Index
–A–
Abadan, Iran, 379
ABC Express Route (Northwestern Europe), 336-37
Abraham Baldwin, 92
Acadia, 178, 178n, 179, 363, 365
ACTREPs, 446
Adak, Aleutians, 33, 41, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 67
Adela E. Lutz, 369
Adelaide, Australia, 457
Admiral Benson, 563
Admiral C. F. Hughes, 372
Admiralty Berthing Office, 115
Advance Administrative Echelon, AFHQ, 185, 218, 223
Advance Echelon, TC, 83, 126, 129. See also Forward Echelon, Communications Zone (FECZ), ETOUSA.
Advance Section (ADSEC), Communications Zone, ETOUSA, 129, 235, 236, 244, 276, 287, 288, 289, 303, 326, 331, 333
Transportation Section, 235, 236-38, 241, 245, 273, 284, 287, 288, 289
Ahioma, New Guinea, 461
Ahwaz, Iran, 379, 380, 383, 386, 389, 400
Air attacks, Allied, on transportation facilities, 153, 159, 175, 203, 203n, 220, 316, 334, 479, 578
Air attacks, enemy, 119, 158, 159, 167, 210, 218, 323, 344, 377, 449, 460, 463, 464, 466, 504, 505, 543, 563, 565
Air Depot, 301st, 604
Air ferry routes Alaska–Siberia, 34, 377
North Atlantic, 11, 12, 13, 14
Pacific, 493
Air Forces, U.S. See also Army Air Forces, U.S.
Fifth, 440
Eighth, 145
Ninth, 241
Tenth, 578
Fourteenth, 554, 557, 558, 593, 594, 596, 597, 608
Air Service Command, 604
Air supply, 5, 23, 28, 35, 67, 135, 195, 227, 228, 302, 302n, 303, 547
Air transport, 23, 28, 185, 227-28, 430, 489
Air Transport Command, 23, 370, 430, 437, 441, 556, 580, 592, 602
Airborne Divisions, U.S.
101st, 252
Airfields. See also Air ferry routes.
Alaska and western Canada, 31, 32, 33, 34
Aleutian Islands, 51
Hawaii, 492
Iceland, 14
India, 547
Italy, 202
Panama Canal Zone, 27
Puerto Rico, 22
Sicily, 190
Trinidad, 24
Alaska, 3, 4, 6, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40. See also Aleutian Islands; Railways, Alaska and western Canada; Roads, Alaska.
inland waterways, 33, 34, 64-67. See also Alaska Barge Line.
motor transport operations in, 39, 57-65
offensive operations in, 33, 49-51
perts in, 36-39, 46-53. See also individual ports by name.
railway operations in, 47, 53-57
supply of, 32, 33, 35-36, 39-41
and supply of USSR via Siberia, 33, 34, 64
transportation organization, 35-39
transportation problem, 608-09
Alaska Barge Line, 32, 41, 43-44, 45
Alaska Defense Command (ADC), 31, 34, 35, 36, 38
Alaska Highway, 4, 32-34, 35, 57-64, 67, 609
Alaska Navigation Company, 65
Alaska Railroad, 33, 38, 47, 53-55, 57, 65, 68
Alaskan Department, 34, 67, 68. See also Alaska Defense Command.
Albert Canal, Belgium, 355, 356
Alcan Highway. See Alaska Highway.
Alden Besse, 565
Aleutian Islands, 5, 6, 31, 32, 33, 34, 41, 46-52, 51n, 509
Algiers, 137, 138, 141, 145, 152, 168, 169, 196
Algonquin, 231
Alice Springs, Australia, 481, 481n
Allen, Maj. Gen. Terry, 191
Allied Air Forces, SWPA, 438
Allied Build-up Control Organization (BUCO), 246, 249, 250, 261, 262, 264
Allied Force Headquarters (AFHQ), 148-49, 169, 173, 184
G-3, 191
Allied Force Headquarters POM meetings, 218
Allied Land Forces, SWPA, 438
Allied Naval Forces, SWPA, 435, 438
Allied Railway Commission, North Africa, 170
Allin, Lt. Col. Benjamin C., 25, 26, 396, 397, 399
Almaack, 18
ALPHA Beach (France), 294. See also DRAGOON.
Ambulances, 178. See also Casualties, evacuation of.
Amchitka, Aleutians, 33, 38, 49, 51, 52
American Barge Lines (ABL), (India), 553, 555, 556, 579. See also Inland water transportation, India.
American Expeditionary Forces, 76
American Iraqi Shipping Company, 424
American Legion, 18
American Military Government (AMGOT), 202
American Railroad Company, 22
American Trucking Associations, 414
Ammunition, 119, 147. See also Units of fire.
overland movement of, 317
water shipment of, 233, 255, 256, 257
Amphibian Truck Battalion, 43rd, 536
Amphibian Truck Companies
451st, 503
454th, 534
455th, 507
456th, 534
471st, 535
472nd, 535
473rd, 535
474th, 539
475th, 536
476th, 535
480th, 535
481st, 534
821st, 281
823rd, 535
Amphibian trucks. See DUKWs.
Amphibious exercises, 145, 147, 147n, 192, 194n, 196, 247, 248-49, 249n, 252
Amphibious operations, 606
Aleutian Islands, 49-51
Normandy. See Northwestern Europe, invasion of, OVERLORD.
North Africa. See TORCH.
planning for, 71, 202, 208, 291, 552
South and Central Pacific, 489, 502, 505, 508, 513, 519, 534, 535, 539-42
Southern France, See DRAGOON.
Anchorage, Alaska, 31, 39, 47, 53, 68
Ancon, 195
Anderson, Col. Gustave A. M., 418n
Anderson, Maj. Gen. Jonathan W., 146
Andimeshk, Iran, 380, 381, 383, 389
Anglo-American Shipping Mission, 563
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, 379, 380
Angmagssalik, Greenland, 14, 16
Animal transport operations, 202, 228-29
Annette Island, Alaska, 31, 36, 47, 51, 52
Antilles Department, 23, 26. See also Puerto Rican Department.
Antwerp, 239, 301, 302, 303, 307, 308, 310, 311, 315, 320-24, 335, 336, 353, 370, 372
ANVIL, 73, 290, 290n. See also DRAGOON.
Anzio, Italy, 208, 209, 210, 211, 223. See also SHINGLE.
Anzio Annie, 210
APA’s. See Attack transports.
Appleton, Col. John A., 573, 574
Archangel, 375
Argentina, 374
Armies, U.S.
First, 234, 236, 241, 244, 249, 255, 260, 266, 270, 273, 276, 287, 288, 289, 326, 328, 334, 337, 345
Third, 239, 285, 300, 315, 316, 326, 331, 334, 336, 337, 339, 344, 345, 348, 350
Fifth, 192, 202, 205, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 216, 217, 220, 221, 222, 224, 225, 228, 229, 231
Seventh, 190, 191, 197, 198, 200, 208, 224, 290, 291, 292, 293, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 337, 339, 345
Eighth, 470
Ninth, 336, 337, 339, 344, 345, 348, 350
Fifteenth, 345
Armored Corps, U.S., I, 190
Armored Divisions, U.S.
1st, 145
2nd, 146
Armored Group, 9th, 252
Army, British Eighth, 190, 216, 224
Army Air Forces, U.S., 22, 218, 462. See also Air Forces, U.S.
Army Defense Battalion, 4th, 517
Army Ground Forces, 194
Army Groups, British 18, 175, 176
Army Groups, U.S.
15th, 190
Army Port and Service Command (AP&SC), 511, 512, 513, 516, 517, 518, 520, 528, 533, 540-41, 545
Army Service Command (ASCOM), 466, 467
Army Service Forces, 94, 99, 106, 194, 195, 579. See also Services of Supply.
Army Transport Service, 8, 19, 20, 21, 28, 280n, 492, 509, 513
Arno River, Italy, 220
Arnold, Brig. Gen. Archibald V., 517
Artificial harbors. See Harbors, artificial.
Artificial ports. See Ports, artificial.
Aruba, Dutch West Indies, 21, 24
ASF. See Army Service Forces.
Assam, India, 547
Assam Line of Communications, 551, 552, 556, 564, 567-72, 579, 608
Assault Force O, 252
Assault Force U, 252
Assembly areas, European continent, 370, 370n. See also Redeployment.
Atlantic Base Section. See Base sections, Atlantic (North Africa).
Attack transports, 192, 195, 203, 252, 542
Attu, Aleutians, 33, 34, 48, 49, 50, 51n, 52
Auckland, New Zealand, 495
Australia, 4, 426-27, 471, 476, 480-83
motor transport operations in, 480-83
ports in, 456-58. See also individual ports by name.
railway operations in, 476-78
transportation system, 427, 429
Australian Army, 481
Australian Army Motor Transport Service, 481
Australian Base Section. See Base sections, Australian.
Australian Shipbuilding Board, 452
AVALANCHE, 202-03
Ayers, Col. Loren A., 128, 284, 328, 329, 331, 332, 334, 335
Azores, 9
–B–
Back piling, 162
Baffin Island, Canada, 11
Baghdad, Iraq, 379
Bahama Islands, 8
Baku, USSR, 382
Balboa, Panama, 27
Balch, Lt. Col. Henry G., 479
Bandar Shahpur, Iran, 380, 381, 383, 384, 389, 394, 395, 399, 401, 402, 403, 423
BANG, 96
Bareboat charter, 40
Barfleur, France, 237, 238, 278, 279, 308
Barge operations. See Inland water transportation.
Barges, 25, 133, 259, 281, 317, 354, 356, 395, 453, 455, 466. See also Rhino barges.
Barnes, Maj. Gen. Julian F., 426, 427, 427n
Barrett, Lt. Col. Edward T., 151, 152, 152n
Barthrop, Col. John A., 469n
Barton, Capt. George W., 142, 162
Base Area Group, 6625th, 191n
Base Depot Company, 2682nd, 183n
Base sections, 77-79, 109, 184
Atlantic (North. Africa), 148, 156, 162, 173
Australian, 477
Central (London), 87
Coastal (southern France), 291, 291n, 293, 294, 296, 297, 298, 299
Continental (southern France), 291n, 299
Delta (southern France), 299, 304, 345
Eastern (Great Britain), 87
Eastern (North Africa), 151, 158, 162, 163, 166, 167, 176, 178, 195
Loire, 304n
Mediterranean, 148, 156, 173, 178
Normandy, 276, 276n, 289, 303, 304n, 314, 331, 336, 351
Northern (Corsica), 184
Northern Ireland, 87
Oise, 303
Peninsular (Italy), 184, 187, 209, 213, 218, 221, 223, 223n, 224, 225-26, 226n, 229, 230, 231
Seine, 303
Southern (Great Britain), 87, 109, 249, 250, 251n, 252, 254, 260n, 261, 262, 263
United Kingdom, 264
Western (Great Britain), 87, 251
Bases-for-destroyers agreement, 8, 21
Basra Port Directorate, 380, 390, 393
Basra–Baghdad route, 375, 379, 391
Bates, Lt. Col. Howard U., 131
Battle of the Atlantic, 100
Battle of the Bulge, 302, 311, 317, 323, 329, 344, 345, 367
Battle of the Coral Sea, 425
Battle of Midway, 4, 33, 491, 509
Bay of Bengal, 547
Bay of Biscay, 307
Bay St. George, Newfoundland, 10
Beach Control Group, 291, 293, 294. See also DRAGOON.
Beaches. See also Amphibious operations; individual beaches by name.
operations, 197-98, 203-05, 210, 238-39, 269-75, 293-94, 305, 466-67, 542, 543
BEAVER, 249n
Beeler, Col. George W., 235, 287, 344
Belfast, Northern Ireland, 73, 74, 112-13
Belgian Movements Organization for Transport, 321
Bengal and Assam Railway, 552, 563, 568, 572, 578
Berthing facilities, 12, 141, 153, 157, 159, 198, 313, 316, 318, 319, 320, 379, 380, 395, 399, 457, 458, 462, 464, 467, 495, 502, 512, 522, 539, 560, 563
Besson, Brig. Gen. Frank S., Jr., 406
Biehl, Lt. Col. Carl, 270
“Big hook,” 217, 217n. See also Railways, Italy.
