Petroleum World War I Supply of Petroleum Products Storage and distribution of petroleum to the American Expeditionary Force in France during World War I , 1917-1918 World War II Fuels and Lubricants for Johnny Doughboy The Quartermaster Review May-June 1944 POL Supply in World War II Fueling Up for D-Day WWII gasoline supply in […]
Quartermaster Aerial Delivery Bibliography A listing of books, magazine and newspaper articles on Parachute Rigging Do you know of any other references that should be on this page? If so, leave us an e-mail note at: [email protected] and we will consider it for the next update of this page. General/Miscellaneous McNamara, A.T. MG, “Outfitting, Feeding […]
U.S. Army Parachute Badge The first Parachute badge was designed during World War II by Captain (later Lieutenant General) William P. Yarborough of the 501st Parachute Battalion. A memorandum of record written by Captain Yarborough on April 22, 1941, tells the story of the birth of the parachute badge. “On March 3, 1941, I was […]
Army Quartermaster Remount Service History The procurement and training of horses and mules for military use was the function of the Quartermaster Corps from 1775 to 1957. During and after World War II the Quartermaster Corps was responsible for the training of War Dogs. Short History of Quartermaster Remount Service Horses and Mules and National […]
Tyerus Adams Ashes Scattered Over Fort Benning DZ From: Static Line, March 1999 Don Lassen, PO Box 87518, College Park, GA 30337-0518 Tyerus Adams, one of the 11 surviving members of the 50 man Original Parachute Test Platoon of 1940, died in the early morning hours of February 26 in Augusta, Georgia with Betty his […]
The Quartermaster Regiment Crest Flag Coat of Arms Honors Program Early in 1981 the Army implemented The New Manning System. This system contained two parts: the COHORT (cohesion, operational readiness and training) Unit Movement System and the U.S. Army Regimental System (USARS). Initially the regimental system was limited to the Combat Arms (Infantry, Field Artillery, […]
Bundles From The Sky Dr. Steven Anders Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – Autumn/Winter 1994 Historical Background. The idea of dropping people and things safely out of the sky has been around for a long time. As far back as the late 15th century, the Italian genius, Leonardo da Vinci, made drawings of a pyramid-shaped “parachute” and […]
Parachute Rigger Badge On 9 June 1986, the Chief of Staff of the Army approved adoption of the parachute rigger badge as a permanent special skill badge. The parachute rigger badge is the only special skill badge approved for a Quartermaster specific Military Occupation Specialty (MOS). This was a timely achievement that coincided closely with […]
The basic importance of wholesome food to armies and navies has been acknowledged by military men from the very beginnings of organized warfare. In the history of our own armed forces this recognition goes back to the Revolutionary War. Especially interesting in the one and three-quarters centuries since then have been the developments in the […]
The Quartermaster’s Department, 1861-1864 The Quartermaster Review – September-October 1928 EDITOR’S NOTE.-The following article was supplied by Lt. Col. A. B. Warfield, Q. M. C., and furnishes invaluable information as to the functioning of the Quartermaster Corps during the Civil War period–nothing, however, being discussed that does not apply as well today as it did […]
109th Quartermaster Company (Air Delivery) Meritorious Unit Commendation – 14 Mar – 3 Oct 68, DAGO 67, 68 Meritorious Unit Commendation – 1 Mar 70 – 28 Feb 71, DAGO 43, 72 383rd Quartermaster Detachment (Air Delivery) Meritorious Unit Commendation – 1 Jan 67 – 1 Mar 68, DAGO 67, 68 Meritorious Unit Commendation – […]
Operation Provide Promise: The Airdrop Phase 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 populations of small, primarily Muslim townships are doubling and tripling as refugees […]
Flying Quartermasters Bundles for Burma Boys Quartermaster Training Service Journal 24 November 1944 (From the archives of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum, Fort Lee, Virginia) The plane’s nosing over now. You’re heading down towards the jungle. As the plane circles lower, your eyes keep searching the unbroken green of the jungle trees and growth for […]
CSM Aaknes, Dale G. CW5 Alvarez, Fernando CW5 Andress, Spencer J. COL Bobroski, Timothy P. CW4 Boyer, David A. COL Bradford, Norma CSM Broadnax, Kelvin A. COL Buffington, Edwin LTC Buford, Shelia CSM Chaplin, Maurice V. COL Colavita, Christopher H. CSM Collins, Dennis J. Mr. Cunningham, Les COL Curtis, Lance G. CSM Dames, Ian R. […]
