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World War II

1st Lt J.T. Holmes*The Quartermaster ReviewSeptember-October 1945 *This article is based on an interview with 1st Lt. James Cooper. who was in the Quartermaster Office, Base K Headquarters, during the Leyte invasion. Lt. Cooper handled several jobs…

World War II

The Quartermaster ReviewJuly-August 1945 Quartermaster support of operations in Luzon, Philippines THE VILLA VERDE TRAIL A human pack train of 1,900 Filipinos and Igorotes is today carrying rations and ammunition up the tortuous Villa Verde…

World War II

The Quartermaster ReviewNovember-December 1945 One of the most interesting stories told by men returned from Japanese prisoner-of-war camps is that of Lieutenant Joseph Goodman, Q.M.C. Bombed, strafed, and half starved for over three years, Lieutenant…

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Threshed Rice, Got Salt From Sea Water and Fed an Army Despite Low Supplies BY FRANK HEWLETTThe Quartermaster ReviewMay-June 1942 Never in United States military history was the Army Quartermaster Corps called upon for greater feats of endurance and ingenuity than in…

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The Story of the Philippine and Bataan Quartermaster Depots By CAPTAIN HAROLD A. ARMOLD, QM-Res.The Quartermaster ReviewNovember-December 1946 THE STORY of the Philippine and Bataan Quartermaster Depots is a saga of “too little and too late” – a saga of supply when…

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By Harold Raugh, DLA Chief Historian DLA Public Affairs Fort Belvoir, Virginia In September 1961, Army Lt. Gen. Andrew T. McNamara was named the first director of the Defense Supply Agency, the forerunner to the Defense Logistics Agency. McNamara, then…

World War II

COLONEL LLOYD L. COBB, Q.M.C.The Quartermaster ReviewMay-June 1946 MORE than 32,000 officers, officer cadets, and key enlisted personnel were trained at The Quartermaster School between July 1,1940, and December 3, 1945. In this four-and-a-half-year…