Bigelow, Col. A. C., 557
Bingham, Col. Sidney H., 141, 242, 243, 259
Bizerte, Tunisia, 137, 153, 159, 167, 195-96, 202
Black market operations, 158, 320, 335, 351, 410, 475
Black Sea, 378
Blanche F. Sigman, 365
“Blitz” can, 195, 195n, 200, 331
Block system
in motor transport operations, 167, 416, 417-18, 422, 597, 598, 603
on railroads, 574
Blockships, 275, 276. See also Harbors, artificial.
Bloemfontein, 426
Blount, Brig. Gen. Roy E., 511, 512, 528
Boats, small, 29, 461, 493. See also Equipment, marine.
acquisition of, 430-31, 431n, 452-54, 500
critical need of, in Pacific, 429, 452-54, 607
for interisland transport, 510, 533
BOLERO, 4, 5, 71-73, 80, 99-105, 107, 112, 115, 140, 385. See also ROUNDUP; SLEDGEHAMMER.
Bombay, India, 553, 554, 556, 561-63, 566
Bomber Command, XX, 566
Bane, Algeria, 141, 153, 158-59, 167
Bonesteel, Maj. Gen. Charles H., 19
Booth, Brig. Gen. Donald P., 393-94, 402n
Boston Port of Embarkation, 11, 13, 15, 92
Boyd-Roosevelt Highway. See Trans-Isthmian Highway.
Bradley, Lt. Gen. Omar N., 191
Brahmaputra River, India, 7, 548, 551, 556, 568, 579
Brazil, 26
Brazilian Expeditionary Force, 214
“Breakdown of Manifest,” 258
Breene, Brig. Gen. Robert G., 498, 501, 503
Bremen Port Command, 359
Bremerhaven, Germany, 318, 352, 359
Brenner Pass, 230
Brest, France, 237, 238, 239, 282, 305, 307, 307n, 308
Brett, Maj. Gen. George H., 427
Bridges, 201, 217, 219, 220, 303, 347, 352, 356, 568
Brisbane, Australia, 428, 457-58, 480
Brisbane River, Australia, 457
Bristol Bay, Alaska, 33
Bristol Channel area, 83, 108, 109
Bristol Channel ports, 92, 118, 119, 252, 254, 259, 264, 265, 267, 269. See also individual ports by name.
British Admiralty, 251
British Army Groups. See Army Groups, British.
British Eighth Army, 190, 216, 224
British Expeditionary Forces, 122
British 1st Division, 209
British Import Program, 5, 109
British Inland Water Transport Agency, 380
British Military Transport, 127
British Ministry of Labour, 115, 119
British Ministry of War Transport, 85, 101, 115, 128, 161, 255, 325
British Movement Control, 115, 127, 247
British Prime Minister. See Churchill, Winston S.
British rail troops, 171, 173, 216, 216n
British Railway Executive Committee, 124
British Railways, 90. See also Railways, United Kingdom.
British Sea Transport Service, 110, 114, 115
British 10 Corps, 202
British Transportation Service, 215
British War Office, 255
British-American Cross-Channel Ferrying Committee, 242
Brittany, 233
Brittany Base Section. See Base sections, Brittany.
Brittany ports, 238, 239, 282, 282n, 300, 301, 302, 305-07, 308, 315-16. See also individual ports by name.
Bruce, Col. Audrey M., 406
Brunson, Col. Mark V., 414, 415, 417
Buckner, Lt. Gen. Simon B., Jr., 31, 37
Bued River, Luzon, 466n
Bull, Maj. Gen. Harold R., 310
Bullock, Col. Kenneth K., 114n
Buna Village, New Guinea, 461
Burma Railway, 578
Burma Road, 557, 581. See also Ledo Road; Stilwell Road.
Burpee, Brig. Gen. Clarence L., 126, 215, 215n, 243, 286, 346, 353
Bushire, Iran, 380, 383, 384, 389
Bushire–Shiraz–Tehran route, 384, 415
–C–
C-47’s, 26
Caen, France, 233
Cairo Conference, 73
Calcutta, 548, 549, 556, 563-67
Calvert, 148
CAMEL Beach (France), 294. See also DRAGOON.
Camp Baltimore, 370n
Camp Lucky Strike, 362
Camp Pittsburgh, 370n
Camp Twenty Grand, 371
Campbell, Col. Alexander W., 215, 219
Canada, 4, 6, 9, 11-13, 32, 35, 64. See also Airfields, Alaska and western Canada; Alaska Highway; Canol Project (Canada) ; CRIMSON Project; CRYSTAL bases; Inland water transportation, Alaska and western Canada; Railways, Alaska and western Canada.
Canadian National Railway, 42
Cancale, France, 282, 305, 307, 308, 315
Canol Project (Canada), 4, 32, 34, 35, 65, 67, 609
Cape of Good Hope, 136, 379, 388
Cape Torokina, Bougainville, 506
Cardiff, Wales, 118
Carentan, France, 233, 278, 279, 316
CARGO, 249n
Cargo
marking and packing of, 91-96, 159, 475, 606
Cargo discharge performance, overseas areas, 10, 14, 18, 312, 485, 485n. See also Civilian labor,
use of; Troop labor, use of.
Canada, 13
France, 294, 295-96, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320
Hawaii, 492, 509, 513, 518, 520, 545
Iceland, 18
Italy, 206-07, 208-09, 209n, 211, 212, 213, 214
Iwo Jima, 536
New Guinea, 461, 462, 463, 464
North Africa, 154, 155, 156-57, 158, 159, 161
Okinawa, 544
Panama Canal Zone, 29-30
Persian Corridor, 380, 392, 396, 401, 402, 403
Philippine Islands, 467, 468, 469, 470
Puerto Rico, 23
Saipan, 538
Tinian, 539
United Kingdom, 74, 105, 106, 113, 115, 117, 119, 120, 121
Cargo manifest system, 89, 91, 93, 142, 160n, 238. See also Cargo, marking and packing of.
Cargo pallets, 25, 195, 195n, 248, 248n, 516, 610
Cargo security officers, 182n, 475, 476
Cargo ships, 8, 102, 105, 192, 193, 308
Cargo-loading cable, 89, 91, 92, 93, 160n. See also Cargo, marking and packing of.
Caribbean Defense Command, 21, 21n, 27, 28. See also Panama Sector; Puerto Rican Sector; Trinidad Sector.
Carraway, Col. William E., 194
Casablanca, 137, 140, 141, 148, 152, 153-54, 155, 156, 168
Casablanca Conference, 72, 99, 165, 189, 550
Case, Col. Charles Z., 305
Casualties, evacuation of, 245, 293. See also Hospital ships; Hospital trains.
by air, 178, 228, 364-65, 366, 368, 456
by animal transport, 178
by rail, 178, 179, 349-50, 350n
by water, 156, 178, 179, 214, 228, 231, 271, 313, 363-70, 455-56
CCS 219/5, 73n
CCS 391/5, 552n
CCS 751/1, 368n
CELLOPHANE, 249n
Center Task Force (North Africa), 137, 141, 143, 148, 152, 152n, 179
Central Australian Railway, 481, 481n
Central Base Section. See Base sections, Central (London).
Central Pacific Area, 5, 489-91, 509-13, 516-23, 528-29, 533-37, 539-45
Central Pacific Base Command (CPBC), 527, 528, 529, 537, 537n, 544, 545
Chaney, Maj. Gen. James E., 74, 76, 86
Channel Base Section. See Base sections, Channel.
Charleston Port of Embarkation, 412
CHASTITY, 239n
Chennault, Maj. Gen. Claire L., 592, 593
Cherbourg, 233, 237, 238, 239, 245, 279-81, 282, 282n, 300, 301, 302, 305, 308, 313-15, 364, 368, 370, 372
Cherbourg Terminal Railway, 314
Chernofski Harbor, Aleutians, 46, 52
Cheshire, Maj. Frank E., 129, 130
Cheves, Brig. Gen. Gilbert, 554
Cheybassi, Iraq, 379, 383, 389, 394, 399, 400, 401-02, 403, 423
Chianese, Lt. Col. Cajetan T., 524n
Chichagof Harbor, Aleutians, 50
Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander. See COSSAC.
Chief of Transportation, ETOUSA, 77, 81, 84, 85-86, 87, 88, 99, 126, 397, 427. See also Ross, Maj. Gen. Frank S.
Chilkoot Barracks, Alaska, 36
China, 4, 547, 556-59, 599-604. See also Airfields, China; Inland water transportation,
China; Lines of communication, Kunming East; Motor transport operations, China; Railways, China.
China Defense Supplies (CDS), 550
China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC), 555, 602
China Navigation Company, 449
China Theater, 555, 557-59, 603
China Theater Replacement Center, 604
China–Burma–India theater, 5, 547-49, 552, 554-55, 608. See also Services of Supply, CBI.
Chinese National Military Council, 558
Chungking, China, 547
Churchill, Winston S., 208, 383
Churchill-Roosevelt Highway (Trinidad), 24
Circle, Alaska, 57
City of Fort Worth, 449
Civilian labor, use of, 10, 18. See also Pilferage; Prisoner of war labor, use of; Sabotage, danger of; Service troops, shortage of; Troop labor, use of.
high accident rate, 421-22
inefficiency of, 28, 111, 112, 113, 119, 155, 396, 397, 398, 429, 459, 471-72
as maritime personnel, 453-54
in port operations, 13, 14, 16, 21, 23, 25, 28, 36, 47, 157, 212, 213, 313, 317, 317n, 319, 321, 322, 395, 399, 400-402, 426, 457, 459, 461, 467, 469, 470, 471, 492, 493, 496, 500, 505, 510, 518, 560, 563, 614-15
in railway operations and maintenance, 54, 55, 56, 168, 172, 200, 214, 216, 298, 345, 346, 351-52, 403-04, 410-11, 495
shortage, 23, 28, 42, 45, 46, 70, 110, 111, 112, 115, 117, 119, 120, 157, 197, 318, 411, 429, 443, 464, 471, 492, 495, 502
and strikes, 10, 111, 117, 119, 120-21, 411-12
in vehicle operation and maintenance, 162, 167, 226, 414, 416, 418-19, 598, 614-15
Civitavecchia, Italy, 211-12, 219
Claremont Terminal, New Jersey, 15
Clark, Lt. Gen. Mark W., 138, 202, 207, 228
Clarkson, Col. Robert H., 205, 292
Clay, Maj. Gen. Lucius D., 310, 342
Clove Hitch, 451
Clyde area ports, 92, 115, 115n, 116, 119, 264, 265. See also individual ports by name.
Clyde Navigation Trust, 115
Clyde River, Scotland, 114
Coastal Base Section. See Base sections, Coastal (southern France).
Coasters, 199, 204, 255, 259, 265, 267, 268, 272, 277, 293, 317
Colombie, 214
Combat Engineer Regiment, 540th, 210
Combat loaders (AKA’s and APA’s), 140, 140n, 145, 192, 195, 252, 542
Combat loading, 140n, 145, 146, 192, 252, 268, 610
Combined Chiefs of Staff, 72, 137, 137n, 377, 386, 387, 391, 551, 552
Combined Military Transportation Committee, 386
Combined Operational Service Command (COSC), SWPA, 460, 461, 461n
“Commodity loaders,” 108, 108n
Commonwealth Government Railways, 476
Communications systems, 162, 164, 283, 287, 346, 403
Communications Zone (COMZ), ETOUSA, 276, 284, 287, 288, 289, 304, 307, 321, 330, 335, 345. See also Advance Section (ADSEC) Communications Zone, ETOUSA; Forward Echelon, Communications Zone (FECZ), ETOUSA.
G-4, 249, 288, 304, 310, 310n, 324, 331, 359, 369
Communications Zone, MTOUSA, 299, 303
Communications Zone, NATOUSA, 184
Concentration Plan Committee, 249
Concrete storage-ships, 451, 471
Connolly, Maj. Gen. Donald H., 386, 389, 398, 400, 413
Connor, Col. Edward H., Jr., 267
Constantine, Algeria, 153, 163, 168, 173, 175
Continental Advance Section (CONAD), 291n, 299, 304, 345
Continental Base Section. See Base sections, Continental.
