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World War II

Major General Robert M. Littlejohn–Chief Quartermaster in the ETO Dr. Steven E. AndersQuartermaster Professional Bulletin – Autumn 1993 Logistics-once defined simply as “gitten stuff” –entails what many perceive as the unglamorous side of war. Its successes are often…

Other History Resources

Dr. Steven F. AndersFormer Quartermaster School HistorianCombined Arms Support Command Historianand the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum Staff Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights. Nineteen fifty-eight….

World War II

Quartermasters hit the beach (Quartermaster Review Sept-Oct 1944) “No one seems ever to think a soldier in QM ever gets to smell any gunpowder, dig any foxholes, get into any fighting, go without food, mail and the like. Our QM outfit hit the beach on D-day right when…

Somalia

LT David B. Roath SFC Frank NapoleonQuartermaster Professional Bulletin – Autumn 1993 Operations other than war (OOTW)-a new term in the Quartermaster dictionary. Quartermasters have had some opportunities to define and explore this new support concept….

Korean War

by 2nd Lt. Richard L. Henson, QMCQuartermaster Review January-February 1954 EARLY in July of 1951 truce negotiations at Panmunjom, Korea, began. One of the important discussion topics was the exchange of prisoners of war. The final outcome of this topic in the truce…

Civil War

by LT Nick OverbyQuartermaster Professional Bulletin-Winter 1992 “War is Hell” – the famous quote attributed to Major General William T. Sherman – was an understatement for the time and a reality for the soldiers of the Civil War. Unfortunately, historians and others…

Somalia

Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – Winter 1993 The following are some first-hand observations of noncommissioned officers (NCOs) in the 267th Quartermaster Company, 240th Quartermaster Battalion, after deployment to Operation Restore Hope in Somalia.While in…

Korean War

By LT. James E. Woolsen, QMCQuartermaster Review November-December 1953 DIVISION Quartermaster trucking missions in the combat zone are as diversified as they are numerous, and not necessarily limited to the support of Quartermaster operations. Often where a railhead…

World War II

The Quartermaster ReviewMarch-April 1945 89th Quartermaster Railhead Company in the Battle of the Bulge 1944 On the thinning western flank of the Ardennes Forest, jammed against the Belgium-Luxembourg border, is the village of Gouvy. Gouvy,…

Civil War

The Story of Montgomery Cunningham Meigs From the Quartermaster Review, May-June 1950by LT. COL. HERBERT A. HALL Q.M.C. The President of the United States and the Quartermaster General of the Army faced each other in the latter’s office. In one corner of the…