activities, 44
Nancy, 127, 390, 403, 412, 674, 721, Naples, 88-93
Northern Ireland, 14
“Oklahoma City” (Uckange), 658
OMAHA Beach (Q-173). See Depots, Le Molay.
Paris (Q-177A), 696
Petit Couronne, POL operations, 674
Q-101. See Depots, Kettering-Wellingborough.
Q-103. See Depots, Glasgow.
Q-107. See Depots, Stowmarket.
Q-110. See Depots, London.
Q-134. See Depots, Exeter.
Q-140. See Depots, Lydney.
Q-171. See Depots, Cherbourg.
Q-172. See Depots, UTAH Beach.
Q-173. See Depots, Le Molay.
Q-174. See Depots, Rennes.
Q-175. See Depots, Le Mans.
Q-177. See Depots, Paris.
Q-177A. See Depots, Paris.
Q-178. See Depots, Verdun.
Q-179. See Depots, Liège.
Q-179B. See Depots, Seilles.
Q-180. See Depots, Reims.
Q-181. See Depots, Le Havre.
Q-183. See Depots, Charleroi.
Q-184. See Depots, Luxembourg.
Q-185. See Depots, Lille.
Q-186. See Depot, Nancy.
Q-187. See Depot, Dijon.
Q-188. See Depot, Marseille.
Q-189. See Depots, Antwerp.
Q-190. See Depots, Mannheim.
Q-191. See Depots, Rouen.
Q-256. See Depots, Reims.
Q-257. See Depots, Nancy.
Q-257B. See Depots, Thaon.
Q-290. See Depots, Folembray.
Q-316. See Depots, Masbury.
Q-331. See Depots, Highbridge.
Q-581. See Depots, Is-sur-Tille.
Q-599. See Depots, Nancy.
Reims (Q-180), 402, 410, 545, 633, 674, 719-21, 726-28
Rouen, 412
Seilles, 722
Stowmarket (Q-107), 44
Sudbury, personal effects, 695
Thaon (Q-257B), winter clothing collection, 722
Thionville, 674
Trooz, 674
Tyrrhenian. See Depots, Cagliari.
Uckange (“Oklahoma City”), POL operations, 658
UTAH Beach (Q-172), 415, 420, 537
Verdun, 402, 412, 495, 499, 658-60
Vesoul, 123
Wem (G-16), 260
locations, in U.K., 263
materials-handling equipment, requirements, 640
mission, concept of, 11
new construction, in U.K., 260
personal effects and baggage. See Personal Effects
and Baggage Depots.
POL depots in U.K., (list) 267
POW rations, Germany, 532
Quartermaster. See Quartermaster Base Depot, Headquarters and Headquarters company.
Quartermaster, on the Continent (list), 413
Quartermaster Branch Depots in U.K. (list), 262
Remount. See Remount depots.
Salvage. See Salvage depots.
De Valera, Eamon, 316
Devers, General Jacob L., 88, 97, 120, 126, 210, 253-55, 446, 551, 645
De Witt, Lt. Gen. John L., 19
Dieppe, 412
Dietary deficiencies, Italian campaign, 132
Dietitians, use of women as, 525
Dijon, 120, 121, 123, 140, 145, 146, 407
Dill, Lt. Col. Lois C., 37
DIME Subtask Force, 76
Directorate of Fortifications and Works (Br.), 271
Displaced persons
delousing, 706-07
QM feeding, 338
Division
motorized triangular, 12
QM functions, 471-73
Division slice
daily tonnage requirements, 401
defined, 11
Divisional Quartermaster companies. See Quartermaster companies, of airborne divisions; Quartermaster companies, of armored divisions; Quartermaster companies, of infantry divisions.
Djebel Abiod, 63
Djerada, 166
Doriot, Brig. Gen. Georges F., 151, 193, 555, 557, 560, 563, 565, 582, 744-46
correspondence with Sullivan, 196
plans to revise clothing table, 556
Dourdan, 654
assault phase, 119
Class IV stocks, for NATOUSA, 202
POL planning factor, 159
reinstated, 116
solid fuels, 169
Drums. See POL.
Dry cleaning service, MTO, 246
DUKW Companies, deliver winter clothing, 569
Duncan, Col. Albert G., 256, 369, 727
–E–
Eaker, Lt. Gen. Ira C., 15
Eastern Base Section. See Base Sections, Eastern (Tunisia); Base Sections, Eastern (U.K.).
Eastern Task Force, 56
landing craft losses, 54
TORCH, 39
Eisenach, 689
Eisenhower, General Dwight D., 49
announces Italian Armistice, 84
and ANVIL, 116
appointed Supreme Allied Commander, 323
authorizes jacket purchases in U.K., 550
decides on ETO jacket, 558
designated C-in-C, Allied Expeditionary Force, 39
leaves NATOUSA, 88
and Montgomery’s neglect of Antwerp, 411-12
and NATOUSA logistical plans, 68
postpones attack on Tunis, 56, 452
and prevention of trench foot, 585, 610
rejects M1943 uniform, 560
replaces Chaney as ETO commander, 18
and 6th Army Group, 88
and Stuttgart incident, 645
and TORCH QM reserve, 40
El Aouïna, 64
El Guettar, 61
Ela, Lt. Col. William E., 230, 231-33
Elsa River, 109
Empress of Athol, 503
Engineer Combat Regiment, 20th, 57
Engineer Shore Regiment, 531st, 85
Engineer Special Brigades
6th, 443
organization, capabilities, 443
OVERLORD plans, 324
Engineers. See also Corps of Engineers.
construction, in U.K., 260
pipeline companies, 122
Épernay, 674
Equipment
5-gallon can, 77. See also Jerricans.
marking system, 41
palletized, 80
barracks bag, 41, 46. See also Equipment, duffle bag.
deficiencies, 175
storage problems, North Africa, 173
blankets, 183, 571, 577, 597-98
camp, British, 37
can openers, 41
duffle bag
deterioration in storage, 570
at effects depots, 696
Third Army, 570
winter clothing storage, 570
inadequacies, 171
initial issues, 276-78
jerricans. See Jerricans.
marmite cans, 527
materials handling, 639-40
for Mediterranean troops, 171-209
mess kits, 75
organizational
bulk shipments, 279-80
force-marking, 278-79
for Italian units, 209
replacement factors, 276-77
personal, problem of excessive weight, 55, 334-37
roller conveyors, local procurement, 639
shelter half
replacement factors, 183
shortages in Fifth Army, 202
sleeping bag, mountain Anzio test, 195
Anzio test, 195
criticism, 201
delayed deliveries, 598
stoves
two-burner, 527
stoves, tent
local procurement, Italy, 203
requirements, Italy, 203
tents
ETO requirements, 636-39
local procurement, ETO, 638
mountain, 202
warming and drying, Italy, 202
towels, white, 175
waterproof covers for small arms, 117
Étain, 656
Étampes, 397
Étang de Berre, 124
ETOUSA. See European Theater of Operations, United States Army.
Ettele, Lt. Col. Claud, 339
European Theater of Operations, United States Army (ETOUSA)
approves M1943 jacket, 567
changes in command, 253
competition with NATOUSA for winter clothing, 197
established, 18
graves registration service, 680-700
Provost Marshal, 286
Services of Supply established, 323
Evacuation Hospital, 95th, 92
Evans, Col. Humphrey S., 52, 73
Evans, Brig. Gen. Ira K., 45, 327-28, 376-77, 379, 505, 578-79, 594, 724
Eymer, Col. Clarence M., 61, 320n
–F–
Faid, 60
Farge, POL depot, 678
FECZ. See Forward Echelon Communications Zone.
Federal Economic Administration (FEA), 647
Feldman, Maj. Gen. Herman, 611, 726, 734
and AGF clothing proposals, 562
and cotton duck production, 637
questions ETO clothing requisitions, 575
visits ETO, 565
Fenton, Col. Roland T„ 402
Ferryville, 65
FFI. See French Forces of the Interior.
Field doctrine, Quartermaster Corps, 4
Field jackets. See Jackets, field.
Field operations, Quartermaster
in earlier wars, 2
use of civilian employees, 2
Field ranges, leaded gasoline for, 41
Field service regulations, May 1913, 2
Field units, Quartermaster, World War I types, 2, 4
Fifth Army Base Section
direct army control, 88
QM activities, 89
Fifth Army Surgeon, views on nutrition, 132
First Allied Airborne Army, 478, 626
First Army, AEF, 19
Fitzpatrick, Col. Edwin J., 485, 529
Flagg, Sgt. Elbert, 684
“Flatting” (floating ration reserve), 117
Flawinne, 661
“Flimsies” (POL containers), 41, 163
Floating reserve for TORCH, 47
Florence, 110, 114, 143, 165, 199, 203, 246
Florsheim, Col. Harold, 260, 576, 622
Foggia, 95
Folembray, 696
Follonica, 220
Food. See also Class I; Produce, fresh; Rations; Subsistence.
processing of
France, 513
Italy, 143
shortages in United States, 541
Foote, Col. Donald C., 677
Footwear. See also Boots; Overshoes; Shoepacs; Shoes; Socks.
for ETO troops, 599-612
tariffs, larger sizes needed, 601-03
Foreign Economic Administration (FEA), 633
Forward Echelon Communications Zone (FECZ), 324, 364, 737
France
Civil Affairs supply requirements, 536
coal resources, 169
reciprocal aid agreement, 74
Franco, Generalissimo Francisco, 39
Francolise, 143
Franks, Brig. Gen. John B., 325, 384, 397, 488, 498, 658, 669, 715
Fredendall, Maj. Gen. Lloyd R., 40, 52, 56, 59
Frejus, 125
French Army units
Armies
1st, 88, 95, 120, 204-05, 446, 528, 645, 670-71, 674. See also Lattre de Tassigny, General Jean de.