Convoys, 4, 14, 18, 32, 92, 140, 144, 145, 375, 379, 401, 426, 448
Copper River and Northwestern Railroad (Alaska), 53
Corps, U.S.
II, 151, 151n, 164, 167, 175, 176, 191
V, 270
VII, 276
VIII, 315
XIV, 466
XXIV, 521, 534, 539, 540, 542, 543
Corps of Engineers. See Engineers, Corps of.
COSSAC, 72, 73, 233, 234. See also OVERLORD.
Counterintelligence Division (CID), 351
Covell, Maj. Gen. W. E. R., 553, 554, 564
Creager, Maj. Emory C., 397
CREGO, 432, 435, 437-47, 478, 524
CRIMSON Project, 12
Cross-Channel operation. See OVERLORD; ROUNDUP; SLEDGEHAMMER.
Crothers, Col. James A., 114, 114n, 118, 314
CRYSTAL bases, 11
Cunningham, Admiral Sir John, 209
Curacao, Dutch West Indies, 21, 24
Curtis, Lt. Col. L. D., 406
Cyclops Mountains, New Guinea, 463-64
–D–
Dagupan River, P.I., 466
Danaher, Maj. John T., 150
“Danger money,” 355
Danube Navy, 357, 357n. See also Inland water transportation, Central Europe.
Davidson, Lt. Col. Cecil H., 487
Davis, Col. Charles C., 585
Dawson Creek, Alaska, 34, 57, 59
de Rhe Philipe, Brigadier A. T., 149, 150, 184n
Decker, Lt. Col. Benjamin H., 297
Delta Base Section. See Base sections, Delta (France).
DELTA Beach (France), 294. See also DRAGOON.
Demobilization, 323, 369-74, 487-88, 491, 545, 546
Depot Supplies Shipment Data (DSSD), 257, 257n, 267
Depots
European Continent, 311, 325, 325n, 358, 359, 359n, 360
French North Africa, 153, 158, 163
Puerto Rico, 22
Trinidad, 26
United Kingdom, 105, 125, 131, 134, 142, 257
Depots, TC, 183, 183n, 358, 471, 617
Destroyers-for-bases agreement, 8, 21
Deyo, Col. William J., 318
di Raimondo, General, 215
Dibru–Sadiya Railway (India), 568, 572
Diesel locomotives, 25, 217, 286, 345, 387, 409, 410. See also Equipment, railway; Locomotives; Mikado locomotives.
District transportation officer, 88, 89
Diversion committees, shipping for the European continent, 311, 311n. See also Shipping Control Committee.
in Mediterranean, 160-61
in United Kingdom, 85, 89, 91, 92, 311n
Dodenhoff, Col. Harry C., 395, 402, 402n
Dogwood, 456
Dorothy Luckenbach, 401
“Double bunking,” 74
DRAGOON, 208, 290-94, 300, 301. See also ANVIL.
“Drying out,” 273, 273n, 277. See also Beaches,
operations.
Dom( I, 248
DUKW Operation and Maintenance School, Oahu, 533
use in assaults, 517-18, 521, 535-36, 542
in beach operations, 190, 197, 197n, 201, 204, 210, 212, 270-72, 275, 277, 283, 292, 293, 503, 517-18, 521, 536, 542, 543, 610
and evacuation of casualties, 364, 536
for overland transport, 198, 271, 277, 293, 542-43
in port operations, 281, 308, 314, 317, 462, 463, 503
Dutch Guiana, 24
Dutch Harbor, Aleutians, 31, 33, 36, 46-48, 52
–E–
Eastern Base Sections. See Base sections, Eastern (Great Britain), Eastern (North Africa).
Eastern Task Force (North Africa), 137, 143, 148, 152, 179
Eastwood, Brig. Gen. Harold E., 445
Eclipse Line (Central Europe), 352
Edmonton Rail Regulating Station, 35n, 42
Edmonton Transportation District, 35n
Edmund B. Alexander, 9
Efate, New Hebrides Islands, 494, 497, 498, 501, 504, 507
Eisenhower, General of the Army Dwight D., 76, 138, 140, 141, 149, 166, 166n, 184, 190, 307, 307n, 309, 310, 372
Elbe River, 303
Elburz Mountains, Iran, 381, 408
Electric trains, 217
Elihu Yale, 206
Ellice Islands, 494
Embarkation Control (EMBARCO), 251, 251n, 261, 264. See also OVERLORD.
Embarkation Group, 1st, 195, 196
Emily H. M. Weder, 456
Emmons, Lt. Gen. Delos C., 492, 494
Engineer boat and Shore Regiments
494th, 467n
532nd, 463
591st, 195
592nd, 467
Engineer Combat Group, 1138th, 534
Engineer Combat Regiments
39th, 212
540th, 209
Engineer Dump Truck Company, 429th, 414, 416
Engineer General Service Regiment, 382nd, 243
Engineer Port Construction and Repair Group,
1057th, 355
Engineer Railway Detachment, 9646A, 56
Engineer Regiments
50th, 49
330th, 588
Engineer Special Brigade Group, 275, 315
Engineer Special Brigades
1st, 191, 191n, 192, 198, 201, 276, 543, 544
5th, 270, 271n, 272, 274, 283n, 284, 322
Engineers, Corps of, 7, 14, 25, 70, 163, 171, 173, 176, 195, 207, 212, 213, 214, 224, 227n, 281, 286, 295, 327, 354, 356, 395, 459
England. See United Kingdom.
Equipment
cargo-handling, 10, 11, 20, 23, 26, 111, 112, 129, 133, 141, 153, 157, 159, 193, 272, 274, 281, 282, 315, 380, 388, 396, 399, 457, 460, 465, 471-74, 492, 495, 503, 506, 516, 521, 615-16
lifesaving, 181, 183, 367n, 450
marine, 52, 132-34, 615-16. See also Barges; Boats, small.
motor transport, 165-66, 225, 226, 240, 240n, 241, 328, 328n, 330, 335, 339-40. See also Vehicles.
organizational, 97, 146, 160, 182, 195n, 358, 616. See also Preshipment.
railway, 26, 54, 122, 129-32, 137, 141, 165, 166, 172, 175, 242, 244, 258, 267, 268, 281, 286, 286n, 342, 348, 387, 396, 403, 408, 409, 410, 476-78, 479, 575, 576, 601, 616-17. See also Locomotives.
Espiritu Santo, 494, 495, 497, 498, 499, 501, 502, 504, 506, 507, 508
Europa, 370
European Theater of Operations (ETOUSA), 143. See also Services of Supply, ETOUSA. command and organization, 76-77
coordination of U.S. and British transportation operations, 84-89
and misplaced supplies, 142-43
motor transport operations in, 126-29, 282-85, 327-40
movement control in, 85-91, 117, 118-19, 122-23, 126-27, 246-48, 249-51, 254, 264, 324-27
port operations in, 109-22, 269-82, 305-08, 312-24
railway operations in, 122-26, 285-87, 340-54
ship retention in, 6, 308-09, 309n, 310
transportation organization, 74-83, 287-89, 303-05
transportation problem, 605-06
Eversberg, Col. Eugene A., 114n
Excursion Inlet, Alaska, 32, 43, 44
Export Movement Division, 80, 144. See also TORCH.
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FABIUS, 249
Failiyah Creek, Iran, 395, 423
Fairbanks, Alaska, 31, 32, 33, 34, 53, 57
Falmouth, England, 252, 260, 264
Far East Command (FEC), 429n
Faymonville, Brig. Gen. Philip R., 383
Fedala, French Morocco, 146, 152, 153
Felio, Col. Leonard F., 134
Field Artillery Group (Provisional), 1st, 535
Fifth Army Invasion Training Center, 192
Fiji Islands, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498, 501, 504
Finschhafen, New Guinea, 443, 461, 463
First Marine Brigade (Provisional), 17
FLAMBO. See Advance Administrative Echelon, AFHQ.
“Flatted” Liberty ships, 320, 320n
Floating warehouses, 5-6, 108, 301, 311, 312, 445, 451, 499. See also Ports, congestion at; Selective discharge.
Forage, 229
Force B, 252
“Force marking,” 97
Force movement table, 250, 251, 261
Forward Echelon, Communications Zone (FECZ), ETOUSA, 234, 236, 244, 284, 287, 288, 288n, 331
Transportation Section, 234, 235, 238, 241, 245
Fowey, England, 120, 252, 259, 268
Fox, 249n
France. See also ANVIL; DRAGOON; Inland water transportation, France ; Motor transport operations, France; OVERLORD; Railways, France.
northern, 233, 301-08, 324-27, 354
southern, 208, 219, 294-96, 303-08
Franklin, Brig. Gen. John M., 309-10, 311, 311n, 312
Fraser, Col. Jack A., 498, 499, 507, 524n
Freight transfer points, 334
French Military Railway Service, 171, 173, 175, 176, 177
French Morocco. See Morocco, French.
Frink, Maj. Gen. James L., 428, 431-32, 433, 442, 447, 451, 454
“Full and down” loading, 108
Fuller, Col. Thomas, 150, 150n, 169, 170, 171, 185, 218, 299
–G–
Gaffney, Maj. John M., 116
Gage, Brigadier R. F. O’Dowd, 171, 215
Garigliano River, Italy, 219
Gela, Sicily, 196, 198, 198n, 200, 201
General Black, 567
General Butner, 562
General McRae, 561
General Randall, 562
General Royal T. Frank, 492, 492n
General W. P. Richardson, 424
Germany, 3, 69, 70, 137, 337, 339, 352
Gerow, Maj. Gen. Leonard T., 98
Ghormley, Vice Adm. Robert Lee, 490n, 496, 497
Gilbreath, Maj. Gen. Frederick, 523, 526
Giles, Col. Benjamin F., 14
Gili Gili, New Guinea, 461
Glandon, Col. Joseph P., 61
Glenn Highway (Alaska), 57
Gloucester, England, 254
GLUE, 96
GOOSEBERRIES, 275, 276, 611. See also OMAHA Beach ; UTAH Beach.
Grandcamp-les-Bains, France, 237, 270, 274, 278, 308
Granville, France, 237, 238, 279, 308
Graphic Stowage Plan, 258
Gravelle, Maj. Gordon K., 331, 331n
Gray, Brig. Gen. Carl R., Jr., 165, 171-73, 175, 176, 177, 182, 183, 203n, 215, 215n, 219, 292, 292n, 297, 345, 346, 351, 352, 353, 354
Gray, Col. Ernest B., 537
Great Britain. See United Kingdom.
Green Diamond Express Route (France), 336
Green Island, Solomon Islands, 508
Green Project, 26-27. See also Redeployment.
Greenland Base Command, 14-15
Greenlight system, 256-57
Grening, Capt. Paul C., 12, 20, 25
Grimshaw Road (Canada), 64
Gripsholm, 362
Gross, Maj. Gen. Charles P., 71, 71n, 75, 84, 92-93, 97, 107, 108, 149n, 171, 309, 312, 346, 354, 365-66, 368, 369, 400, 432, 432n, 436, 611
Group Regulating Stations
Guadalcanal, 497, 502, 503, 506, 507, 508
Guadalcanal Island Command, 525
Gulf of Alaska, 31, 32, 33, 64
Gulf of Arzcw, Algeria, 192
Gulf District (Persian Gulf), 393, 402n
Gulf of Mexico, 29
Gulf of Paria, Trinidad, 24
Gulf of Salerno, 202
Gullat, Col. Doswell, 322
–H–
Hagushi beaches, Okinawa, 542, 543
Hainault (England) Railway Sheds and Siding, 130-31
Halsey, Admiral William F., Jr., 499, 501, 504, 505, 523
Hamblen, Brig. Gen. Archelaus L., 149, 171
Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, 145, 146, 147, 166, 194, 388
Harbor craft, 22, 23, 207, 259, 316. See also Barges; Boats, small; Equipment, Marine.
