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Aerial Delivery / Rigger Photographs

From the collection of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum, Fort Lee, Virginia World War II, “Ready to Jump”U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo-Undated Second Army Tennessee Maneuvers 1943, Men packing .30 cal ammunition boxes into canvas wrappers for parachuting from…

Other Aerial Delivery Historical Articles

CPT Jordan S. Chroman Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – Spring 1997 Two C-130s circle the sparkling Mediterranean Sea in lazy arcs, the Italian sky is cloudless, all seems calm and peaceful in this sleepy part of Sicily…suddenly the aircraft ramps open and a…

Bosnia (Humanitarian Airdrop) & New Technology

CPT Stephen R. Davis CPT Mary E. Denniston CPT Edward F. EhlersCPT John B. Hinson CPT Maria Ogden Quartermaster Professional Bulletin-Autumn 1997 Operation Provide Promise was the largest humanitarian airdrop operation in the history of the United States. Relief…

Korean War Era

By Lieutenant Gordon C. BennettQuartermaster Review January-February 1953 “When there is no book, write the book!” Members of the 8081st Army Unit (full designation: Quartermaster Airborne Air Supply & Packaging Company) were faced with this alternative a few…

World War II Era

MAJOR RAYMOND C. ALTERMATT, Q.M.C.The Quartermaster ReviewSeptember-October 1945 The origin of the parachute dates back many years. The first record of its use was described by a passenger of a burning balloon, who made a successful escape by parachute in July 1908….

Rigger Units, Insignia, Clip Art

World War II 1942-45 Airborne DivisionAirborne Quartermaster CompanyParachute Maintenance Company11th408th11th13th409th13th17th411th17th82nd407th82nd101st426th101st1st AirborneTask Force#334th Quartermaster Depot Supply CompanyUnkn15th*410th#Provisional 7th Army…

Rigger Essentials

The Story of the Airborne Rigger Compiled from the Archives of the US Army Quartermaster Museum and oral interviewsby K. Born Introduction In the spring of 1950, with the start of the Korean War, the Quartermaster Corps was formally assigned the mission of…

Aerial Delivery / Rigger Photographs

From the collection of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum, Fort Lee, Virginia Korean ConflictPathfinder Group- 8081st Army Unit (Quartermaster)leaving airplane in practice jump 24 May 1952Camp Kokura Photo Lab, U.S. Army Photo Exercise “Snow Storm” A pilot chute…

Other Aerial Delivery Historical Articles

Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – Summer 1990 New Cumberland Army Depot (NCAD), PA, participated in the U.S. Army’s Operation Dragon Tail recently by delivering supplies directly from the wholesale level to awaiting soldiers on the ground at Fort Bragg, NC. “This…

Bosnia (Humanitarian Airdrop) & New Technology

CPT Brian L. Williams CW3 Ken K. Studer CW2 Nancy E. Studer Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – Autumn 1993 Fighting in Eastern Bosnia-Hercegovenia (formerly Yugoslavia) between ethnic rivals has intensified. More and more civilians are being displaced. The…