Divisions
2nd Armored, 528
2nd Moroccan, 150.
3rd Algerian, 150
French Base 901. See Base Sections, Base 901 (French).
French Civil Import Program, 383-85, 388
French Committee of National Liberation (FLN), 118, 380
French Expeditionary Corps, 90, 92, 150-51
coal allocation, 167
mule requirements, 239
French forces. See also French Army units; French
Forces of the Interior.
for ANVIL, 115
efforts to create SOS for, 118.
French Forces of the Interior (FFI)
clothing for troops, 631
rations, 529
French Government
agreement on procurement of clothing, 642
complicated labor laws, 372
controls food sales, 512
French Government-Continued
local procurement, Algeria, 206
negotiations on procurement of food, 141, 143
French labor shortage, 210
French Morocco. See Morocco.
French North Africa. See North Africa.
French officers, attached to QM Section, CONAD, 121
French ports, German occupation of, 319
French press, and criticism of U.S. local food purchases, 515
French Quartermaster system, peculiarity of, 121
French rearmament program, 385, 645
French volunteers, SHAEF limits support of, 210
Front Royal, Va., 236
Fruit, fresh. See Produce, fresh.
Fuels and lubricants. See POL.
Fumigation and Bath Companies
852nd, 469
859th 705
863rd, 704
865th, 250
7164th, 250
proposed changes, 249
Fumigation and delousing activities, 705-06
Futa Pass, 111
–G–
G-4 Division, War Department, 562
G-4 staffs, demand for Quartermaster Corps officers, 5
G-5. See Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, G-5.
Gale, Maj. Gen. Humphrey (Br.), 42, 68
Gari River, 96
Garibaldi Station, Naples, 93
Garigliano River, 96
Garside, Col. Charles, 612-13
Gasoline. See also POL.
MT80 standard in U.K., 315
supply by air, 460
unleaded, special military requirements, 316, 648
Gasoline dispensers, 160-61, 660-61, 679
Gasoline Supply Battalions
Gasoline Supply Companies, 84
200th, 460
3814th, 460-61
3840th, 164
3853rd, 102
assigned to ADSEC, 658
deficiencies of organization and equipment, 160
organization and capability, 660-62
POW (German), 662
in U.K., 268
Gasoline supply units, World War I, 4
Gaulle, General Charles de, 118, 379, 645
Gembloux, 426
General Depot Service, 22
plans for, in U.K., 18
proposed by War Department, 6
General depots. See Depots, general.
General Purchasing Agent (GPA), 29, 641. See also Allen, Brig. Gen. Wayne R.; MacKeachie, Col. Douglas B., 29
activities on Continent, 380-85
General Purchasing Board (GPB). See Dawes, Brig.
Gen. Charles G.
Geneva Convention, 149, 152, 372, 532
German Africa Corps, 57
German-Italian Armistice Commission, 48
Germany. See also Captured enemy materiel.
QM organization in, 384
POL supplies, 674-78
strategy in Italy, 185
Gerow, Maj. Gen. Leonard T., 408
Gibney, Col. Louis G., 242
Giessen, 438
Givet, 671
Glove, wool, with leather palm, 564
Glove inserts, wool, 618
Glove shells, leather, 618
Goe, Col. William E., 450
Goodman, Maj. Gen. William M., 45, 582, 643
Gorron, 688
Gothic Line, 88, 110-14, 151, 200
Graham, Maj. Gen. Miles H. (Br.), 415
Granaglio, 114
Grand Failly, 689
Granier, Brig. Gen. Georges, 205
Grassett, Lt. Gen. Arthur E. (Br.), 386
Graves Registration
corps-level activities in Normandy, 684-85
evacuation during pursuit, 686
experience in World War I, 4, 680-81
functions, 220-22
German doctrine, 214
HUSKY, 77
minimum number of cemeteries, 694
Moslem troops, 103
percentage of unidentified dead, 687
plans for AVALANCHE, 84
postwar operations, 697-700
repatriation of war dead, 700
Service des Sepultures Militaries, 693
TM 10-630 (23 September 1941), 214-15
Tunisian experience, 71
Graves Registration Companies
602nd, 221
603rd, 684
605th, 221
606th, 684
607th, 682
608th, 469
2611th, 221
2612th, 221
2613th, 221
3041st, 218
3044th, 221
Graves registration company
Army-level allocation, 682
organization, 214
Graves Registration Division
Army level, 449
Fifth Army, 84
Graves Registration Service
Director General (TSFET), 698
MTO, 212-222
Great Republic, 507
Gregory, Maj. Gen. Edmund B., 20, 72, 574, 575, 577, 611, 734
correspondence with Littlejohn, 22
disapproves ETO troop requirements, 24
prepares brochure for Somervell, 585-87
Grenoble, 169
Gricignano-Teverola, 93
Ground Forces Reinforcement Command, 408
Grower, Brig. Gen. Roy W., 407
Gullatt, Col. Doswell, 418
Gustav Line, 88, 96, 100, 103, 107, 200
–H–
Hague Conference, 152
Haidra, 58
Hamm, 689
Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, 80
Handkerchiefs, 175
Hardigg, Brig. Gen. Carl A., 726
Harnist, 1st Lt. William A., 466-67
Harriman, Averell W., 306, 647
Hartle, Maj. Gen. Russell P., 253
Hawley, Maj. Gen. Paul R., 602, 607
and hospital rations, 526
and trench foot, 605
Headquarters, Services of Supply, ETOUSA, moved
to Cheltenham, 23
Heat units (food), 41, 332-33, 527
Heerlen, 704
Heilbronn, 635
Heisville, 684
Henri-Chappelle, 470, 688, 698
Hickey, Lt. Col. Terrence R. J., 375
Highbridge, 44
Highway Transportation Section, Fifth Army, 111
Hilsea, 44
Hodges, Lt. Gen. Courtney H., 364
Holcomb, Lt. Col. Cornelius C., 101
Hollis, Col. Robert T., 651n
Holmes, Brig. Gen. Julius C., 386
Homborg Haut. 705
Hood, field, M1943, 618
Hospitals
mess team inspection, 526
QM complement, 24
Homer, Capt. John L., 15
Horses, 242
Houghton, Lt. Col. Sebe J., 239
Howard, Col. Thomas R., 71, 216
Huebner, Maj. Gen. Clarence R., 237
Hughes, Maj. Gen. Everett 5., 42, 68
Class I plan, 77
graves registration planning, 216
POL plan, 77
troop requirements, 253
Hutchins, Col. Carroll R., 354, 402, 720
–I–
Identification
procedures, FBI fingerprint files, 219
tags, 213
Ilya Steel Company, 167
Imperial War Graves Commission, 680
India, 48
Indiantown Gap, Pa., 46
Infantry Divisions
1st, 39, 53, 59, 61, 62, 78, 131, 178, 179, 215, 442, 494
3rd, 57, 76, 78, 97, 107, 116, 191, 247, 249. See also O’Daniel, Brig. Gen. John W.
9th, 487
26th, winter clothing test, 616
30th, 454
34th, 15, 39, 59, 106, 136, 188, 248, 289
75th, used as QM troops, 723
80th, salvage collection, 715
85th, 111
106th, 634
Infantry Regiments
6th Armored, 50
30th, 236
86th Mountain, 112
135th, 3rd Battalion, 133
Insect repellent, 41
Inspection, of newly arrived units, 353
Installation Division, Office of Chief Quartermaster, 369
Instructors, Quartermaster, shortage of, 5, 29
Intermediate Section, functions in World War I, 3. See also Base Sections, Oise.
International Red Cross, 538
Intertheater Quartermaster liaison, 72, 327
Intrenching tools. See Equipment, intrenching
tools.
Iran, U.S. bases, 48
Iraq, British bases, 48
Ireland. See also Northern Ireland.
manufacture of women’s uniforms, 628, 630
ls-sur-Tille, 242
Island Base Section (Sicily), 73, 75
Isle St. Germain, 365, 519, 521, 525, 728
Italian labor. See Italian Service Units; Labor, non-American.
Italian pack companies, 112, 114
Italian security police, 150
Italian Service Units (ISU). See also Labor, non-American.
clothing requirements, 205
southern France, 210
transfer from U.K. to Continent, 424
U.K., 264
Italian War Ministry, 150
Italy
agrees to turn against Germany, 149
declares war on France and Britain, 48
operational rations, 132
ration levels, 138
support for Fifth Army, 113
Ittenbach, 689
–J–
Jackets
combat, winter (armored force), 55, 172, 567, 618, 620. See also Uniform, combat, winter.
field, M1943, 186, 199, 558, 559. See also Uniforms, field, M1943.