Harbor Craft Companies
326th, 579
327th, 579
331st, 534
337th, 357
Harbors, artificial, 133, 153, 157, 274, 276-77, 280, 611. See also Ports, artificial.
HARLEQUIN, 247
Harmon, Maj. Gen. Ernest N., 146
Harmon, Maj. Gen. Millard F., 496, 497
Harpold, Lt. Col. Harley D., 35
Harriman, W. Averell, 123, 383, 384, 387
Harris, Co]. John T., 28n
Hartle, Maj. Gen. Russell P., 73
Hawaiian Department, 492, 493, 509, 510, 532
Hawaiian Department Replacement Depot, 512
Hawaiian Department Service Forces, 509, 511
Hawaiian Islands, 4, 5, 489, 491-94, 509
Hawaiian Shipper, 30
Hawley, Maj. Gen. Paul R., 363, 365, 366, 367
Heldenfels, Lt. Col. Grover C., 118n
Henricksen, Oscar A. J., 397, 398, 399
Henry M. Rice, 273
Hewitt, Vice Adm. Henry Kent, 202n
Highway Transport Divisions (Provisional)
Highway Transport Service, 100th, 484
Highway Transportation Division (Luzon), 480, 483. See also Highway Transport Service, 100th.
Highways. See Roads; and by name.
Hoge, Brig. Gen. William M., 270, 315, 316n
Holder, Col. John H., 469n
Hollandia, New Guinea, 428, 433, 443, 444, 459, 463-64
Holmes, Maj. Gen. Noel G., 86
Holtz Bay, Aleutians, 49
Hong Kong, 425
Honolulu, 492, 493, 512, 518, 530, 545
Hope, 456
Hopkins, Harry L., 43
Hospital ships, 214, 277, 363, 365, 365n, 366, 372, 450, 456. See also Casualties, evacuation of.
Hospital trains, 131-32, 132n, 178, 179, 217, 348-50, 364. See also Casualties, evacuation of.
Hsiyang River, China, 601
Hughes, Brig. Gen. Everett S., 150n
Humber River, England, 119
Humber River ports, 119
Humboldt Bay, New Guinea, 463
Hump, the, 547, 547n, 551, 556, 556n, 607
HUSKY, 189, 190-91, 192, 193-97
Hutchings, Brig. Gen. Henry, Jr., 469n
Hyde, Col. Frederick W., 120n
–I–
Iceland Base Command, 19, 20, 21
Identification of Separate Shipments, 95
Ikateq, Greenland, 14
Ile de France, 388
inland waterways, 548, 550, 551, 552, 579-80. See also American Barge Lines (ABL).
line of communications, 551, 552, 556, 564, 567-72, 579, 608
motor transport operations in, 580-91
pipelines in, 551, 556, 571, 572, 584, 590-91
ports in, 547, 554, 559-67. See also individual ports by name.
railway operations in, 547-48, 552, 568-70, 572-79
India–Burma theater, 555, 556-57, 571
Infantry Division, British 1st, 209
Infantry Divisions, U.S.
2nd, 252
3rd, 146, 191, 195, 196, 200, 209, 228, 229, 291
5th, 252
8th, 252
9th, 146
32nd, 460
40th, 508
45th, 189, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196
86th, 371
92nd, 214
98th, 545
Infantry Regiments, U.S.
10th, 19
18th, 152
24th, 503
106th, 517
147th, 525
Inland water transportation
Alaska and western Canada, 32, 41, 43-44, 45
Belgium, 355-56
Central Europe, 354-57
France, 355-56
India, 550, 551, 552, 553, 555, 556, 579-80
Persian Corridor, 279, 380, 382, 400
Inland Waterways Committee, 354, 355, 356
Inland Waterways Division, 354, 357
Inland Waterways Transport Service (IWTS), 357, 382, 394, 395
Inside Passage, Alaska, 32, 40, 44
Inter-American Highway, 27, 27n
Iran, 4, 6, 375, 378, 379, 392
Iranian Army, 410
Iranian Government State Supply and Service Corporation, 413
Iranian State Railway (ISR), 380-81, 383-84, 389, 392, 403-13
Iran-Iraq Service Command, 377, 377n
Irrawaddy River, Burma, 550, 579
Iry, Lt. Col. Clarence N., 17
Isigny, France, 237, 238, 270, 274, 278, 308
Island Base Section. See Base sections, Island (Sicily).
Italian base section. See Base sections, Peninsular.
Italian State Railways, 215, 220, 221, 231
Italy, 3, 5, 6, 202. See also Animal transport operations; individual ports by name; Motor transport operations, Italy; Railways, Italy; Roads,
Italy; Water transport operations, Italy.
Iwo Jima, 535-57
–J–
J. Franklin Bell, 48
Jabelmann, Otto, 123
James B. Weaver, 322
James M. Davis, 464
Janos, Capt. Louis, 433
Japan, 3, 4, 32, 33, 425, 557, 559, 595
Jarman, Maj. Gen. Sanderford, 537
JCS 1199, 368n
Jean Bart, 153
Jerry can. See “Blitz can.”
Jewett, Lt. Col. Maurice G., 358, 359n, 360
Johns, Brig. Gen. Dwight F., 460, 460n
Johnson, Col. Bernard A., 399, 402n
Johnston, Col. Paul W., 428, 477
Joint Army-Navy-WSA Committee, 514, 532
Joint Chiefs of Staff, 6, 6n, 137n, 311, 367, 444, 445, 497, 515, 529, 551
Joint Freight Handling Facilities, Okinawa, 544
Joint Military Transportation Committee (JMTC), 529, 530
Joint Overseas Shipping Control Office (JOSCO), 514, 531, 546
Joint Purchasing Board (JPB), 497, 526
Joint Purchasing Forage Board, 229
Juneau, Alaska, 32, 33, 43, 44
–K–
Kamy, Maj. Harry D., 183
Karachi, India, 383, 547, 549, 559-61
Karachi–Zahidan–Meshed route (India-Iran), 381
Kasserine Pass, 137, 164, 173, 174
Kavieng Island, New Ireland, 508, 509
Kazvin, Iran, 389
Ketchikan, Alaska, 31
Khanaqin, Iraq, 379
Khanaqin Lift (Iraq), 381, 384, 391, 402, 415, 421
Khorramshahr, Iran, 379, 383, 384, 389, 393, 394, 395, 399, 401, 402, 403, 423
Khorramshahr–Andimeshk–Kazvin route, 384
Kilpatrick, Brig. Gen. John R., 146
Kirk, Maj. Gen. Norman T., 366
Kiska, Aleutians, 31, 33, 34, 41, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51
Kodiak, Alaska, 31, 39, 46, 47, 52
Koenig, Col. William C., 235, 316n
Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij (KPM), 449, 450
Kreml, Lt. Col. Franklin M., 142, 162, 164, 167, 221
Kunming East Line of Communications, 557, 591-601, 608
Kuskokwim River, Alaska, 33, 65
Kvichak Bay, Alaska, 33
Kwajalein Island, Marshall Islands, 517
Kweichow–Kwangsi Railway (China), 602
Kweilin, China, 549
–L–
La Calle, Algeria, 159, 163, 167
Labor. See Civilian labor, use of; Troop labor, use of.
Lady Connaught, 364
Lake Champlain, 372
Lakehurst, 146, 147, 259, 281, 286
Lambert, Col. Kent C., 558n
Lancaster, Col. Leon J., 453
Landes, Col. Lewis, 482
Landing craft, 75, 75n, 160, 192, 330, 606. See also Coasters; DUKWs; Ferry craft; LBVs; LCIs; LCMs; LCPs; LCTs; LCVPs; LSIs; LSTs; LVTs.
use in assaults, 48, 49, 202, 252, 466
in beach operations, 50, 51, 190, 204, 316, 317
Landrum, Brig. Gen. Eugene M., 48
Larkin, Maj. Gen. Thomas B., 148, 149, 151, 186, 299
Lastayo, Brig. Gen. Edward H., 118, 156, 187
LCIs, 51, 196, 204, 211, 263, 264, 271, 277, 610
LCMs, 48, 49, 51, 193, 204, 273, 462, 463, 466, 521, 610
LCPs, 48
LCTs, 49, 50, 51, 196, 197n, 204, 210, 211, 255, 259, 263, 264, 272, 275, 277, 281, 283, 286, 293, 463, 466, 521, 522
Le Havre, 268, 301, 302, 307, 308, 315, 316-18, 335, 370, 372
Le Havre Port of Embarkation, 318, 362
Leased bases. See Antigua; Bahama Islands; Bermuda; British Guiana; Jamaica; Newfoundland; St. Lucia; Trinidad.
Leave trains, 350-51
Leavey, Maj. Gen. Edmond H., 513, 515
Ledo–Burma Road. See Stilwell Road.
Ledo–Kunming route, 551
Lee, 148
Lee, Lt. Col. Alfred M., 524n, 527
Lee, Lt. Gen. John C. H., 75, 76, 77, 79, 98, 124, 127, 149, 241, 299, 307, 309
Leghorn, Italy, 208, 212-13, 214, 230
Lehneis, Capt. Horace, 284
Lend-lease, 4, 5, 11, 70, 123, 547, 560, 563, 575. See also Persian Corridor; Persian Gulf Service Command.
air route to USSR via Siberia, 34
sea routes to USSR, 375-79
Leonard Wood, 10n
Leopold Canal, Belgium, 7
Liberated persons, 362-63
Liberty ships
conversions for use as transport vessels, 181, 231, 450. See also Prisoners of war; Ship conversions.
employment as cargo vessels, 13, 51, 158, 195, 210, 211, 267, 274, 277, 281, 293, 295, 307, 313-14, 317, 318, 461, 463
as motor vehicle vessels, 255, 258. See also MTVs.
Licata, Sicily, 196, 198, 198n, 200, 201
Liège, Belgium, 323, 329, 336, 337, 355
Lines of communication (LOC), 3, 4, 5, 31, 32, 33, 34, 40, 137, 158, 301, 491, 609. See also Inland water transportation; Motor transport operations; Railways; Roads.
India, 551, 552, 556, 564, 567-72, 579, 608
Kunming East, 557, 591-601, 608
Persian Corridor, 375, 379, 381, 384, 391, 415
Rangoon, 581
southern (France), 187, 292n, 299, 300, 303-04, 345, 358
Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, 464, 465, 466, 466n, 467, 479
Little BUCO, 249. See also Allied Build-up Control Organization (BUCO).
Little Red Ball Express Route (France), 335
Liverpool, 88, 93, 109, 116, 117, 145
Liverpool port area, 117
Local procurement
European continent, 359
North Africa, 153
South Pacific, 497
Locomotives, 25, 26, 54, 123, 123n, 124, 124n, 125, 131, 166, 172, 174, 217, 267, 281, 342, 403, 407, 408, 410, 477, 478, 575. See also Diesel locomotives; Equipment, railway; Mikado locomotives.
Logan, M. Sgt. Robert J., 284
Loire Base Section. See Base sections, Loire.
Loire River, France, 233
London base section. See Base sections, Central (London).
London BOLERO Combined Committee, 71
Lord, Maj. Gen. Royal B., 310, 311, 312
Lord Leathers, 85
Lorient, France, 238, 239, 282, 305
Los Angeles Port of Embarkation, 388, 456
Lowry, 1st Lt. Thomas S., 119
LSTs, 50, 51, 192, 195n, 196, 198, 204, 208, 209, 210, 211, 223, 258, 259, 262, 263, 264, 270, 271, 273, 277, 314, 315, 317, 363, 364, 365, 462, 463, 464, 517, 536, 610
Lubricants. See POL.
Lucas, Maj. Gen. John P., 209
Lutes, Maj. Gen. LeRoy, 100
Luxembourg, 337
Luzon, P.I., 465
Luzon Base Section. See Base sections, Luzon.
Luzon Military Railway, 479, 479n
Lynn Canal, Alaska, 45
–M–
MacArthur, General of the Army Douglas, 425, 426, 428, 445, 488, 523
Mackenzie River, Canada, 64, 65, 67
Mactan, 456
Maetsuycker, 450
Magee, Lt. Col. Thornton A., 299
Major ports. See Ports (Major).
