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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Over in peaceful Arlington, across the historic Potomac, he rests – our Soldier Unknown – his last fight fought, his last journey ended. Within hallowed stone his tired body sleeps, safe for all time, but his lofty spirit quickens with the years in the… read more Tomb of the Unknown […]
General Kjellstrom graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Science degree in Military Science and later earned a Master of Science degree in International Affairs from George Washington University. His military education includes the Army War College, Command and Staff Course at the Navy War College, Comptroller Course of the Air University, […]
Mr. Neese’s military and civilian education include a Bachelor’s of Science in Commerce from Southeastern University and the National Resources Course at the Industrial College of the Armed forces. His career spanned over 31 years of service to our nation in the military and as a civil service employee. Mr. Neese’s military career began in […]
Colonel John D. Broderick was commissioned in the Regular Army following graduation from North Georgia College in May 1970. By request of two different Corps Commanders, Colonel Broderick twice served as the XVIII Airborne Corps G-4. As the Corps G-4, Colonel Broderick planned, coordinated, and directed the multi-functional logistics support of the Nation’s contingency force […]
MG Thomas Mifflin – First Quartermaster General (August 14 1775). MG Nathanael Green – Third Quartermaster General. Reorganized the Army’s supply system after Valley Forge and established its first depot system. BG Thomas Jessup – Longest running Quartermaster General (1818-1860). Recognized as the father of the Quartermaster Corps. BG Montgomery C. Miegs – 14th Quartermaster […]
Dr. Siu was born on 24 February 1917, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from the University of Hawaii (in 1939 and 1941, respectively) and a Ph.D. degree as a biochemist from the California Institute of Technology in 1943. During the last two years of World War II, Dr. Siu served […]
CPT Helen Horlacher Evans Helen Horlacher Evans was a home economics teacher at Versailles High School in Lexington, Kentucky, at the beginning of World War II. In May 1942, she and other high school teachers dared each other to apply for the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and later the Women’s Army Corps (WAC). Though […]
Mortuary Affairs in Korea By LTC John C. Cook, Q.M.C.The Quartermaster ReviewMarch-April 1953 THE respect and care for the honored dead, the men who died for an ideal and their country, traditional with the people of the nations embracing western civilization, has never been so resolutely… read more Mortuary Affairs in Korea Condensed from Graves […]
Colonel Horn was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps on 15 June 1956, and spent his two years detailed as an Infantry Company Commander. Over the remaining twenty-six years of active duty service, he held ever increasing positions of responsibility, with Quartermaster command and staff assignments both at home and abroad. Early in […]
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 a hastily mobilized “army” of domestic workers, a force almost three times that of the Regular […]
WWII gasoline supply in England in support of the invasion of France, June 6, 1944Quartermaster Technical Bulletin – 26 Oct 1944 D-Day for the French invasion was just another busy day in the life of the Quartermasters who ran the Petrol, Oil and Lubricants (POL) dumps in England. Ever since the beginning of March (1944) […]
CSM Kelly entered the Army as an Enlisted Soldier three days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, when he was not yet of voting age. In 1944, PFC Kelly served with the Third Army’s 5th Infantry Division in the move across Europe and was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge, the Bronze Star Medal, and […]
LT David B. Roath SFC Frank Napoleon Quartermaster 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. With the Army’s focus changing from forward presence to force projection, Quartermasters play exciting roles. These roles are […]