Anzio test, 195
CQM finally accepts, 567
production difficulties, 590
reaction to in ETO, 559-61
field. OD (1941), 55, 172, 174, 187
requisitioned as substitute, 555, 590
field, wool, ETO, 196, 553-54, 618
distinctiveness of, 631
Eisenhower’s reaction to, 558
fitting problems, 593
geographic basis of issue, 551
shortages and production difficulties, 200, 588-89
OQMG version, 551
United Kingdom version, 550, 551, 592
Jacobs, Col. Fenton S., 416
Jambes Secours, 661
Jennings, Lt. (WAC), 628
Jerricans
critical shortage, ETO, 664-65
disadvantages, 679
exchange system, 162, 164, 650, 664
German, British and American versions described, 162-63
local procurement in ETO, 315, 667
maintenance factor, 668
OVERLORD requirements, 341-42
publicity for recovery program, 666
requirements for ANVIL, 165
requirements for ETO, 665-66, 668
use in ETO, 663-68
use in MTO, 162-65
Johnson, Maj. Charles E., 237
Joint Rearmament Committee, 67
Judd, Col. John H., 691
Judge Advocate General, and ETO and POW labor, 372
Juin, General Alphonse (Fr.), 150
Jung, Maj. Roger (Fr.), 73
Jura Mountains, 120
–K–
Kassel, 438
Keller, Maj. Eckhardt, R., 145
Kesselring, Field Marshal Albert, 112
Kestnbaum, Meyer, 553
Kettering, 37. See also Depots, Kettering-Wellingborough.
Keyes, Maj. Gen. Geoffry, 65
Kimball, Brig. Gen. Allen R., 571
Kitchens. See Rations, hot meals for front-line
troops.
Kooz. Task Force, 76
Koosa, Lt. Col. Fred L., 470
–L–
Labor, non-American, 52, 210, 263-65, 723, 735. See also Military Labor Service.
La Calle, 63
La Cambe, 684
La Cappelle, 454
Ladd, Lt. Col. Mason, 609
La Loupe, 453
Landing craft, 49, 78, 96-97, 99, 116, 319, 355, 360-61, 467
Lane, Maj. D. H., 116
Langres, 146
Lapperre, Capt. John, 126
Larkin, Maj. Gen. Thomas B., 43, 66, 68, 88, 97, 118, 126-27
Lattre de Tassigny, General Jean de, 88, 205, 210, 645
Laundry Battalions, 61st
Co. B, 62
Co. D, 244
Laundry Companies
176th, 722
424th, 245
496th, 245
497th, 245
498th, 247
549th, 247
595th, 709
599th, 469
631st, 246
898th (semimobile), 247
899th, 705
7071st, 125
7159th (Italian), 247
7169th (Italian), 247
7171st, 125
7172nd (Italian), 247
organization and capacity, 244, 708
Laundry equipment. See Equipment, laundry.
Laundry service
British support and MTC, 302, 303
ETO operations, 707-10
local procurement MTO, 245
Laundry units
Italian labor, 246
Lear, Lt. Gen. Ben, 408
Le Chêne Guérin, 688
Lee, Lt. Gen. John C. H., 18-19, 23, 253-54, 273, 289, 293, 308, 391, 495, 537, 592, 626, 631, 714
approves QM manpower requirements, 24
and Base Section QM’s, 28
and BOLERO Combined Committee, 18
and port liaison, 284-85
recommends local purchase of wool jackets, 550
supports Base Section commanders, 271
Leggings
impede circulation, 604
impregnated canvas, 334
Leghorn, 87, 107-10, 113, 143, 168, 199, 246
salvage depot, 232
spare parts depot, 235
cold storage facilities, 510
Le Kef, 63
Lemon crystals, disliked by troops, 132, 523
Lemons, local procurement, 142
Lend-lease, 121, 150. See also Reverse lend-lease.
Level of Supply
COMZ stocks in December 1944, 425
defined, 9-10
ETO on V-E Day, 432
excessive stocks in forward areas, 414
Fifth Army, 104-05
Normandy, lodgment area, 363
POL in ETO, 660
SOLOC, 127
for TORCH, 40-41
winter clothing in May 1944, 557
Lewis, Lt. Col. Richard L., 447
Liaison, British-American technical services, 287
Libya, 155
Liège, 390, 426, 693, 709. See also Depots, Liège.
Ligurian Sea, 109
Lille. See Depots, Lille.
Limey, 689
Liquid fuels. See POL.
Liri Valley, 96
Littlejohn, Maj. Gen. Robert M., 21, 25, 30, 33, 34, 38, 44, 45, 73, 144, 271, 294, 342, 352, 364, 370, 390, 395, 410, 417, 448, 452n, 488, 498, 526, 537, 549, 555, 557, 588, 593, 690, 700. See also Office of the Chief Quartermaster (OCQM).
agreement with Clay on field jackets, 553
appointed Chief, QM Service, ETO, 18
appointed Deputy Commander SOS, ETOUSA, 43
biographical sketch, 19
cigarette shortage, 391
control over SOLOC, QM, 127
correspondence with
Evans, 327, 376-79, 578, 579, 583
Feldman, 561, 564, 575, 591, 637, 726
Gregory, 22, 24, 577, 583, 585-86, 590
criticizes ADSEC concept, 406
dual QM position under Eisenhower and Lee, 18-19
and local procurement, U.K., 29, 36-37
offers resignation to Eisenhower, 612
personal contacts with Army Quartermasters, 733
press conference, 13 October 1944, 572, 583
relieved as theater Chief Quartermaster, 699
resubmits shoepac requisition, 606
staff relationships SOS, ETOUSA, 255
use of personal letters in submitting requirements
estimates, 377
Llanelly, POL dump, 357
Local procurement, 15, 36-38, 67, 74, 141-43, 205-08, 294, 310-17, 379-85, 512-15, 640-46
in Belgium, compared with that in France, 645
bread and baking services, 312-13
evaluated, 645-46
laundry service, 244, 302-03, 709-10
lessons, of World War I, 3
need for textile production personnel, 587
paper, 645
POL, 315-16
snow camouflage garments, 641
southern France, 125, 143, 208, 242
stoves and stove pipes, 207, 641
textile program on Continent, 642-44
use of invasion currency, 89, 118, 380
wool clothing, 314, 640, 642, 644
Local Products Allocation Committee, AFHQ, 67
Local Resources Board, AFHQ, functions, 89
Local Resources Branch, SOLOC, 126
Locomotives, coal requirements, 169, 672
Logistical planning, OVERLORD, 319-24
Logistical planning, TORCH, 40-45
Logistical staff officers, shortage of, 5, 287, 735
Logistical support, for rapidly moving forces, 320-21, 397-99, 433-36, 452-56
Logistics, limiting factors, 736
London, 14, 23, 25, 40, 43, 56, 318
London Baggage Bureau, 422
London Base Command, 255
London Headquarters, Office of the Chief Quartermaster, 256
London Sales Store, 422
Longino, Col. James C., 20, 43
Lord, Maj. Gen. Royal B., 255, 409, 537
Lorraine District, 407
LSTs, 99. See also Landing craft.
Ludwigshafen, 635
Luftwaffe, at Tunis, 49
Lutes, Maj. Gen. LeRoy, 128n, 282, 326, 734
Lutterade, 659
Luxembourg, 382, 427, 432, 435
Lydney, 44. See also Depots, Lydney.
Lytle, Charles J., 308
–M–
MacGuire, Lt. Col. Samuel M. (Br.), 28n
McKay, Col. Neal H., 52
Mackeachie, Col. Douglas B., 29, 36, 38. See also General Purchasing Agent.
McKeever, Col. Bernard E., 263n
Mackinaws, British, 298
McKinnon, Capt. Leo H., 15, 16, 43
Mackintosh, Maj. Frazier E., 15, 16
Mackintosh, Maj. Gen. Hugh, 457, 463
MacManus, Maj. John (“Jack”), 516, 518, 520, 728
McNair, Lt. Gen. Lesley J., 100, 105, 482, 483
McNally, Col. Raymond, 600, 724
McNamara, Lt. Gen. Andrew T., 43, 44, 45, 57, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 220, 224, 238, 256, 320n, 333, 345, 394, 454, 456, 457n, 550, 567, 570, 616, 681
appointed II Corps QM, 42
critical observer of HUSKY, 77, 81-82, 321
FUSA requirement for QM troops, 352
and FUSA transportation units, 353
limits personal equipment for OVERLORD, 334, 570
at Oran, 52-54
on overburdening of troops, 55
no plans for arctic overshoes, 599
rejects shoepacs for NEPTUNE, 557
Maddaloni, 137
MAGNET Force, 15
Maintenance factor. See Replacement factor.
Maintenance set, follow-up, 337, 740-41. See also
Basic maintenance set; Beach maintenance set.
Mainz, 676
Maknassy, 61
Malony, Maj. Gen. Harry J., 631
Malta, 48
Mannheim, 438, 675. See also Depots, Mannheim.
Map reconnaissance
Fifth Army QM sites, 107
Third Army QM sites, 426
Marche, 693
Mareth Line, 60
Margraten, 689
Marigny, 685
Maritime supply
port capacity in U.K., 317
shipping turnaround time
MTO, 87
U.K., 31
U.K. receipts, 258
MARKET, 478-80
Marrakech, 145
Marseille, 87, 88, 119, 121, 140, 143, 145, 146, 169. See also Depots, Marseille.
Marshall, General George C., 274, 534
Martin, Lt. Col. Edward R., 215
Masbury, 44
Massey, Col. Clyde, 65, 75, 77, 81, 116, 119, 123
Materials handling equipment. See Equipment, materials handling.
