Author: United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps
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Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
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Author: Alvin Stauffer
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781514809570
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Languages : en
Pages : 380

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This is the fourth and concluding volume of a series which records the experiences of the Army's Quartermaster organization in World War II. The first two volumes of this group describe the problems and achievements of the Quartermaster Corps in the zone of interior and the third, still in preparation, will relate operations in the war against Germany. This volume tells the story of Quartermaster supply and service in the war against Japan in the Pacific. The principal Quartermaster function during World War II was to supply items commonly required by all Army troops-food, clothing, petroleum products, and other supplies of a general character-regardless of their duties. In the Pacific, as elsewhere, Quartermaster supply responsibilities included the determination of requirements, the procurement of the items needed both from the United States and from local producers, and the storage and distribution of items after they had been received. Quartermaster troops also furnished numerous services, including the collection and repair of worn-out and discarded articles, the provision of bath and laundry facilities, and the identification and burial of the dead. The author has concentrated in this volume on the many problems which were inevitable in a distant and strange environment, and his narrative naturally reflects the viewpoint of the troops and the commanders in the field.

Author: Alvin P. Stauffer
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Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 386

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Author: Alvin Packer Stauffer
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 386

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A history of the U.S. Army's Quartermaster Corp operations in the Pacific during World War II.

Author: William F. Ross
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 830

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A history of the U.S. Army's Quartermaster Corp operations in Europe and the Mediterranean during World War II.

Author: William Ross
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781514809662
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Languages : en
Pages : 822

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Publication of this volume completes the subseries dealing with Quartermaster operations during World War II. Two companion volumes of this group have described the Quartermaster organization and achievements in the United States, and a third has told about operations in the Pacific in the war against Japan. The principal Quartermaster function in World War II was to supply items needed by all Army troops, most notably, food and clothing. But the Quartermaster Corps was more than a supply force; it provided many services, such as bath and laundry facilities, necessary to the health and comfort of the troops. The prompt collection and careful identification and burial of the dead and the respectful and suitable disposition of their possessions were essential services that contributed much to the morale of the front-line soldier. While established to serve the Army itself, before the war was over in Europe the Quartermaster organization found it had also to provide minimum support for millions of war prisoners and destitute civilians. However prosaic a history of providing goods and services may seem at first glance, this was an activity of vital concern to the American soldier, and in the Mediterranean and European theaters it was an enormous and highly complicated operation. By the spring of 1945 the Quartermaster organization in the European theater was feeding and clothing and otherwise providing necessities and comforts to more than seven and one-half million people, the largest human support operation by a single organization in all history to that time. Inevitably Quartermaster officers and troops could not satisfy everybody, and made some mistakes; it is to the credit of the authors of this volume that they have tackled fairly and squarely-if not laid to rest-a number of controversial issues. Since so much of the Quartermaster effort was essentially civilian in its character, the general as well as the military reader should find this work instructive.

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Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 386

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Author: Alvin P. Stauffer
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ISBN: 9780758173867
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Languages : en
Pages : 358

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Author: Alvin P. Stauffer
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Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Erna Risch
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Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
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