Manchester Ship Canal, 116
Manila, 443, 445, 446, 465, 467, 468-70
Manila Bay, 468
Margil, Iraq, 379
Mariana Islands, 519
Marianas campaign, 491
Marigold, 456
Marine Amphibious Corps
I, 501
Marine Divisions
1st, 534
Marine Jumper, 567
Marine Operations Division, 81, 135, 255
Marine Operators, 66
Marine Regiment, 22nd, 517
Maritime Commission, U.S., 8, 19, 451. See also War Shipping Administration.
Mark Hopkins, 561
Mark Twain, 561
“Marrying Up,” 105
Marseille, 292, 294, 295, 296, 298, 302, 319-20, 345, 353, 368, 370, 372
Marsh, Maj. John W., 134
Marshaling. See also OVERLORD.
areas, 247, 250, 251, 254, 261, 263
Marshall, Maj. Gen. Richard J., 428
Marston, Brig. Gen. John, USMC, 17
Marvin, Col. George W., 210
Massacre Bay, Aleutians, 49, 50, 51
Maxwell, Maj. Gen. Russell L., 383, 384
McCloy, John J., 182
McConnaughy, Col. Donald S., 79, 80
McCord, Col. Walter D., 120, 254
McGrath, Alaska, 65
McKenzie, Col. Kenneth D., 114, 151, 151n, 187
McKinstry, Col. Melville, 431, 432, 432n
McMullen, Maj. Gen. Donald J., 86
“Meat Ball Express” (France), 348
Medical Department, 179, 179n, 363, 456
Mediterranean Base Section. See Base sections,
Mediterranean.
Mediterranean Shipping Board, 149n, 161
Mediterranean theater lessons in transportation, 159-61
Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTOUSA), 184n
Medium Ports. See Ports (Medium).
Mehdia, French Morocco, 146, 152
Meigs, 449
Melbourne, Australia, 457, 480
Mellissa, 279
Menna Shima, Ryukyus, 542
Merauke, New Guinea, 473
Mercy, 456
Mers el Kebir, Algeria, 156-57, 174
Mersey Dock and Harbor Board, 117
Mersey River, England, 117
Mersey River ports, 83, 92, 116, 117, 118, 264, 265. See also individual ports by name.
–M–
Meyer, Lt. Col. Leo J., 120n, 121
Middle East. See Persian Corridor; Persian Gulf Service Command.
Middleton, Maj. Gen. Troy C., 191, 194, 194n
Midway, 33. See also Battle of Midway.
Mikado locomotives, 172, 387, 409, 410, 575
Military police, 158, 180, 221, 222, 224, 320, 333, 335, 351, 417, 418, 421, 475
Military Police Battalion, 794th, 218-19
Military Railway Service Headquarters. See also Railways.
1st, 292, 299, 300, 305, 344, 345, 346, 351, 352
2nd, 126, 243, 285, 286, 287, 305, 341, 342, 345, 346, 348, 352
AFHQ, 169, 170-77, 185, 215-21, 230
GHQ, 345-47
Miller, Lt. Col. Charles A., 438
Milne Bay, New Guinea, 443, 459, 460, 461
Mindanao, P. I., 465
Mindoro, P. I., 465
Mizar, 18
Moffatt, Maj. Carroll K., 462
Monroe, Thomas, 311n
Monroe Doctrine, 16
Monterey, 26
Montgomery, General Sir Bernard L., 190
Moore, Col. Werner W., 25, 26, 528-29, 531
Morlaix, France, 307, 308, 315, 316
Morocco, French, 137, 146, 152, 168. See also towns by name.
Morocco, Spanish, 140n
Morrison-Knudsen Company, 65
Moselle River, France, 271n
Motor convoys, 163-64, 201, 223, 223n, 329, 417, 482. See also Motor transport operations.
Motor Transport Brigade (MTB), 129, 241, 284, 284n, 285, 328, 329, 331, 333
Motor Transport Command No. 1 (Australia), 480, 481-83
Motor Transport Division, 284-85
Motor transport operations. See also Roads.
Alaska and western Canada, 57-64
Australia, 480-83
Central Pacific, 489, 521-22, 531
China, 422-23, 554, 557-58, 591-99, 603, 608
France, 235, 239-42, 292, 296-97, 302, 303, 327-40, 348
in French North Africa, 141-42, 155, 157, 162-67
manpower problem, 166, 200-201, 224-26, 230, 239, 302, 328, 329, 335, 417
Northwestern Europe, 282-85
Persian Corridor, 375-424
Philippines, 483-84
Sicily, 200
South Pacific, 489
Motor Transport Service (PGSC ), 285, 328-29, 331, 337, 337n, 339, 389, 392, 393, 396, 409, 414, 423
Mountain Division, 10th, 229
Mountbatten, Vice Admiral Lord Louis, 552
Movement control. See Traffic control.
Movement Control (MOVCO), 249, 250, 251, 261
Movements Control Directorate, 85, 89, 90, 246
MPs. See Military Police.
MTLs, 259
MTVs, 116, 255, 258, 262, 263, 272, 318. See also Liberty ships ; Ship conversions.
MULBERRIES, 262, 273, 277, 284, 365
A, 237, 270, 272, 275, 276. See also Ports, artificial.
B, 275
Muller, Col. Walter J., 154, 155
Mullett, Col. DeWitt T., 584
Mumma, Brig. Gen. Harlan L., 28, 28n
Munargo, 74
Murdoch, Lt. Col. Francis J., Jr., 150, 150n, 191
Murrill, Col. Hugh A., 321
Murrow, Col. Lacey V., 558
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NABOB. See MAGNET; Northern Ireland.
Napier, Brigadier C. S., 86
Naples, 205-07, 207n, 208-09, 209n, 210, 212, 222, 230, 293
Narsarssuak, Greenland, 12, 14, 15, 16
Naval Air Transport Service, 23
Naval Construction Battalion, 1036th, 539
Naval Construction Battalions (Special), 509, 509n
3rd, 501
27th, 539
31st, 538
Naval District, 14th, 512
Naval escort vessels, 14, 136, 137, 140, 146, 155, 156, 157, 162, 165, 167, 196, 202, 427, 448, 606
Navy, U.S., 18, 102, 180, 190n, 437, 470
convoy regulations, 18, 140-41, 192, 192n, 491, 492. See also Naval escort vessels.
and evacuation of casualties, 364, 372. See also Hospital ships.
and landing craft, 192, 223, 273, 274, 277, 469
and movement control planning, 161
and port rehabilitation, 212, 213
and procurement of boat crews, 454, 454n
Negro troops, use of, 26, 133, 204, 213, 226, 274, 398, 414, 460, 461, 472, 482, 520-21, 560
New Britain Island, 459, 502, 509
New Britain–New Ireland area, 459
New Caledonia, 489, 494, 495, 497
New Caledonia Island Command, 527
New Georgia Island, 502, 505, 506
New Guinea, 429, 456, 458-65, 472
New Hebrides, 494
New Ireland, 502
New Jersey. See Lakehurst.
New Orleans Port of Embarkation, 29
New South Wales Government Railways, 476
New York Port of Embarkation, 91, 92, 106, 108, 144, 145, 147, 193, 359, 365, 388
New Zealand Division, 3rd, 499
Nicholl, Maj. Maynard C., 194
Nickell, Col. Joe, 38, 39, 48, 49, 50
Nimitz, Fleet Admiral Chester W., 490, 494, 511, 515, 519, 546
Ninth Corps Area, 31
Noble, Col. Curtis A., 13, 37, 38
Nome, Alaska, 31, 33, 46, 52, 67
Norman Wells, Canada, 34, 64, 65, 66
Normandy, France, 7, 116, 118, 233, 237-39, 301, 305. See also OVERLORD.
Normandy Base Section. See Base sections,
Normandy.
North Africa, French, 3, 4, 6, 70, 72, 80, 136-42. See also GYMNAST; North African Theater of Operations; TORCH.
North Africa base sections. See Base sections, Atlantic, Eastern, Mediterranean.
North African lessons in transportation, 136, 182, 200, 221, 225, 240, 241, 606
North African Shipping Board (NASBO), 149, 149n, 161. See also Mediterranean Shipping Board.
North African Theater of Operations (NATOUSA), 150, 176, 176n, 177, 177n, 179, 181-83, 185-86. See also Services of Supply, NATOUSA.
motor transport operations in, 161-68
ports in, 140, 141, 152-61, 203-14. See also individual ports by name.
railway operations in, 168-77
supply of, 136, 136n, 137, 140-41, 142, 143n
transportation organization, 148-52, 184-89. See also Allied Force Headquarters.
North Atlantic, 3
North Australia Railway, 481
Northern Base Section. See Base sections, Northern (Corsica).
Northern Ireland, 71, 74, 109, 112, 113, 114, 119, 252. See also MAGNET.
Northern Ireland Base Command, 113
Northern Ireland Base Section. See Base sections,
Northern Ireland.
Northern Task Force, 140n
Northway, Alaska, 57
Northwest African Air Service Command, 190n
Northwest Engineer Division, 35n
Northwest Service Command, 32, 34, 35, 35n, 45, 56, 61
Northwestern Europe, invasion of, 70, 71, 72, 73, 233. See also BOLERO; NEPTUNE; OVERLORD; ROUNDUP; SLEDGEHAMMER.
Nouméa, New Caledonia, 5, 440, 494, 496, 499, 501, 502, 506, 507, 508
Nouméa–Paita Railroad, 495, 506
Noyes, Col. John R., 151n, 184, 186
–O–
Oahu Railway and Land Company railway (Hawaiian Islands), 492-93
O’Connor, Brig. Gen. James A., 32, 35n
Oil. See POL.
Oise Base Section. See Base sections, Oise.
Oise Intermediate Section, 371
Oise River, France, 355
Okie, Lt. Col. Fred W., 174
Okinawa Island Command, 540n, 543
OMAHA Beach (France), 237, 238, 252, 269, 271, 272, 275, 276, 283
OMAHA Beach Command, 276
“Operation Diaper,” 374. See also War brides.
“Operation Transit,” 30. See also Redeployment.
Operational Branch, 254, 257, 262, 264-66
Operational Movement Instruction, 257, 259
Operations Division, War Department, 60, 99, 100
Oran, Algeria, 137, 138, 141, 145, 148, 152, 153, 156, 157-58, 158n, 168, 169, 187n, 202, 203n, 293
Ordnance Department, 77, 101, 126, 225, 254, 480, 617
Ordnance Heavy Automotive Maintenance Company, 857th, 594
Ordnance Medium Maintenance Battalion, 68th, 417
Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company, 3430th, 416, 417
Orleansville, Algeria, 164, 169
Orne River, France, 233
Oro Bay, New Guinea, 460, 461-62
Osborne, Col. Theodore G., 402n
Otto Mears, 487
Ottzenn, Col. Hans, 398
Ouled Rahmoun, Algeria, 158, 163, 165, 166, 174, 175
Ouled Rahmoun–Tebessa railway (Algeria), 175
“Outports,” 36, 37. See also Alaska, transportation organization.
OVERLORD, 73, 135, 233, 238-39, 252, 255-56, 260, 301, 312. See also Northwestern Europe,
invasion of.
command and organization for, 234-35
logistical plan for, 234-35, 254-60, 287
movement control procedures for, 249-51
training and rehearsing for, 246-52
transportation plans for, 238-44, 246-48
transportation problems, 233, 236-37
Overstrengths, 241
Owen, Lt. Col. Frederick H., 352
–P–
Pacific Ocean Area, 490, 490n, 606-07
Pacific Shipping Pool, 529
PACTREPs, 446
Palermo, Sicily, 190, 198, 199, 200
Pallets and Palletization. See Cargo pallets.
Panama Line, 27
Panama Railroad Company, 27, 28, 28n
Panama Sector (CDC), 21n
Pan-American Highway. See Inter-American Highway.