Mattress cover. See Equipment, mattress cover.
Maxwell, Maj. Gen. Russell L., 551, 559, 602, 734
Meat. See Perishable subsistence.
Mechanization of war, supply implications, 11-12
Medals and decorations, 45, 83. See also Campaign credits, QM, assault landings.
Medical Corps, recommendations on rations, 486, 531
Medical Department, functions, 6
Mediterranean Base Section. See Base Sections, Mediterranean.
Mediterranean Theater (MTO)
geography of, and Base Section organization, 49, 73
QM functions, 48-86
represented at ETO clothing conference, 617
Meisel, Maj. Abraham. 694
Mekès, 52
Menu, Allied Continental, 530
Menu Branch, Subsistence Division, Office Chief Quartermaster, 531
Menus
national preferences, 531
requisitioning versus distribution, 296
troop train, 526
Mers el Kebir, 54
Mess Advisory Service, Office, Chief Quartermaster, 297, 524
Mess kits. See Equipment, mess kits.
Mess teams, 525-26
Mexican border, 1916, 2
Michaud, 64
Middle East, as center of American strategic interest, 48
Middleswart, Maj. Gen. William H., 23, 43, 46, 66, 67, 71, 72, 73, 80, 82, 110, 115, 126, 127, 138, 152, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 199, 222, 430n
biographical sketch, 13
as BOLERO planner, 18
controversy with Sullivan on replacement factors, 183-84, 584, 586
designated Deputy CQM, SOS, ETO, 20
named deputy to Chief Quartermaster, COMZ, ETOUSA, 128, 430
plans for ANVIL, 115
prepares study on Seventh Army rates of consumption, 179
QM, USAFBI, 13-17
SOLOC Quartermaster, 126
Mignano Gap, 149
Military Government, planning concepts, 386
Military Labor Service, 6, 739. See also Labor, non-American.
Military Oil Subcommittee, North African Economic Board, 156
Military Planning Division
OCQM, 368
Military Railway Service, 506
Milk, fresh, issue prohibited in United Kingdom, 295
Ministry of Agriculture (Br.), 294
Ministry of Food (Br.), 275, 296, 308, 312
Ministry of Supply (Br.), 304n. See also Weir, Sir Cecil.
Ministry of War Transport (Br.), 282, 516
Ministry of Works (Br.), 258
Minton, Brig. Gen. Hugh C., 383
Miramas, 124
Mitten, trigger-finger, wool insert, 564
Modena, 114
Monnet, Jean, 388
Montelimar, 125
Montgomery, Field Marshal Sir Bernard L., 49, 116, 155, 323, 411, 426, 466
Moore, Maj. Gen. Cecil R., 637
Moore, Maj. Victor H., 157
Morale, 35-36
hot meals, 526
monotonous rations, 485
Morgan, Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick E., 253, 386
Moroccan Division, 2nd (Fr.), 150
Morocco, 39, 49, 50-52, 141, 166
Moses, Brig. Gen. Raymond P., 390, 427
Moslem ration, 151
Motor pool, First Army, 455
Motor Transport Brigade, ADSEC, 399-400
Motor Transport Service, 22, 45
Mount, Maj. Charles A., 89
Mountain Division, 10th, 112, 113, 114, 133, 250
Mountain warfare, special clothing, 187-88, 200
Mules. See Pack animals.
Muller, Maj. Gen. Walter J., 600
Myers, Col. Samuel L., 57
–N–
N13 main Cherbourg-Paris highway, 685
Naisbitt, Capt. Harold A., 574, 586
Napier, Maj. Gen. Charles S. (Br.), 412
Naples, 71, 72, 74, 82, 85, 87, 89, 92, 93, 103, 110, 118, 137, 140, 143, 150, 165, 182, 186, 199, 245
coal discharged, 167
cold storage facilities, 140
salvage repair, 230
spare parts depot, 235
National Research Council, nutrition standards, 130, 132, 534
NATOUSA. See North African Theater of Operations, U.S. Army.
Navy, U.S., 97
Army supply to, 7
QM support, 73
“sea-passage menu,” for Army troops, 360
U.S. ration for, 295-96
Navy Army Air Force Institute (NAAFI) (Br.), 16, 38, 290
compared to AES, 291
and liquor rationing, 308-10
NEPTUNE, 322
airborne operations, 477-78
embarkation for, 357-60
planning for, 324
Neu, Col. John P., 123
Neuville-en-Condroz, 693
Newsweek, 307
New York port commander, functions, 32
New York Port of Embarkation (NYPE), 31, 45, 69, 70, 73, 82, 112, 116, 138, 140, 150, 278, 328, 356, 497, 581, 598, 734
editing function, 182, 186, 272
requisition processing procedures, 197
New York Times, 572
Niederbronn, 689
Non-American service units, 722
Nonmilitary personnel, QM support for, 735
Norfolk House, 42
Normandy Base Section. See Base Sections, Normandy.
Normandy Class I operations, 486-90
North, Capt. Harris J., 226
assault landings, 49-50
cold storage facilities, 134
QM units in assault, 50n
supply of livestock, 150
North African Economic Board, 67
North African Theater of Operations, U.S. Army (NATOUSA)
considered as mountain area for clothing issue, 562-63
replacement factors, 584
replacement tables, 183-84
requisitions in, after Anzio clothing test, 197
Northern Apennines, tactical situation, 203
Northern Base Section (Corsica), 73
Northern Ireland, 14-17
Northern Ireland Base Command, 16, 270
Northern Ireland Base Section. See Base Sections, Northern Ireland.
Northwest Africa (French), climate and terrain, 49
Nurses, in NATOUSA, 71
–O–
O’Daniel, Brig. Gen. John W., 193-97
Odell, Col. Joseph C., 371, 699
Office of ADSEC Quartermaster, POW Division, 634
Office of the Chief Quartermaster, ETOUSA 18
Captured Materiel Branch, 730
contribution to TORCH, 42
distribution functions, 32, 392
Field Service Division, 256, 370
Graves Registration Division, 695
liaison with NYPE, 356
move to Paris, 365
move to Valognes, 364
Occupation Forces, Germany, 384
organization, August 1942, 25
organizational changes on Continent, 368
organizational chart, 20
Plans and Training Division, 368
Production Control Division, ETO, 384
space requirements, 31
staff functions, 5
strength in 1943, 365
Office of the Quartermaster General
direct support for TORCH, 46
field teams in NATOUSA, 72
Military Planning Division, 562
rejects Littlejohn’s recommendation on winter clothing, 620-21
representatives of attend ETO clothing conference, 617
use of observers with Fifth Army, 72
Officer personnel, Quartermaster
arrivals delayed, 20
increased requirements, 21
TQMG disapproves ETO requirements, 24
Oise Base Section. See Base Sections, Oise
Oise Intermediate Section, 390, 403, 406
Olander, Col. George L., 417
Oliphant, Lt. Col. Floyd W., 310
V Corps objective, 323
ration dump, 486
Open storage, in United Kingdom, 260
Operational rations
demand in the pursuit, 459
PROCO requisitions, 330
Operations, forecast of, 322-23, 452, 456, 483, 557, 600
Operations Division, War Department General Staff (OPD, WDGS), 39, 46, 606
Oran, 39, 48, 50, 59, 65, 66, 72, 73, 144, 181, 220
B ration issues, 134
Central Depot, 72
French surrender, 53
QM activities, 54
spare parts depot, 235
Oran area landings, 52-54
Ordnance
functions in World War I, 3
responsibility for refrigerated trailers, 502
transfer of QM officers to, 5
Organizational equipment
bulk shipment, 279-80
combat loading, 278
“force marking,” 278-79
identification and issue problems, 278-80
Sicily, 180
Orglandes, 684
Overcoat
cotton field with liner, 618
acceptable to winter clothing conference, 618
combat-essential item, 561. 571
OVERLORD
basic assumptions, 319-23
forecast of operations, 452
mounting of, QM participation, 355
and NATOUSA requisitions, 186
new code name, 47
planning
Civil Affairs, 385-86
cold storage, 501-02
early operations, 320
food, 537
graves registration, 680-81
logistical, 256
major modification, 453
and postponement of ANVIL, 116
QM requirements, 326-31, 356-60
Overseas Supply Division, NYPE, functions, 374
Overshoes, arctic
all-rubber type, 618
in ETO, combat troops not to receive, 600
lack of, and trench foot, 600
late deliveries, 601-02
replacement factor, 568
shortages in Italy, 1943–44, 189
storage in First Army, 570
withdrawn from service troops, 602
worn without shoes, 603
Owens, Brig. Gen. A. M., 583
–P–
Pack animals
MTO, 237-42
Southern France, 274
Pack company
Italian T/O, 241-42
U.S. type, 242-43
Pack Company (QM), 513th, 243
Pack equipment, local procurement, 241-42
Pack Group, 20th (ISU), 241
Pack mule companies, Fifth Army, 105
Page, Lt. Col. Lawrence C., Jr., 248
Painter, Col. Vere, 59, 61, 64, 89, 100, 144, 167, 239, 241
Palletized loading. See Skidloading.
Paper
local procurement, 645
rationing in U.K., 306-07
Parachute Infantry Battalion, 509th, air supply
activities, 94
Paris, 365, 390, 623, 674. See also Depots, Paris.
