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Desert Storm

This detachment suffered the greatest number of casualties of any allied unit during Operation Desert Storm due to a SCUD Missile attack on February 25, 1991 Members of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment receive a hero’s welcome at Latrobe Airport, Pennsylvania, March…

Field Services, Somalia

CPT Bruce E. CoxQuartermaster Professional Bulletin – Spring 1994 On 8 Oct 93, during a four-day weekend, at approximately 0930 hours, the 16th Field Service Company was alerted to deploy to Somalia from Fort Lee, VA. The mission was to support a 1,800-soldier task…

Somalia

Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – Winter 1993LT Scott B. Tardif The soldiers of the 267th Quartermaster Company, 240th Quartermaster Battalion, joined units from 27 countries as part of the coalition task force in Somalia for Operation Restore Hope about one year…

World War II

World War II CMH PUB 10-12-1: THE QUARTERMASTER CORPS: ORGANIZATION SUPPLY AND SERVICES, VOLUME I By Risch, Erna, 1904-; Kieffer, Chester L https://archive.org/details/CMHPub10-12/mode/2up The U.S. Army in World War II: The Technical Services, World War, 1939-1945 –…

General History

“SUPPORTING VICTORY SINCE 1775” Dr. Isaac W. Hampton II, Quartermaster Historianwith contributions from former historians of theQuartermaster School,Dr. Leo P. Hirreland Dr. Steven E. AndersU.S. Army Quartermaster SchoolFort Lee, VA 238012018 Editorial edits for…

Other History Resources

By MAJOR JOHN A PORTER, Q.M.C.The Quartermaster Review March-April 1934 Army Quartermaster support to the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression Webmasters note: The Quartermaster Corps’ role in this great endeavor was to supply on short notice…

Black History Resources

Service Units in the Combat Zone An overview of African-American Quartermaster, Transportation, Air Defense, Medical, Chemical and Engineer units that were involved in combat during World War Two African-Americans in the U.S. ArmyU.S. Army Center of Military…

Korean War

By LTC IRWIN A. DAHL, QMCThe Quartermaster ReviewJanuary-February 1954 THE SOLUTION of logistical problems arising during an active campaign must reflect an adjustment between lessons derived from previous operations and existing conditions. The factors…

World War I

By DR. WILLIAM CHAIKINQuartermaster Review May-June 1950 In the ”Great War,” which we now call World War I. the accomplishments of the Quartermaster Corps overseas were such as to stand as a model of achievement to the generation of officers who led the Corps in the…

Mexican War

Supply of the First American Overseas Expeditionary Force By Dr Alvin P. StaufferQuartermaster Review, May-June 1950 When the American mail arriving in London late in May 1846 brought England its first word of the outbreak of the Mexican War, The Times immediately…