Pandu–Amingaon Ferry (India), 573, 575, 577
Papua Campaign, 458
Parrish, Col. Howard, 154, 155
Pasig River, P.I., 468
Patton, Lt. Gen. George S., Jr., 146, 190
Peace River, Canada, 64
Peach, Col. Eggleston W., 156n
Peleliu, Palau Islands, 533, 534
Pence, Brig. Gen. Arthur W., 151, 205
Peninsular Base Section. See Base sections, Peninsular (Italy).
Permanent Joint Board on Defense, 31
Persian Corridor, 375, 375n, 378, 389, 390, 391, 392, 609. See also Inland water transportation; Motor transport operations; Persian Gulf Service Command; Railways; Roads.
Persian Gulf Command. See Persian Gulf Service Command.
Persian Gulf Service Command, 382, 384, 385, 385n, 393, 423
British military transportation activities in, 377, 379-81
command and organization, 387, 389-90
motor transport operations in, 413-23
ports in, 379-80, 389, 393-403. See also individual ports by name.
railway operations in, 380-81, 403-13
SOS Plan, 377, 384-86, 387, 401, 415
Perth, Australia, 457
Peterson, Maj. Samuel R., 49, 50
Petroleum. See POL.
Philippeville, Algeria, 141, 153, 158, 159, 163, 166, 174
Philippine Base Section. See Base sections, Philippine.
Philippine Islands, 4, 425, 426, 444, 456, 465-70, 472, 478-80
Philippines–Ryukyus Command (PHILRYCOM), 429n
Phillips, Brig. Gen. Joseph L., 118n, 120, 120n
Pick, Maj. Gen. Lewis A., 581, 587
Pilferage, 153, 154, 158, 182, 182n, 218, 225, 319-20, 324, 348, 351, 352, 356, 395, 404, 410, 421, 469-70, 475-76, 478, 479
Pipelines, 226-27, 227n, 245, 245n
oil, 10, 15, 34, 65-66, 67, 330, 556, 571, 608
water, 15
Plant, Col. Thomas G., 427, 430, 432, 441, 449, 450, 453, 454, 471, 487
Plymouth, England, 252, 259, 260, 264, 268
Pock, 2nd Lt. Hugh A., 584n
POL, 237, 256, 263, 267, 268, 285, 294, 295, 307n, 318, 321, 330, 331, 337, 455, 543, 566
Ponton docks and piers 462, 462n, 463, 501, 508, 521, 522, 539, 610
Port Augusta, Australia, 481
Port Battalions, 157
372nd, 538
376th, 509, 516, 517, 520, 521, 538
378th, 393, 395, 399, 400, 402
379th, 156
386th, 133
390th, 501
392nd, 18
393rd, 560
394th, 460, 461, 464, 472, 482
397th, 157
399th, 157
408th, 564
481st, 503
487th, 272
488th, 210-11
497th, 564
498th, 119
502nd, 115
510th, 539
Port Burwell Harbor, Labrador, 11
Port commanders, 15, 35, 36, 46, 90, 91, 109, 110, 128, 159, 251
Port Companies
115th, 538
184th, 272
194th, 16
196th, 506
218th, 508
244th, 463
268th, 322
290th, 534
291st, 534
293rd, 534
313th, 509
442nd, 536
592nd, 536
608th, 463
610th, 460
611th, 460
684th, 206
687th, 206
Port Construction and Repair Group, 1051st, 206
Port Detachment E, 462
Port Edward, British Columbia, 42
Port Heiden, Alaska, 46
Port Moresby, New Guinea, 438, 459-61
Port Service, 390, 393-95, 402, 423
Portage Bay, Alaska, 33
Port-de-Bouc, France, 294, 295, 296, 319, 320
Port-en-Bessin, France, 245
Portland, England, 364
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 24, 25
Ports. See also individual ports by name.
clearance of, 141-42, 157-58, 161, 163, 199, 213, 314, 315, 317, 319, 322, 327, 380, 396, 399, 463
congestion at, 5, 10, 11, 24, 25, 28, 41, 153-54, 202, 301, 314, 382, 388, 390, 392, 396, 438, 443, 444, 445, 466, 469, 491, 494, 499-500, 501, 502, 503, 508, 526, 556, 564, 570
development of, 10, 14-16, 41-48, 301, 305-08, 315, 375, 379-80, 397, 399, 459, 461, 462, 463, 503, 512, 537, 544, 606
facilities, 5, 9, 12, 17-18, 22, 33, 46, 47, 69, 110, 112, 117, 118, 119, 153, 157, 210, 302, 316, 379, 395, 396-97, 400, 403, 459, 464, 468, 489, 492, 495, 500, 502, 512, 521, 522, 536, 539, 543, 547, 560, 561, 607
inactivation of, 21, 44, 156, 315, 318, 319, 320, 324, 401-02, 423, 461, 462, 463, 464, 467n, 470, 508, 526, 527, 532, 539, 556, 561, 563, 566, 567
manpower problem, 10, 16, 17, 19, 26, 28, 38, 46, 47, 48, 50-51, 83, 110, 154, 155, 157, 313, 319, 390, 392, 393, 395, 396, 403, 470-74, 496, 506, 512, 518-19, 532, 553, 564
operations of, 11, 13, 24, 79, 109-22, 152-61, 198-99, 205-08, 213, 238-39, 269-75, 292, 294-96, 312-24, 380, 393, 395, 396, 399-403, 433, 456-57, 458-70, 473-74, 489, 500, 502, 506, 507, 510, 512, 521, 530, 536, 550
passenger traffic, 80, 113, 114, 115-16, 209, 214, 293, 312, 313, 318, 320, 493, 518, 536, 538, 539, 560, 561, 566
rehabilitation of, 198-99, 205-07, 212-13, 292, 313, 316, 317, 318, 319, 324, 468, 610
storage areas, 395, 397, 457, 460, 463, 469
Ports, artificial, 237, 237n, 238, 238n, 611. See also Harbors, artificial.
Ports (Major), 473n
2nd, 463, 473, 473n, 487, 487n
3rd, 80, 83, 118, 156, 157, 203n
4th, 83, 116, 118, 238, 279, 280, 281, 288, 314, 358
5th, 114, 114n, 115n, 116, 118, 316, 322, 324
6th, 154, 155, 156, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 212,
8th, 159, 203n, 208, 212, 212n, 231
10th, 195, 199, 208, 210, 213, 231
11th, 118, 118n, 238n, 270, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 278, 279, 282, 284, 288, 289, 358
12th, 13, 37, 119, 120, 279, 288
15th, 118
24th, 512
Ports (Medium)
52nd, 318
55th, 538
Ports of Embarkation (Mobile). See Ports (Major).
Ports of Embarkation, ZI, 89, 90. See also individual ports of embarkation by name.
Powers, Lt. Col. William F., 195
Preloading, 252, 255, 259, 260, 265, 293
“Preparation for Overseas Movement-Short Sea Voyage” (POM-SSV), 248, 263
Preshipment, 96-101, 105, 106, 182n
President Roosevelt Bridge (Germany), 347
Prestowage, 108, 108n, 255, 256, 610
Pribilof Islands, Alaska, 33
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, 32, 41, 42-43
Prince William Sound, Alaska, 47
Priority of Movements ( POM ) meetings, 161. 169-70, 218, 218n, 298
Prisoner of war labor, use of, 157n, 180, 189, 206, 213, 230, 230n, 281, 297, 313, 317n, 319
Prisoners of war, evacuation of, 156, 180-81, 263, 293, 361-62, 362n, 487, 487n
Project TIGAR 26-A, 593, 594, 596
Project TIGAR 26-B, 579
Provisional Engineer Special Brigade Group, 238n, 270, 272, 276
Provisional Troop Port Command, 520
Provisional Truck Company, 1st, 416
Provost Marshal General, Office of, 180, 361
Public Roads Administration, 27, 59
Puerto Rican Department, 21, 21n, 22, 23
Puerto Rican General Depot, 22
Puerto Rican Sector, 21n, 22, 23
–Q–
Q Movements. See Movements Control Directorate.
QUADRANT Conference, 5, 73, 107, 233, 511, 551, 579, 582
Quartermaster Battalions
93rd, 598
131st, 271n
198th, 598
Quartermaster Boat Companies
160th, 29
316th, 454
317th, 454
318th, 454
319th, 454
320th, 454
321st, 454
322nd, 454
323rd, 454
324th, 454
325th, 454
Quartermaster Car Company, 22nd, 222
Quartermaster Corps, 7, 8, 28, 70, 75, 77, 126
Quartermaster Gas Company, 190th, 482
Quartermaster General, Office of the, 8, 10, 26
Quartermaster Groups (Mobile)
469th, 339
Quartermaster Heavy Maintenance Company, 169th, 482
Quartermaster Medium Maintenance Battalion, 86th, 482
Quartermaster Railhead Company, 92nd, 482
Quartermaster Truck Battalions
2638th, 167
3826th, 224
Quartermaster Truck Companies, 57, 61, 110, 128
3683rd, 283
3843rd, 594
Quartermaster Truck Regiments
29th, 482
48th, 482
468th, 222
516th, 414
Quebec conference. See QUADRANT Conference.
Queen Elizabeth, 73-74, 74n, 102, 115, 264, 366, 367, 368, 372, 388
Queen Mary, 73, 74n, 102, 115, 264, 366, 367, 368, 374, 388
Queensland, Australia, 478, 480
Queensland State Railways, 476
Quenard, Col. E., 170n
Quiberon Bay, France, 238, 239, 239n, 282, 305
–R–
Rabaul, New Britain, 459, 502, 509
Railway Diesel Shop Battalion, 760th, 218
Railway Grand Divisions, 168n
703rd, 169, 170, 174, 206, 215, 215n, 216, 219, 297
704th, 219
705th, 573
707th, 286
708th, 344
775th, 479
Paris, 371
Railway guards, 169
Railway Operating Battalions, 168-69
713th, 170, 174, 216, 217, 219, 297, 298
717th, 347
720th, 347
721st, 579
725th, 575
727th, 170, 174, 200, 216, 217, 297-98
734th, 344
737th, 479
740th, 344
749th, 479
770th, 56
791st, 406
Railway Operating Company, 790th, 479
Railway Operating Detachment, 770th, 56
Railway Shop Battalions
753rd, 170, 172, 174, 174n, 175n, 176, 221
756th, 131
764th, 350
Railway Transportation Company, 761st, 169, 170, 174n
Railway transportation officers (RTOs), 85, 87, 87n, 88, 89, 90, 91, 120, 123, 127, 128, 169, 245, 251, 254, 257, 258, 286, 324-25, 351, 371
Railways
Alaska and western Canada, 32, 33-35, 38, 42, 47, 53-57, 62, 65, 68
Australia, 427, 476-78, 481, 481n
Austria, 352
Belgium, 353
France, 242-44, 285-87, 292-93, 297-98, 314, 340-54
French North Africa, 141, 142, 165, 168-77, 174n, 176n
Germany, 352-53
Holland, 343-44
India–Burma, 547-48, 552, 568, 572-99
Italy, 213, 214-21, 219-20, 220n, 221, 230, 231-32
manpower problem, 33, 38, 54, 122, 342, 479n
New Guinea, 459
Newfoundland, 8-11
Persian Corridor, 380-81, 383-84, 389, 392, 403-13
Philippine Islands, 478-80, 479n
repair and reconstruction of, 173, 175, 176, 230, 242, 243
Saipan, 521-22
Sicily, 199-200
Ramgarh Training Center, India, 583
RAMPS (Recovered Allied Military Personnel), 362, 363
Rangoon, Burma, 547
Rangoon Line of Communications, 581
Rations, 146, 154, 175n, 182, 195, 198, 294, 319, 395
Red Ball Express (motor transport on the European continent), 256n, 325, 339
command and organization, 333, 334-35
maintenance of equipment, 333, 335
regulations, 332-33
tonnage hauled, 331, 332, 333-34, 335
traffic control on, 332-33
uneconomical use of vehicles, 334-35
Red Ball Express (shipping service), 356, 356n
Red Horse Staging Area (France), 318.