G-5 support for, 453, 538-39, 655
main office, OCQM, 579
refrigeration facilities, 504
Patch, Lt. Gen. Alexander M., 88, 116, 117, 118
Patton, Lt. Gen. George S., Jr., 39, 46-47, 50, 60, 61, 65, 82, 364, 605, 690
Peckham, Brig. Gen. Howard L., 665
PENBASE. See Peninsular Base Section.
Pence, Brig. Gen. Arthur W., 59, 88
Peninsular Base Section, 239-42. See Base Sections, Peninsular.
Perishable food, 139-40
consumption statistics (table), 509
perishable subsistence
U.S. meat imports into U.K., 292
Perry, Capt. James H., 59
Pershing, General John J., 3, 19
Personal effects, evacuation of, 697
Personal Effects and Baggage Depots
Folembray, 696
Isigny, 695
Liverpool, 695
London (Q-110), 694
Paris (Q-177A), 696
Reims, 696
St. Nazaire (World War I), 694
Personal equipment. See Equipment, personal.
Personnel and Training Division, 371
Personnel Division, OCQM, 23
Perregaux, 145
Petit, Col. Mortlock, 402
Pettitjean, 167
Petroleum. See POL.
Petroleum and Fuel Division, OCQM, 357
Petroleum Board, 29
Petroleum officer, 155
Petroleum Products Laboratories (mobile)
927th, 662
organization and capabilities, 662-63
Petroleum Section
NATOUSA, 157
Phillips, Lt. Col. Thomas B., 571
Pickles, Col. Wayne M., 89
Pilferage
in Morocco, 52
of rations, 136
sales stores items, 622
in Sicily, 79
in transit and in storage, 285-86
Pipeline
extended across northern Italy, 165
reaches CONAD area, 156-57
reaches Raticosa Pass, 165
Rhine crossings, 676
slow advance of, 652
“Pipeline factor,” Class I supply, 489
“Pipeline quartermaster,” COMZ concept, 2
Pipeline systems
minor, 650
Plank, Maj. Gen. Ewart C., 426
Planning
service troop basis, 254
supply, U.K., 1941, 13-19
Plans and Training Division, OCQM, 328
POL, 7, 8, 155, 156, 647, 648, 651, 654, 655, 666
Area Petroleum Board (U.S.), functions, 8, 315
Area Petroleum Office, 647, 669
Area Petroleum Service, 9, 255, 666
Army level QM responsibility, 338
Consumption Experience Tables, in Tunisian
campaign, 157
decanting operations, 159-62, 665, 676
deliveries by tank truck companies, 651
depots
“Oklahoma City,” 658
QM, 265-66
“Titusville,” 658
U.K., OVERLORD reserves, 341
diesel fuel shortage, 655
distribution, as QM function in combat zone, 155-56
dump, at Sharpness, 357
evacuation during Ardennes counteroffensive, 426
G-4 control of pipehead, 650-51
importance of dispensers, 679
laboratories, and water contamination problem, 663
movement of
NEPTUNE outloading, 356
open storage, in jerricans, 658
OVERLORD planning, 340-41
operations
Allied control in MTO, 155
Mediterranean Theater, 155-65, 170
southern France, 156
tanker barges on the Rhone, 166
use of 55-gallon drums in MTO, 159-60, 161
planning
AVALANCHE, 158
DRAGOON, 159
gallons-per-man-per-day concept, 158
German Ardennes campaign, 660
TORCH, 157
pooling agreement, in U.K., 315
rates of consumption, in MTO, 157-59, 170
requirements computation
OVERLORD planning, 338-40
QMC function in combat zone, 156
QMC responsibility, 647
responsibilities, 8
Section, separate within CONAD, 122
slow turnaround, of rail tank cars, 655-56
specifications, American, standardization agreement, 648
statistics
ETO consumption rates, 668-71
ETO daily requirements, 675
Italian campaign, 158-59
Mediterranean reports, in ETO, 668
ration strength versus field strength of units, 670
SHAEF reports, 670
Third Army, 657
Tunisia, 157-58
12th Army Group, 669-70
World War I, 155
storage tanks released to Allies, 677-78
supply
in CONAD, QM loses control of, 122
technical services involved, 8
tank truck
750-gallon, 170
use in Italy, 161
use of 55-gallon drums, 64
Polatti, Capt., USN, 296
Polish units, 116
adopted by clothing conference, 618
nylon, 564
resin-coated, 195
Ponte Olivo, 76
Poore, Col. James E., Jr., 15, 16, 43, 52, 70, 71, 72, 90, 97, 167, 178, 180
Port capacity, British, 254, 317
Port Headquarters, deficiencies in QM section, 418
Port quartermasters, functions of, 284
Port Talbot, POL dump at, 357
Ports (major)
6th, Headquarters, 52
11th, 443
13th, 416
21st, HQ and HQ Company, 118
Quartermaster representative, 284-85
Ports, POL, 674, 678. See also individual port names.
Post Exchange (PX) items
defined, 9
cigarettes, 8
Fifth Army, 147-48
for NEPTUNE, 357
policy on, 147
soap, 8
tactical area, 147
OCQM responsible for, 33
Post-OVERLORD plans, errors in, 322
Pounder, Capt. William F., 72, 193, 517, 551, 557, 598
in Africa, 176
on bakery equipment, 145
on balanced ration, 135
clothing recommendations, 563
mission in ETO, 556
Pouppeville, 684
POW’s
ADSEC delousing activities, 706
and Captured Enemy Materiel Branch, OCQM, 633
captured equipment for, 730-31
clothing and equipment for, 631-35
clothing factory, 633-34
in French coal mines, 169-70
hospital menu for, 535
Italian
local procurement for, 142
QM units, 71
malnutrition, 534-35
rations for, 41, 65, 82, 148-53, 333, 528, 529, 532-36
statistics, Tunisian campaign, 64
PROCO. See Projects for a Continental Operation.
PROCO requisitions for clothing, 573
Procurement Division OCQM, 369, 380
activities in ETO, 381-85
activities in U.K., 310-17
manufacture of clothing, 643
origins of, 20
Procurement plans, for southern France, 118
Productions program (QM), in Germany, 384
Projects for a Continental Operation (PROCO), 329-31
Provost Marshal, functions of, 6
Publications, military, 6
Purchasing and Contracting Officer, functions of, 382
–Q–
Quartermaster, Eighth Air Force, 263
Quartermaster Base Depot (new)
experimentation in Atlantic Zone Section, 90
Quartermaster Base Depots
54th, 537
56th
POW responsibilities, 532, 634
salvage activities, 713
59th, 123
63rd, 512
67th, 365
2665th, 95
6698th (Provisional), 91-92
functions of, 91
Quartermaster battalion headquarters
mobile capabilities, 349-50
revised, capabilities, 349-50
Quartermaster Battalions
1st, 52
1st (Mobile), 468
97th, 470
158th, 460
202nd, 462
242nd, 101
249th, 101-03
255th, 641
259th, 101
263rd, 101
301st, 62
308th (POL), 461
Quartermaster Branch Depots, in U.K., 24
Quartermaster Companies
1st, 472
3rd, 51-52
28th, 473
42nd, 475
84th, 472
426th, 478-79
of airborne divisions, 477-82
of armored divisions, 475-77
of infantry divisions, 51-52, 84, 250, 472-75
proposed reorganization, 483
Quartermaster Composite Company Headquarters, type AC (mess team), 525
Quartermaster Corps
establishment, 1
functions, transferred to other technical services, 5
Quartermaster depots, organization and locations, 409-10. See also Depots.
Quartermaster functions, in NATOUSA, 98
Quartermaster General, British, 256
Quartermaster General, The, 18, 22. See also Gregory, Maj. Gen. Edmund B.
Quartermaster group, functions and capabilities, 100, 349, 457-63
Quartermaster Groups
1st (GR), 690-92
514th, 451
518th, 677
543rd, 465
549th, 365
550th, 465
551st, 365
561st, 457
Quartermaster officers, training deficiencies, 371
Quartermaster organization
at Anzio, 101-02
Army level, 448-52
Fifth Army, 83
North Africa, 65-66
Seventh Army, 117
Quartermaster Reference Data. See Reference Data, Quartermaster.
Quartermaster schools, 4-5, 371, 421-22
Quartermaster Section
NATOUSA, 182
PBS, 90
SOS, Western Task Force, 52
Quartermaster support, for French Army, 117-18
Quartermaster tables of organization and equipment, approved by War Department for POW’s, 71
Quartermaster troop basis
Fifth Army in Italy, 100
OVERLORD planning, 346-53
Quartermaster troops
AVALANCHE, 84
BOLERO (table), 22-23
from ETO for TORCH, 43
expanding requirements, 23-24
reassigned to infantry, 408
training deficiencies, 28, 366
Quartermaster Units. See functional-type designations such as Bakery; Depot Supply; Fumigation and Bath; Gasoline Supply; Graves Registration; Laundry; Pack; Petroleum Products
Laboratory; Railhead; Refrigeration; Remount;
Sales; Salvage; Service; Sterilization and Bath, Truck, etc.
