Lieutenant Colonel Wall entered the U.S. Army from Kentucky and went to Camp Bowie, Texas, in 1942 for basic training. Within a month he was appointed assistant platoon sergeant, and three months later was sent to Camp Lee, Virginia, to attend Quartermaster OCS. After being commissioned Second Lieutenant he continued service stateside as a QM […]
General McDuffie was commissioned as an Infantry Officer in February 1970 and commanded both Infantry and Aviation units (including a combat tour as a Cobra pilot in Vietnam) before transferring to the Quartermaster Corps in 1987. A proven leader in Logistics, he commanded some of the finest combat service support units in the U.S. Army […]
CPT Nanette Gallant Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – Summer 1992 Editor’s Note: The Army has been involved with the space program since its earliest days. Until 1984 the Army assumed only a minor supporting role through the Research, Development and Engineering Center in Natick, MA. With the advent of the space shuttle, and now Space Station […]
Pictures are thumbnailed for fast loading. Please click the picture to see the enlarged image. To return, press the “BACK” button in your browser) World War IHow a grave is marked by the Graves Registration Service, Q.M.C.cross has both the identity tag and plate prepared by the Service.Mareuil-en-Dole, 77th Division 12 September 1918 World War […]
by Josh | Aug 5, 2022 Major General (Retired) Thomas B. Arwood was born October 7, 1934, in Toledo, OH and received his bachelors of Science degree from Bowling Green State University. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps. His military education includes… by Josh | Aug 5, 2022 In 1965, Major […]
CPT Larry Naylor Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – Spring 1994 The 364th Supply and Service Company at Fort Bragg, NC. first deployed to Somalia in January 1993. A small element of 30 personnel was tasked with purifying and distributing water to United Nations Operation Somalia (UNOSOM) Forces, as part of Operation Restore Hope. They redeployed three […]
General Leonard retired from active duty on 1 July 2012 culminating a 33 year distinguished career. He graduated from the ROTC program at Emporia State University. He also holds a Master Degree Oklahoma City University. He is a graduate of the United States Army War College.General Leonard served in a variety of key assignments throughout […]
1946 Pamphlet Produced by the Quartermaster Corps for Next of Kin of Deceased Service Personnel from World War II “Tell me about my boy” is the request most frequently sent to the quartermaster general of the army by next of kin who want additional information on the progress of the war department’s program for the […]
Heraldic Activity Established Military heraldic symbols have been used in the U.S. military since the American Revolution. But it was not until 1919 that the heraldry activity was established as a separate function within the Army General Staff. This was in response to a 17 June 1918 letter to Secretary of War Newton D. Baker […]
Threshed Rice, Got Salt From Sea Water and Fed an Army Despite Low Supplies BY FRANK HEWLETTThe Quartermaster Review May-June 1942 Never in United States military history was the Army Quartermaster Corps called upon for greater feats of endurance and ingenuity than in the Battle of Bataan, which finally was lost mainly through hunger and […]
CW5 Revels entered the Army in 1958, serving twelve years as an Enlisted Soldier before being commissioned a Quartermaster Warrant Officer in August 1970. He served in the latter capacity until his retirement in April 1995 – for a total of 37 years active-duty service. CW5 Revels began his Warrant Officer career with the 2nd […]
Colonel A.C. Ramsey, Q.M.C.The Quartermaster Review September-October 1945 LOCATED at Folembray, France, fourteen miles from Soissons, and five miles from Chauny, near the site of one of the German “Big Bertha” guns which shelled Paris during the last war, is Depot Q-290, the official depository on the Continent for the personal property of U. S. […]
Anthony Grant, a quartermaster who supplied U.S. Soldiers in two major wars, was 22 years old when he received his Army draft notice. The former Boy Scout spent his childhood fixated on geography books. Even as a kid, he said, his sights were set on traveling the world. At the time, though, he didn’t know […]
by Josh | Aug 5, 2022 A native of Moses Lake, Washington, General West was commissioned a Quartermaster officer in the United States Army. In his 34 years of service he deployed multiple times and held numerous key command and staff positions in such distinguished units as the 1st… by Josh | Aug 5, 2022 […]