Red Lion Express Route (northwestern Europe), 336
Redeployment, 16, 21, 23, 26, 30, 34, 230, 231, 303, 320, 323, 330, 352, 360, 363, 368, 369-74, 491, 523, 524, 525, 526
Reefer barges, 455
Refrigerator ships, 317, 454-55, 510, 607
Regimental Combat Team, 158th, 466, 466n
Regional transportation officers, 87, 88
Regulating Company, 6623rd, 201
Regulating Group, 4th, 84
Regulating Officer, South Pacific (ROSOP), 524
Regulating Stations
24th, 326
25th, 326
First Army, 245
Third Army, 245
Regulating System, GHQ SWPA. See CREGO.
Rex, 205
Reykjavik, Iceland, 14, 17, 19, 20
Rheims assembly area (France), 353, 370, 371
Rhine River, 7, 271n, 303, 330, 345, 347, 355, 357
Rhine River Branch, Inland Waterways Division, 356, 357
Rhino barges, 272, 272n, 275, 281, 313
Ricamore, Col. Phillip W., 558n
Richardson, Lt. Gen. Robert C., Jr., 511, 514, 528, 537
Richardson Highway (Alaska), 33, 47, 57
Richmond, Col. Clarence W., 235, 284, 331, 332
Richmond Holding and Reconsignment Point, 147
Riddell-Webster, General Sir Thomas Sheridan, 551
Rio Hato, Panama, 28
Roads, See also Motor transport operations.
Alaska and western Canada, 4, 32-35, 47, 57-64, 67, 609
Canada, 64
CBI, 422, 547, 555, 556, 558, 568, 580-91, 597, 603, 608
French North Africa, 141, 142, 163, 167
Greenland, 13
Italy, 207, 210, 221, 222, 222n, 224
Newfoundland, 10
Northwestern Europe, 327, 331, 334-39
Persian Corridor, 381-82, 384, 391, 415-16, 418, 420, 421
Puerto Rico, 22
Saipan, 521
Trinidad, 24
United Kingdom, 126
Rocky Mountain Trench, Canada, 32
Rommel, Generalfeldmarschall Erwin, 164, 175
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 383
Roscoff, France, 316
Rose, Brig. Gen. Edward C., 555, 557
Ross, Col. Bert C., 119
Ross, Maj. Gen. Frank S., 74, 81, 102, 125, 126, 129, 134, 168, 346
assigned to NATO, 80, 81, 149-50
biographical sketch, 75
on cargo discharge at Cherbourg, 313, 314
on cargo identification, 91, 93, 94, 160
on cargo stowage, 106
on centralized vs. decentralized control of TC
and coordination of U. S. and British transportation operations, 85-86
on development of Antwerp, 321
on evacuation of casualties, 366, 367
and motor transport operations on European continent, 328, 330, 334, 337
and mounting of TORCH, 142, 144
movement control doctrine, 86-87
and movement control on European continent, 326
opinion on independent MRS, 354
on personnel requirements, 83-84
and planning for OVERLORD, 234, 239, 240, 246
on port operations ETOUSA, 109-11
and railway operations ETOUSA, 122, 123, 124
and shipping congestion ETOUSA, 309-10, 311n
on shortage of service troops ETOUSA, 111
and transportation organization ETOUSA, 75, 76, 81-82
Rotterdam, 307
Rouen, France, 268, 301, 302, 307, 308, 315, 318-19
ROUNDUP, 70
Royal Air Force, 85
Royal Australian Navy, 437
Royal Navy, 140
Rubin, Col. Samuel, 524n
Russell Islands, 502, 507, 508
Ryan, Col. Norman A., 76, 80, 354, 356, 357
Ryan, Lt. Col. Thomas F., 428, 438
–S–
Sabotage, danger of, 158, 213, 346, 404, 410
Sadler, Col. William H., 22-23
Safi, French Morocco, 146, 152, 153
Sailor’s Splice, 451
St. Brieuc, France, 307, 308, 315, 316
St. Croix, Virgin Islands, 22
St. John’s, Newfoundland, 9, 10, 11
St. Laurent-sur-Mer, France, 238
St. Lucia, Windward Islands, 8, 24
St. Malo, France, 237, 239, 307, 308, 315
St. Michel-en-Grève, France, 315, 316
St. Nazaire, France, 307
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 22
St. Tropez, France, 293, 294, 297
St. Vaast-la-Hougue, France, 237, 238, 278, 308
Saipan, Mariana Islands, 489, 519, 521, 538
Saipan Army Troop Port Command, 522, 523, 538
Saipan Garrison Force and Island Command, 520, 522, 537
Salamaua, New Guinea, 459
Salerno, Italy, 202, 203, 204, 205, 207, 215, 222
Salween front, Burma, 557
Samoa Islands, 494
San Fernando, La Union, P. I., 467
San Francisco Port of Embarkation, 39, 429, 440, 445, 475, 491, 496, 503, 504
San Juan, Puerto Rico, 21, 22, 23, 23n
San Pedro Bay, P. I., 465
Scheldt Estuary, Belgium, 302
Scheldt River, Belgium, 320
Schouten Islands, New Guinea, 464
Schroeder, Col. August H., 279, 282, 357
Scoglitti, Sicily, 196, 197, 198, 198n
Sea Transport Service, BMWT, 85
Seabees, 347, 500, 505, 522, 533, 538
Seattle Port of Embarkation, 32, 35, 39-40, 41-42, 67
Seine Base Section. See Base sections, Seine.
Seine River, France, 233, 301, 316, 355
Sele River, Italy, 215
Selective discharge, 265, 273, 499, 543. See also Floating warehouses; Ports, congestion of.
Semichi Islands, Alaska, 50
Seminole, 179
Service Command, USAFISPA, 498
Service Detachment Workshops
131st, 479
132nd, 479
133rd, 479
Service Squadron, South Pacific, 505, 525
Service troops, shortage of, 16, 19, 46, 83-84, 146, 155, 165, 199, 203
Services of Supply, 59, 60, 70, 75, 143-44, 234, 377. See also Army Service Forces.
CBI, 549-50, 553-57, 558, 561, 563, 585
MTOUSA. See Communications Zone,
MTOUSA; Communications Zone,
NATOUSA.
NATOUSA, 151, 185-87, 192, 291, 293, 303
South Pacific Area, 498-99
SWPA, 428-29, 431, 431n, 432, 433, 435, 437, 438, 442, 443, 461, 464-65, 466, 467, 469n, 473, 480, 483
Sestriere, 214
Seventh Fleet, U.S., 440
Seward, Alaska, 33, 36, 39, 46, 47, 52, 53, 67, 68
SEXTANT Conference, 233
SHAEF. See Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force.
Shamrock, 179
Shanghai Base Command, 603
Shanghai Port Command, 603
SHARK Force, 191
Sharp, Lt. Col. Chester F., 141, 185
Shea, Lt. Col. Reeford P., 463, 464
Sheahan, Col. Maurice E., 554, 558n, 593, 594, 596, 601
Shemya, Alaska, 49, 50, 51, 51n, 52
SHINGLE, 209
Shingler, Brig. Gen. Don G., 383, 384, 389, 417, 418n
Ship Conversion Branch, 487, 487n
Ship conversions, 145, 181, 258, 367, 372, 450, 456, 456n, 487, 487n
Ship and Gun Crew Command No. 1, USAFIA, 453
Ship retention, overseas theaters, 6, 19, 25, 308-09, 309n, 310, 382, 396, 429, 443, 444, 449, 450, 450n, 451, 471, 499, 499n, 508
Shipping, shortage of, 3, 4, 5-6, 19, 32, 69, 70, 73, 136, 140, 179, 193, 202, 308, 311, 375, 377, 388, 429, 448, 450, 450n, 489, 491, 501, 526
Shipping Control Committee, 311. See also Diversion committees, shipping, for the European continent.
Siberia, 33, 34, 36, 39, 59, 60, 64
Sibley, Col. Cleland C., 116, 116n, 117, 235, 280, 282, 313, 314, 314n
Siboney, 74
Sicilien, 11
Sicily, 72, 189-90, 191-93, 197, 198, 199-200
Sievers, Lt. Col. Ralph H., 483, 484
Signal Corps, 91, 258, 409, 410
Simpson, Col. Russell G., 118n
Sixth Service Command, 35, 35n. See also Northwest Service Command.
Skagway, Alaska, 32, 34, 35, 44, 45, 56
Slave River, Canada, 66
Sled pallets, use of, 50
SLEDGEHAMMER, 71
Small boats. See Boats, small.
Small Ships Division, 430
Small Ships Supply Command, 430
Smith, Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell, 209
Society Islands, 494
Solomon Islands, 458-59, 496, 497, 502, 503, 504, 505
Somervell, Lt. Gen. Brehon B., 25, 55, 75, 77, 98, 99, 102, 107, 143, 165, 171, 309, 368, 398, 432, 432n, 436, 494, 551, 552
Sondre Stromfjord, Greenland, 14, 16
SOS. See Services of Supply.
South Australian Government Railways, 476
South Pacific Area (SPA), 4, 5, 440, 490, 491, 523
command and organization, 490, 490n, 496-97
joint logistics in, 497, 513-16
offensive operations in, 5, 491, 499, 502-09
security of lines of communication in, 494, 496, 502, 506
transportation organization, 498-99, 501-02, 523-24, 527
transportation problem, 489-91
unified logistics in, 490, 499-500
water transportation in, 489, 504
South Pacific Base Command (SPBC), 523, 526, 527, 529
South Pacific Force, 501
Southampton, England, 109, 120, 252, 259, 260, 263, 268, 364, 368, 370, 372
Southeast Asia Command (SEAC), 554
Southern Base Section. See Base sections, Southern (Great Britain).
Southern Base Section districts, 261n
XVI, 250
XVII, 250
Southern Line of Communications (SOLOC), 187, 292n, 299, 300, 303-04, 345, 358
Southwest Highway Transport Administration (SWHTA), 591, 593
Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA), 4, 5, 6, 426, 429, 439-40, 485-86, 491, 526
command and organization, 425-29, 431, 436
GHQ, 428, 431, 432, 433, 436, 437-43, 446-47. See also CREGO.
local fleet in, 449, 450, 451, 452, 461
logistical organization, 427-29
motor transport operations in, 480-85
ports in, 456-74
railway operations in, 476-80
ship retention in, 429, 442-46, 450n
transportation organization, 427-28, 428n, 430-37, 446-47, 447n, 466, 473, 480
transportation problem, 429
and water transport operations, 439, 447-56, 460, 476
Soviet Protocols, 375, 377, 378, 389, 401, 422
Soviet Union. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Soxo, 96
Spalding, Brig. Gen. Sidney P., 383
Special Service Force, 1st, 291n
“Spread loading,” 223
Staging areas, 147, 194, 207, 313, 370, 370n, 562, 566
Standee berths, 181, 193, 214, 450. See also Ship conversion.
Stanley, Col. Thomas H., 148
Star Knot, 451
Station Hospital, 17th, 482
Steese Highway (Alaska), 57
Stevedoring, Winch Operating, and Rigging School, 533
Stewart, Brig. Gen. George C., 80, 86, 184, 186-88, 190-91, 291, 299, 300, 303, 305, 436, 446, 470
and planning for TORCH, 138, 148, 150-52, 152n, 171, 181, 183
Stillinger, Col. Otto R., 549, 553
Stilwell, General Joseph W., 549
Stilwell Road, 556, 558, 580-85, 589-91, 603, 608
Stockton, Col. Richard, VI, 113
Stoddard, Col. Arthur E., 345
Stokes, Lt. Col Marcus B., Jr., 71, 138
Stone, Capt. Robert G., 396, 397, 399
Strait of Gibraltar, 137, 153, 177
Strathaird, 73
Stratton, Brig. Gen. James H., 310, 310n, 311
Strikes. See Civilian labor, use of, and strikes.
Strong, Brig. Gen. Frederick S., Jr., 35n, 67
Styer, Maj. Gen. Wilhelm D., 165n, 398, 429, 436, 469, 470
Submarine menace, 4, 5, 22, 29, 69, 136, 152, 377, 388, 448
Sullivan, Commodore William A., USN, 468
Sulu Archipelago, 465
Class III, 223
Class V, 223
Supplies Shipping Index, 257
Supply by air. See Air supply.