Quartermaster’s Department, consolidation into QMC, 2
–R–
Raff, Col. Edson D., 57
Rail transportation, preferred supply method in ETO, 463
“Railhead,” defined, 104
Railhead Companies
86th, 95
90th, 85
93rd, 54
94th, 101-02
309th, 684
557th, 355
622nd, 125
Railhead company, 84
Raincoat
discarding of decided on, 618
OVERLORD equipment, 305
Ramsey, Lt. Col. Arthur C., 681, 696
Ramsey, Brig. Gen. Thomas H., 67, 72, 151
AFHQ Quartermaster Section, 66
Allied coal allocation, 167
American QM planner, AFHQ, 42-43
captured enemy materiel, 222
changed function at AFHQ level, 98
Chief Quartermaster Section, NATOUSA, 66-67
promotion of, 97n
as Quartermaster of MTOUSA, 126
Rapido River, 96
Rate of consumption, theater, 9-10
Raticosa Pass, 165
Ration, defined, 7
Ration Accessory Convenience Pack (RAC), 146-48
Rations
A
British supply, 37
defined, 7
ETO issue, statistics, 542
ETO type, 295
plans to issue, 52
for air combat crews, 294-95
Allied Continental, 529-30
Allied types, A, B, C, D, 528
American, transition to (1942), 291
defined, 7
for DRAGOON, 116
first issues in Normandy, 488
initial U.S. issue in U.K., 292
overissues, 113
southern France, 134
Brazilian, 151
British
Commonwealth, 148-53
composite, 41
Compo (composite pack), 131
British-American, 16, 32, 290-91
categories, 150
in combat, heating of, 527
described, 130
for POW’s and civilians, 491, 535
surplus, 488
captured, 114, 493-94, 535, 538
combat, 129, 331, 334. See also Rations, operational.
composite
5-in-1, 130-31
10-in-1, 45, 131, 132, 133, 134, 322, 486, 488, 489, 490, 522
criticism of, 522
D, described, 130
hospital (POW), 41, 333, 529, 534
hot meals, for front-line troops, 526-28
K, 130, 132, 133, 134, 488, 490, 522, 535
kitchen-prepared, 134-39
loss factors (table), 136
operational
for combat troops, 490
defined, 7
development of, 129
for Mediterranean troops, 129-54
overdrawing of, 53
packaged, 130. See also Rations, operational.
ADSEC requirements, 492-93
planning levels, 32
Polish, 148
requirements, 375
Russian, 529
Sicily, 82
Slav, 528
submarine, 294-95
reduction of, for U.S. sedentary personnel, 541
statistics
II Corps, in Tunisia, 136
Normandy, 488-91
strength
daily telegram, 493
statistical problems, 529, 541
in tactical situations, 129, 131, 133, 522, 526n
types, ETO statistics, 489-95
for Yugoslavs, 148-53
Raw material imports from U.S., 383-85. See also French Civil Import Program.
cotton, 643-44
sheet steel for jerricans, 667
wood pulp, 645
wool, 644
Recreation. See Rest and recreation areas.
Red Ball express, 399-400, 453, 454, 526, 654
Redeployment
problems, Fifth Army, 114
salvage activities, 722
and Sullivan, 141
Red Horse
mess teams at, 526
staging area, 408
Reefer rail cars, shortages and allocations, 508-10
cured meats reduce requirements, 506, 510
discharge problems, 506
for temporary storage, 504-05
for temporary storage, TC refuses. 502
Reference data, Quartermaster, 25, 371
Anzio, 99
described, 10-11
100,000-man plan, 25-26, 43, 327
requirements for ROUNDUP, 31
supply per man per day, 31
used for TORCH, 41-44
World War I, 19
Refrigerated transportation, shortages in U.K., 293
Refrigeration Companies, QM
fixed, 501
283rd, 503
organization, 511
mobile, 501
67th, 140
279th, 503
484th, 503
485th, 508
3091st, 124
organization, 508
Refrigeration Companies, TC (mobile)
3601st, 503
3612th, 503
Refrigeration facilities, North Africa, 139
Refrigeration units
mobile (CONAD), 140
World War I, 4
Regimental Combat Team, 168th, 40n, 54
Regulation Stations
25th, 456
controversy over functions, 394-95
London (for TORCH), 40
Reims, 397, 656. See also Depots, Reims.
Class II depot, 568-69
Class II and IV depot, 390, 545
Relizane, 65
Remagen Bridge, 675
Remount depots
2610th, 239
Front Royal, Va., 236
Is-sur-Tille (Q-581), 242
Remount units, World War I, 4
Renneville, 656
Repair units, World War I, 4
Replacement factors
combat officers’ uniforms, 655
ETO
compilation of combat, 587
computing team, 574
spare parts, 727
winter clothing, 573-77
experience in Sicily, 179-80
MTO, 177-84
in OVERLORD planning, 327
during pursuit across France, 574-75
regrouping of units, Sicily, 179-80
and Requirements Branch objections, 582
revision of, Littlejohn’s view on need for, 586
Seventh Army, 584
Replacement parts, 233-36, 723-28
Requirements
Civil Affairs supplies, 375
Class II items, 375
computation, complexity of, 10
importance of strength forecasts, 635
rations
operational, 375
POW, 375
statistics, non-U.S. personnel, 372
Requirements Branch OQMG, 574, 581-82
Requisitioning procedure
basic maintenance set, 577
criticized, 579
ETO (1943), 277-78, (1944–45), 389-93
revised 19 April 1944, 196
Requisitions, editing of, 272, 392-93
Research and Development Branch, OQMG, 193, 549, 556
Research and Development Division, OCQM, 176
Rest and recreation areas, Italy, 204
Florence, 113
Montecatini, 113
Nice, 123
Rome, 113
Reverse lend-lease, 37
agreements with governments-in-exile, 379-80
finances NAFFI purchases, 291
local French procedures, 121
procedural problems, 382
Ravitaillement Général, 143
Rhine River, Arnhem bridgehead, 578
Rhone River, 170
Rhône Canal, 124
RHUMBA plan, 422-23
Richardson, Maj. Gen. Thomas W. (Br.), 291
Richmond, Va., Quartermaster Depot, 46
Rimini, 110
Robinson, Maj. Gen. Clinton F., 613, 738
Roermond, 676
Rogers, Brig. Gen. Harry L., Chief Quartermaster, AEF, 3, 19
Rogers, Brig. Gen. Pleas B., 309, 537
Rognac, 124
Roller conveyors. See Equipment, roller conveyors.
Rome
advance on, 96-107
bakery units in, 145
coffee processing in, 143
Rome-Berlin Axis, 13
Rommel, Field Marshal Erwin, 59, 87
Rommel’s Africa Corps, 57
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
and BOLERO, 23
strategy against Axis, 17
and UNRRA, 386
Rosaler, Col, Beny, 320n, 370, 711, 719, 721
Executive officer, OCQM, 25
inspects SOLOC, 122
Installations Division, 369
Quartermaster, Twelfth Air Force Service Command, 43
“Rosey’s Repair Shop,” 472
Ross, Brig. Gen. Frank S., 255, 284, 323, 418, 502, 595, 653
Rouen, 391
assigned to U.S. forces, 412
deep-water port, 570
ROUNDUP, 23
defined, 17
opposing views of, 252
Royal Army Service Corps (RASC), 290
Rundstedt, Field Marshal Gerd von, 112, 660
Ryder, Maj. Gen. Charles W., 40
–S–
Saaralbe, 67
St. Andre, 688
St. Aubyn, Col. Paul C. R., (Br.), 72
St. Avold, 689
St. Corneille, 688
St. Jacques de Nehou, class II dump at, 547
St. James, 688
St. Jean de Losne, 122
St. Juan, 220
St. Laurent, 684
St. Malo, 493
St. Martin-de-Varreville, 684
St. Nazaire, 694
St. Quentin, 460
St. Raphael, 119
Sainte-Maxime, 119
Sales Companies, Quartermaster
581st, 621
evaluation, 623
redeployment, 626
Sales platoon, Quartermaster, First Army, 461
Sales stores, 301, 622, 623, 624
Sales unit (mobile), distribution of women’s uniforms, 630
Salisbury, 33
Salt tablets, 41
Salvage
in combat zone, 713-15
disposal of unwanted supplies, 222, 232-33
evacuation of from Italy, 226
by Italian service troops, 227
new categories, 226
problem in staging areas, 359
program in U.K., 304
in rear areas, 719-22
southern France, 233
Salvage Battalion, 202nd, 716
Salvage classification, 718
Salvage collection
ETO experience, table, 713
France, 547
Italy, 226-27
North Africa, 223-25
Sicily, 225
turn-in of winter clothing, April 1945, 721-22
Salvage Collection Companies
223rd, 125
229th, 713
232nd, 225
235th, 729
237th, 714
999th, 729
function of ordnance detachment, 714
Salvage depots
Fifth Army, 226
Nancy (Q-257), 721
Reims (Q-256), 402, 633, 719-21
Salzburg, 438
Sardinia, 95
Seilles, 722
Soissons, 674
Stowmarket (Q-107), 44
Salvage operations
Assembly Area Command (AAC), 722
First Army, 462-63
Seventh Army, 717
Salvage repair
base sections, 229-33
divisional QM units, 715
Equipment maintenance platoon, 715-17
Fifth Army, 227-30
Salvage Repair Companies
2nd (Italian), 231
218th, 62
219th, 231
220th, 231
232nd, 233
300th, 641
592nd, 233
696th, 719
7134th Semimobile (Italian), 721
7176th Semimobile (Italian), 721
7177th Semimobile (Italian), 721
9026th (German), 721
9034th (German), 721
fixed, troop basis and capability, 712
semimobile
deficiencies in equipment, 717
reorganization, 715-18
Salvage repair statistics, 232, 711, 717
Salvage system, categories, 223, 718-19
Salvage units
light, organizational deficiencies, 223
special, proposed, 224
World War I, 4
Samuels, Lt. Col. Edward R., 124
San Cataldo, Italian QM depot, 225
Sangro River, 96
Santa Maria
Class I dump, 140
Class II dump, 188
SATIN Task Force, 57
Scotch Whiskey Association, 308
Scotland, 14
Sechrest, Lt. Col. Earl F., 681
Second British Army, 609
Security Control, TORCH, 41
Seilles, See Depots, Seilles.
Senegalese troops, use of by U.S. quartermasters, 121
Service Battalions
224th, 58
240th, 124
242nd, 96
244th, Company D, 59
263rd, 85
4134th, 124
Service Companies
970th, 468
3168th, 684
3206th, 355
3234th, 717
Service D’Aide Aux Forces Alliées (SAFA), central agency in France, 381-83
Service d’Essence (POL), 119
Service d’Intendence (supply), 119
Service de Santé (laundry and bath), 119
Service Installations Division, 294
Service troops, lack of in Morocco, 51
Service units (QM), twenty-six types in France in World War 1, 4
Service Veterinaire (remount), 119
Services of Supply (SOS). See also Army Service Forces (ASF); Somervell, Lt. Gen. Brehon B.
Center Task Force, 66
ETOUSA
no firm troop basis, 45
organization, 254-56
NATOUSA
constituted, 66
established, 115
organization, QM section, 69
personnel problems, QM, 69-70
reorganization, QM section, 71, 97
requests separate reports on U.S. Army
issues, 181
and salvage, 222
OVERLORD Planning, 325
Western Task Force, 46, 66. See also Wilson, Brig. Gen. Arthur
in World War I, 3
Sfax, 56
SHAEF. See Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force.
Shallenberger, Col. Martin C., 19
SHARK Task Force, 76
Sharp, Col. Turner R., Depot Division, OCQM, 23, 25, 43, 73-74, 278, 320n
Sharpness, POL dump at, 357
Shelter half. See Equipment, shelter half.
Sheppard, Lawrence B., recommendations on footwear, 603-04, 618
SHINGLE
Class II requisitions, 183
defined, 97
QM requisitions for, 97
Shipping
shortage of, 30
space, conservation of, 16-17
Ships’ manifests, tardy arrival of, 281-82
Shoepacs
approved for dismounted troops, 618
demanded for all combat troops, 605
Fifth Army, 200
for infantry riflemen only, 604
nonstandard types, 564
OQMG requests ETO reconsider requisition, 606
praised by artillerymen, 201
Seventh Army experiences, 606-07
Shoes, service
British, 608
deficiencies, 174
Type III
deficiencies, 600
defective last, 603
substitute for combat boot, 599
Showers, 703-05
Shrivenham, 524
American School Center, 29
mess training course, 297
Sibert, Maj. Herbert F., 240
Sicily, 65, 81. See also HUSKY.
German air power in, 49
local procurement, Class I, 142
QM observers in, 70
Sidi Ferruch, 54
Siegfried Line, 454
Simmons, Lt, Col. William, P., Jr., 474
Skidloading
beach maintenance sets, 336
HUSKY operation, 79-80
in Normandy, 444-45
OVERLORD plans, 345
Slauta, 1st Lt. Michael, 193
Sleeping bag. See Equipment, sleeping bag.
Smith, Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell, 323, 561
Smithers, Col. Samuel W., 364-65, 369, 394, 398, 651, 658, 664-65
Socks
protective, 334
wool
daily issue to prevent trench foot, 585
deficiencies, 174
shortage of medium sizes, 571
Soldier’s load, 334. See also Equipment, personal.
Solers, 688
Solid fuel, 673
allocations and requirements in COMZ, 672
in MTO 166-70
SOLOC. See Southern Line of Communications.
Somervell, Lt. Gen. Brehon, B., 17-18, 412, 414, 417, 572, 734
appoints “Garside Committee” to investigate
Littlejohn charges, 612
approves QM manpower requirements, 24
and clothing requisitions, 582
approves requisitions to clothe POW’s and repatriates, 587
approves requisitions of wool cloth, 642
approves test of wool field jacket, 549
and NATOUSA QM requisitions, 186
and officers’ uniforms, 625
instructions on local procurement, 37
Technical Services summoned to Washington by, 553
Somervell-Littlejohn agreement on OCQM requisitions, 377-78
Sorting sheds, British, use by U.S. technical services, 283
SOS. See Services of Supply; Somervell, Lt. Gen. Brehon B.
Souk el Arba, 63
South African Division, 6th, 111
Southern Base Section. See Base Section, Southern.
Southern England, U.S. depot area, 21
Southern France
laundry service, 247
local procurement of food, 143
operation ANVIL, 115-20
winter clothing, 204-05
Southern Line of Communications, SOLOC, 126
headquarters dissolved, 128
liquor ration, 309-310
QM organization, 126
separate requisitions to NYPE, 379
Spa, 426
Spaatz, Lt. Gen. Carl, 569
Spanish-American War, faulty administrative practices in, 1
Spanish Morocco, 39
Sparanise, 103
Spare parts
distribution problems, 234
local procurement, Italy, 235
Ordnance Section, CONAD, provides, 236
packing and marking problems, 726
provision of by Ordnance Section, CONAD, 236
shortages, Italy, 234
Spare Parts Branch, Installation Division, 727
Special Army Observer Group (SPOBS), 13-14
Special holiday menu, 140, 143
Special Services, NATOUSA, 71
“Spigot” (tactical), quartermaster, concept, 2
Staging areas, QM functions, 408
Stansbury, Capt. Walter A., 297
criticism of rations, 485
Italian edition, criticism of winter uniform, 201
letters to, on trench foot, 611
Stavelot, 426
Steel helmets, old type, 15
Sterilization and Bath Companies
819th, 231
deficiencies, 701-03
Sterilization and bath service, southern Tunisia campaign, 62
Sterilization and bath units, World War I, 4
Stevens, Col. Robert, 643
Stilwell, General Joseph W., 484
Stock levels, ETO (1943), 277
Stock record file, QM, theater wide, 370
Storage
Civil Affairs supplies, 388
and Distribution Division, OCQM, 368, 407
doctrine, QM, 268
functions, QM, 265
requirements
American, 258
of OCQM in U.K., 34
Storage tents, borrowed from British, 259. See also Equipment, tents.
Stoves. See Equipment, stoves.
Stowmarket, 44
Stratton, Brig. Gen. James H., 553, 567
Strickland, Lt. Col. John C., 101
Stromberg, 689
Stromberg, Lt. Col. Woodrow W., 193-97
Stuttgart, 438
Slyer, Maj. Gen. Wilhelm D., 45, 734
Submarines, German, 16
Subsistence, defined, 7
Subsistence Department, consolidations into QMC, 1
Subsistence Division, Col. Robert T. Willkie, chief, 488-90
Subsistence Laboratory, OCQM, 524, 525
Subsistence requirements, complexity and size, 529
Sudbury, 695
Sullivan, Brig. Gen. Joseph P., 75, 151
and AVALANCHE, 82-86
bath and clothing exchange, 247
combat feeding experiment, 133
disagreement with Painter on supply levels, 104
on field army direct supply, 100
at Naples, 89
plans for SHINGLE, 98
PX issues (gratuitous), 148
and Ramsey, controversy on coal issues, 168
and ration problem, 135
and redeployment, 114
retains army repair functions, 228-30
reviews Salerno battle, 85
winter clothing requirements, 1943–44, 187-89
Supply discipline
need for in U.K., 35
relaxed in Staging Areas, 359
requirements for TORCH, 40
Supply units (QM), World War I, 4
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF)
assumes operational control of DRAGOON, 119-20
assumes responsibilities for procurement in Southern France, 118
controls all Belgian coal mines, 671
coordinates coal procurement, 170
G-5
established, 386
issues of U.S. uniforms, 631
provisional transportation force, French volunteers, 654
QMC computes POL requirements, 647
QM support, 386-88
responsibilities, 536
POL Division of, 647
refuses logistical support to French volunteers, 121-22
Surgeon General, states shoepacs will not alleviate trench foot, 606
Sweater, wool, high neck, 560
delayed deliveries, 597
for Fifth Army, 199
requisition for, 561
Syracuse, 76
Syria, British occupation of, 48
–T–
Tabarka, 63
Tables of Allowances (T/BA 21, June 1942), 16, 172
Tables of Equipment (T/E’s)
T/E, 21
June 1942, 41
17 June 1943 (for nurses), 174
15 December 1943, 186-87, 192, 194-95, 556
defined, 8
printing and distribution, 192-93
Tactical considerations, QM operations governed by, 11
Talbot, Col. Lyman R., POL liaison officer, 651, 658, 663, 664, 699
Tank Battalion, 191st, 194
Taranto, 118
Tarascon-Beaucaire bridge, 170
Tarquina, 220
Task forces. See also Center Task Force; Eastern Task Force; Western Task Force.
DIME, 76
KooL, 76
SATIN, 57
SHARK, 76
163, 115. See also Seventh Army.
Tate, Col. Ralph H., 52, 104, 113, 152, 187, 188, 199, 247-48
Taunton, 33
Technical intelligence teams, 225
Technical Services, functions of, 6
Tentage
huts unavailable as substitutes, 637
local procurement of duck on Continent, 638
maintenance factors, Fifth Army, 202
retained in U.K., 637
Tents. See Equipment, tents.