Supply flow, 15, 140, 301, 326, 327, 329, 341, 491, 558
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), 233, 234
Surgeon General, The. See Kirk, Maj. Gen. Norman T.
Surinam, 21
Sweet, Brig. Gen. Joseph B., 418n
Sydney, Australia, 457
Szechwan–Yunnan Railway (China), 601, 602
–T–
Tabarka, Tunisia, 159, 167, 176
Tabarka–Mateur Railway (North Africa), 176n
Tables of Basic Allowances, 99
Tables of Organization, 36, 110, 158, 225
Tacloban, Leyte, 428, 433, 464, 465-66
Tail of the Bank, Scotland, 114, 115
Talley, Col. Benjamin B., 314n
Tanacross, Alaska, 57
Tanaga Island, Aleutians, 41
Tanahmerah Bay, New Guinea, 463
Tanana, Alaska, 34
Tancarville Canal, France, 317
Tank, Lt. Col. Charles F., 146, 155, 156n, 191
Tankers, 10, 29, 140, 258, 268, 455
Task Force, South Pacific, 426
TAT (tonnage to accompany troops), 98
Tatana Island, 459
Tate, Brig. Gen. Ralph H., 221
Taylor, Lemuel K., 591
Thbessa, Algeria, 153, 158, 163, 166, 167, 174, 175
Tehran Conference, 73
Thames River, England, 120
The Pas, Canada, 12
The Surgeon General. See Kirk, Maj. Gen. Norman T.
Theodore Sedgwick, 213
Third Lock Project (Panama Canal), 27, 27n
Thomas H. Barry, 74
Thurston, 271
TIGER, 249
Tinian, Mariana Islands, 519, 522, 538, 539
Tinian Troop Port Command, 539
Tok Junction–Slana cutoff (Alaska), 57
Tongatabu Island, Tonga Islands, 494, 507
“Toot Sweet Express” (France), 348
TORCH, 72, 80, 94, 138, 144-146, 194
Toulon, France, 290, 292, 294, 295, 296
Townsville, Australia, 457, 458
TQM school, 516, 517, 520, 533, 541, 545
Tractor-train hauling, 64
Traffic control, 84-91, 163, 163n, 164, 167, 201-02, 222-26, 244-45, 254, 283, 324-27, 391, 417, 421, 432, 437, 438, 478, 571
Traffic Control Posts (TCPs), 164, 167, 224, 296, 324, 332
Traffic Dispatch Advice, 90, 258
Traffic Regulating Group, 28th, 575
Trains. See Electric trains; Equipment, railway; Hospital trains; Leave trains; Railways.
Trans-Isthmian Highway (Panama), 27, 27n, 28
Transport Squadron, 330th, 23
Transportation Corps Composite Company, 61st, 578
Transportation Corps Composite Group, 35th, 453
Transportation Corps couriers, 160, 160n Transportation Corps Depot Company, 793rd, 479
Transportation Corps Service Group, 54th, 469
Transports. See Troopships.
Traub, Col. David W., 80, 234, 288, 305
TRIDENT Conference, 5, 72, 73, 511, 551
Trinidad Sector and Base Command, 21n, 23, 26
Troop labor, use of in port operations, 11-12, 14, 17-18, 19, 36, 46, 47, 48, 115, 117, 457, 471, 490, 495, 496, 502, 503, 506, 510, 512, 531, 533, 607. See also Civilian labor, use of; Prisoner of war labor, use of; Service troops, shortage of.
Troop movements, 4, 6, 9, 10, 14, 17, 18, 19, 22, 24, 31, 41, 69n, 70, 71, 73, 74, 90-91, 102, 137, 145, 148, 260, 327, 385, 387, 388, 389, 423-24, 426, 437, 486, 504, 507, 508, 509, 510, 518
Troopships, 8, 9, 73-74, 74n, 101-02, 105, 178, 179, 179n, 193, 264, 365, 366, 367, 371, 448, 450, 456, 487, 493
Truck Group (Provisional), 6723rd, 223
Truscott, Maj. Gen. Lucian K., Jr., 146, 147n, 191
Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 497, 503
Tully, Col. James K., 219
Tunisia, 6, 137, 140, 167, 168, 178
Turnaround Control (TURCO), 249, 251, 258
Turnaround cycles
cargo ships, 4, 18, 19, 20, 25, 92, 265, 268, 269, 273, 384, 390, 396, 400, 401, 429, 442, 460, 491
trucks, 201
–U–
U-boats. See Submarine menace.
UG convoys, 144n, 148, 155, 165, 166, 192, 192n, 193, 195, 199, 230
UGLY system, 95, 96, See also Cargo, marking and packaging of.
Ulster, Northern Ireland, 114
Umnak Island, Aleutians, 33, 46
Unalaska–Dutch Harbor area, 31
Unger, Col. Charles H., 438
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 4, 597
lend-lease aid to, 375, 377, 378, 388, 390
supply of, via Persian Gulf, 375, 377, 378, 382, 386, 388, 389, 392, 392n, 402, 403
Unit loading, 474
United Kingdom, 69, 70, 74, 85-86, 101-02
build-up of U.S. forces in, 5, 69, 69n, 71, 73, 74, 102, 107
motor transport operations in, 77, 126-29
movement control in, 46-48, 249-51, 254, 264
ports in, 69, 108-22. See also individual ports by name.
railway operations in, 116, 122-26
supply, 96-101, 129-32, 134-35
transportation organization for U.S. forces in, 74-83, 84-89
United Kingdom Base Section. See Base sections, United Kingdom.
United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (UKCC), 381, 415, 421
U.S. armies. See Armies, U.S.
U.S. Army Engineer Board, 130
U.S. Army Forces, Pacific (AFPAC), 428, 429, 429n, 544
U.S. Army Forces, Western Pacific (AFWESPAC), 429, 429n, 436
U.S. Army Forces in Australia (USAFIA), 426, 426n, 427
U.S. Army Forces in the British Isles (USAFBI), 74, 76. See also European Theater of Operations.
U.S. Army Forces in the Central Pacific Area (USAFICPA), 511, 511n, 512, 523, 524, 528
U.S. Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE), 425, 428, 431, 431n, 437, 438, 475
U.S. Army Forces in the Middle East (USAFIME), 377n, 385, 385n
U.S. Army Forces in the Middle Pacific (USAFMIDPAC), 544, 545, 546
U.S. Army Forces in the Pacific Ocean Areas (USAFPOA), 511, 526, 528, 529, 537, 544
U.S. Army Forces in the South Pacific Area (USAFISPA), 496
U.S. Army Forces in the South Pacific Area, SOS. See Services of Supply, South Pacific Area.
U.S. Army Services of Supply (SWPA). See Services of Supply, SWPA.
U.S. Army Transportation Service (SWPA), 427, 428
U.S. Chiefs of Staff. See Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. Forces China Theater, SOS. See Services of Supply, China.
U.S. Maritime Commission. See Maritime Commission, U.S.
U.S. Military Iranian Mission, 375, 377, 377n, 549
U.S. Navy. See Navy, U.S.
U.S. Navy Beach Battalion, 4th, 204
UTAH Beach (France), 237, 238, 252, 269, 269n, 276, 277, 283
–V–
Valognes, France, 243, 284, 289
Vaughan, Maj. Gen. Harry B., Jr., 118n
Vehicles, 157, 160, 163, 330, 418, 419, 584, 584n, 596, 608, 617. See also Equipment, motor transport; Motor transport operations.
maintenance, 224, 225, 283, 284, 328, 334, 358n, 417, 420, 557, 558, 593, 617
shortage of, 19, 155, 162, 165, 203, 221, 241, 242, 271, 294, 296, 481, 502
water shipment of, 202, 223, 225, 226, 252, 328, 329, 334
waterproofing, 195, 219, 223, 247, 273, 293
Vickers, Col. Harry C., 402n
Victoria Government Railway (Australia), 476
Victory Bridge (Germany), 347
Virgin Islands, 21n
Vissering, Col. Norman H., 13n
Volturno River, Italy, 216
–W–
Waddell, Lt. Col. James C., 359n
Waghorn, Brigadier R. D., 220
Waimanalo Amphibious Training Center (Hawaiian Islands), 520, 533
Walker, Lt. Col. Sidney E., 469n
Wanamaker, Brig. Gen. William W., 432-33, 433n, 435, 436, 443n, 447, 469
War Department, 19, 32, 147, 194, 195, 309, 362, 365, 367, 368, 375, 494
War Shipping Administration, 25, 40, 102, 161, 165, 181, 311, 372, 382, 388, 393, 397, 448-49, 449n, 454
War Transport Board, 558, 596, 598
War Transport Executive Committee (WTEC), 380, 391, 393, 394
Ward, Col. Glenn R., 418n
Warren, Col. Ross B., 329
Washington BOLERO Combined Committee, 71
Water transport operations
French North Africa, 184-85, 199
Italy, 211
South Pacific Area, 448, 459, 460, 489
Water Transportation Control (WATCO), 273, 287
Waterfront Workers Federation, 471
Waterproofing, 147, 195, 210, 223, 247, 254, 273, 293
Weather, 139, 152, 154, 196, 197, 202, 203, 205, 207, 223, 278, 279, 300, 302, 310, 313, 317, 462, 465, 466, 503, 543
adverse effect on beach operations in Normandy, 262, 273, 275-76, 277, 284, 365
Weaver, Lt. Col. Chester R., 221
Wedemeyer, Lt. Gen. Albert C., 557
Weed, Col. Thomas J., 316n
Welty, Col. Maurice D., 9
West Point, 102, 193, 385, 397, 488
Western Australian Government Railways, 476
Western Base Section. See Base sections, Western (North Africa).
Western Defense Command, 31, 34, 40
Western Naval Task Force (Italy), 202n
Western Pacific Base Command (WPBC ), 529, 537-39, 546
Western Task Force (North Africa), 137, 141, 143, 145, 146-48, 152, 156
Wheeler, Lt. Gen. Raymond A., 549, 550, 560
Whipple, Col. H. Bennett, 438, 442, 444, 445, 446n, 447
Whitcomb, Col. Richard S., 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 118n, 270
White, Clifford S., 20
White Ball Express Route (France), 335-36
White Pass and Yukon Railroad, 32, 35, 53, 55-56, 62
Whittaker, Brig. Gen. Frank L., 37, 48
Whittier, Alaska, 33, 39, 47, 52, 67, 68
Willard A. Holbrook, 426
William Byrd, 401
William F. Fitch, 464
William F. Palmer, 229
Williams, 1st Lt. Victor E., 174
Williams, Brigadier W. D. A., 86
Williamson, Brig. Gen. Raymond E. C., 500
Wilson, Brig. Gen. Arthur R., 148, 427, 427n, 428, 431, 472
Wilson, Lt. Col. Roy R., 428, 480
Wilson, Brig. Gen. Thomas B., 427, 428, 430, 431, 432, 432n, 443n, 452, 553, 554, 555, 571, 582, 612
Wilson, Lt. Col. William P., 220
Worsham, Brig. Gen. Ludson D., 35n
Worthington, Lt. Col. James R., 79
Wylie, Brig. Gen. Robert H., 105, 165, 445
“X” subtask force, 146, 147. See also Western Task Force (North Africa).
–X–
XAPs. See Attack transports.
XAPAs. See Combat loaders.
XYZ Express Route (Germany), 303, 337-39
“Y” subtask force, 146, 147. See also Western Task Force (North Africa).
–Y–
Yangtze River, China, 601
Yap, 465
Yellow Diamond route (Central Europe), 339
Yount, Brig. Gen. Paul F., 386, 389, 404, 405, 406, 407, 574
Yuan River, China, 601
Yukon Territory, Canada, 32
Yunnan—An-nan Railways (China), 602
“Z” subtask force, 146, 147, 147n. See also Western Task Force (North Africa).
–Z–
Zachary Taylor, 208n
Zahidan–Meshed route (Persian Corridor), 384
Zinnecker, Maj. Louis, 86, 150
Zoning system in United Kingdom, 95-96. See also Cargo, marking and packing of.