Thaon, 722
Theater Chief Quartermaster, staff duties of, 5
Theater Chief Surgeon’s office, represented at ETO clothing conference, 617
Thornton, Col. Richard B., 722-23
Thrasher, Brig. Gen. Charles O., 26, 410
Tiber, 107
Tidworth
bakery school at, 29
mess training course, 297
TIGER, QM casualties in, 355
Time, 307
Tonnage allocations
armies favor SHAEF control, 391
Class II items, 567-70
on daily basis, by G-4, 389-92
reduction in transatlantic, 579
revised procedures, 579
U.K. base, 424
Tool, intrenching, 175
TORCH
clothing problems, 172-73, 176-77
Eastern Task Force, 39
emphasis on surprise, 49
German reaction, 49
interrupts BOLERO, 38-47
jerricans, use of, 163
laundry service, 244
plans
Class I, 41
Class II, 41
Class III (POL), 41
convoy, 42
strategic, described, 39
to develop separate supply channel, 40
POL planning factors, 157
postpones ROUNDUP, 252
security control, 40-41
shortcomings studied, 75
supply requirements, 40
Task forces, 39. See also Center Task Force; Eastern Task Force; Western Task Force.
Tournai, 454
Towels. See Equipment, towels.
Traffic management, problems in U.K., 280-85
Training
exercises for OVERLORD, 354-55
QM units for OVERLORD, 353-55
Training Branch, OCQM, 353
Transportation Branch, Storage and Distribution Division, 369
Transportation Corps
control of tonnage allocations, 392
POL responsibilities, 8
refrigeration responsibilities, 501
transfer of QMC officers to, 5
truck units, 399
Transportation Service, 18, 281
Transportation System, capacity, 34
Transportation units, army-level control, 352-53, 450
Trench foot, 189
British experience, 608
German experience, 609
incidence in ETO, 600-601, 609-10
in Italy, 1943–44, 190
press and Congressional reaction, 610-12
preventive measures, 604-05
daily pair of clean socks, 585
extra tents and stores, 607
increased issues of socks, 605
widespread demand for shoepacs, 605
Trench warfare, Anzio, 103
TRIDENT Conference, 253
Tripoli, 59
Troop basis
American Graves Registration Command, 699
ANVIL, 115
ETOUSA, 253-54
fumigation and bath companies, 702
gasoline supply companies, 661
GR companies, 681-82
laundry companies, 707
Quartermaster, ETO, 20
Quartermaster Sales Company (mobile), 623
Quartermaster Service Companies, 701
railhead companies, 464-65
salvage collecting company, 712
salvage repair company (semimobile), 712
units shifted from 12th to 6th Army Group, 127
Troop Carrier Command, IX, 479, 481, 656
Troop Carrier Group, 60th, air supply by, 96
Troop Carrier Wing
50th, 477
52nd, 478
Troop List for Operations and Supply (TLOS), 276, 372
Troop requirements, QM, for 100,000-man force, 1941, 14
Troop rotation
British doctrine, 608
lack of consistent U.S. policy, 609
Trooz. See Depots, Trooz.
Trousers
cotton field, 618
wool OD (dark shade), 592, 626
18-oz. inadequate, 618
Truck Companies, QM
1913 type, World War I, 2
3807th, 478
3892nd, 442
3909th, 466-67
4045th, 468
4046th, 468
Truck Regiments, QM
49th, 89
Truck unit operations, in Tunisia, 61-62
Truck units
field army allocation, 450-51
separate transportation staff in Fifth Army, 84
Truscott, Lt. Gen. Lucian K., Jr., 51, 112
clothing deficiencies, 173-74
combat uniform, 172
personal equipment, 174-75
rail and road net, 57
Tweedy, Col. James F., 81
“Type” force, concept defined, 25
“Type loading,” of ships, 280
Tyrrhenian Depot, 94
–U–
Uckange, 658
Ulm, 438
Underwear
white, 175
wool
British, 299
extra allowances, 298
for Fifth Army, 199
Uniform
British, ATS, issued to nurses, 629
combat, winter (armored force), 172
advantages, 175
declared limited standard, 187
field ETO, reserved for officers, 625
M1943 experimental, designed for wet-cold, 112
in Africa, 176
Anzio test, 192-97
ASF approves test, 555
criticism by Fifth Army, 201
geographic basis of issue, 194
NATOUSA inquiries, 186
rejected by Eisenhower, 560
rejected by Littlejohn, 555
combat uniform, lack of, 45, 174
fitting, 302
inadequate T/E (1942), 174
Service, Morocco and Algeria, 172
Waacs, 301
Wacs, 627-30
Women’s, ETO
authorized in Z.I., 629
local procurement, 627-28
shortages of warm clothing, 629
Women’s, M1943, deficiencies, 627
–U–
United Kingdom
American garrison in, February 1943, 47
as base of operations, 17
cold-storage facilities, 501
disadvantages as QM base, 33
extraterritorial privileges in, 318
food deliveries to Continent, 514
food reserves, 489
local procurement statistics, 317
QM establishment, 252
resources, 33
TORCH, convoys from, 106
United Nations, 149
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), 166, 386
United States
entry into war, 14
growing food shortage, 151
mission at Vichy, 48
United States Air Force, British Isles (USAFBI), 15, 16
United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), units in Middle East, 48
United States Army Forces in the Middle East
(USAFIME), activated, 48
United States Commercial Corporation (USCG), 316
United States Forces European Theater (USFET), General Board, 717-18
need for GR specialists, 688
views on trench foot prevention, 607
United States Petroleum Board (London), 647
USAAF. See United States Army Air Forces.
USAFIME. See United States Army Forces in the Middle East.
USFET. See United States Forces European Theater.
“US-ITI’s,” 150
–V–
Valognes, 364-65
VARSITY, 481
Vaughan, Brig. Gen. Harry B., Jr., 364, 571
V-Bombs, 659
V-E Day
reduces importance of ETO, 620
and role of QMC, 1
Vegetables, fresh. See Produce, fresh.
Verdun, Class III depot, 658-60
VerMurlen, Capt. Cathryn R., 531
Vesoul, 123, 146, 233, 250, 721
Vichy
Canadian mission, 48
French forces, defection to Allies, 49
Vierville-sur-Mer, 442
Villeneuve-sur-Auvers, 688
Vire, 453
Vitamin
deficiencies, Italian campaign, 132
tablets, controlled by Medical Corps, 523
Vittel, 146
Vogel, Col. Gustave H., 156
Vosges Mountains, 120
–W–
Wagon companies, 1913 type, 2
Watford, 26
War bonds, 289-90
War Department
approves Requisition K-94, 583
Committee on Liquid Fuels and Lubricants, 648
disapproves ETO uniform for women, 627
emergency shipments for TORCH, 45
postpones ANVIL, 116
refuses to issue arctic overshoes at ports, 602
terminates production program in the ETO, 643
theories of forecasting, 180
–W–
War Department Catalogs, Quartermaster items (1942), 7
War Department Circulars, delayed, 24-25
War dog platoons, 237
War Production Board, 384
officials encourage ETO textile program, 643
represented at ETO clothing conference, 617
War Shipping Administration, 97, 282, 505
Washington Post, blames Littlejohn for clothing
shortages, 611-12
Waterproof covers. See Equipment, waterproof
covers, for small arms.
Watson, Col. William F., 457
Wavre. 716 Weaver, Brig. Gen. William G., 255
Weber, Capt. Gordon P., 15, 16
Weed, Col. Chapin, 498
Weir, Sir Cecil M., 304, 316, 382
Welkenraedt, Class I dump, 426
Wellingborough, 37
Wells, Maj. Thomas J., 15
Wesel, 676
Western Base Section (U.K), 26, 255, 263, 271
Western Desert
Air force (RAF), 49
gasoline supplies in, 155
Western Task Force
Class I plan, 47
destruction of landing craft, 51
GR plans, 214
QM troops for, 46
TORCH, 39
Westminster, 33
Whelchel, Col. James L., 118-19, 121, 122
Whitney, Lt. Col. Maurice L., 681, 690-91, 695
Willkie, Col. Robert T., Subsistence Division, 488-90, 498, 501
“Willow Run,” 297
Wilson, Lt. Col. Anna W., ETO WAC Staff Director, 628
Wilson, Brig. Gen. Arthur R., CONAD Commander, 46, 205
Wilson, Col. Robert W., II Corps G-4, 61
Wilton, 26
Wingate, Col. Henry A., 422
Winter clothing. See Clothing.
WOLF Force (82nd Airborne Division), 76
Women’s Army Corps, in NATOUSA, 71
Wooten, Maj. Gen. Richard M. (Br.), 21, 258
World War 1
Graves Registration Service, 213
Reference data, Quartermaster, 19
Wyer, Maj. Ramon, 72, 93, 181-84, 187, 189
–X–
XYZ truck operation, 677
–Y–
Yalta Agreement, on Soviet nationals, 529
Yalta Conference, 635
Yeast, local procurement, 143, 514
Younger, Brig. Gen. James W., 393, 447, 448, 618, 698
Yugoslavian partisans, Quartermaster air supply for, 96
–Z–
Zinnecker, 1st Lt. Louis G., 15
Zon (Holland), 479