February 2, 2017 Josh Gives an excellent historical overview of Operational Ration development from the Revolutionary War to the end of World War II. Focuses on World War II development and fielding of the C, D, K, 5 in 1 and 10 in 1 rations. From Chapter 1 of “Special Rations for the Armed Forces, […]
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April 10, 2017 Josh By Lieut. Colonel C. S. HAMILTON, Q. M. C. The Quartermaster Review – July-August 1927 THE Jeffersonville Quartermaster Intermediate Depot is located in the outskirts of Jeffersonville, Ind. Its location in Jeffersonville is particularly fortunate. This city, with a population of 15,000, lies just across the Ohio River from Louisville, Ky., […]
February 8, 2017 Josh Colonel Ralph R. Burr Army Information Digest – August 1961 A mistake in identification by a general early in the Civil War started the system of shoulder patches that now is common in the U. S. Army. The use of these distinctive unit emblems to identify soldiers as members of organizations […]
March 28, 2017 Josh By Major A. A. CEDERWALD, QM-Res. The Quartermaster Review – November-December 1928 IN TRACING the events that led up to the organization of the Remount Service, as we know it today, it seems desirable, purely as an historical recital, to state briefly the efforts made by the authorities of the War […]
Army Operational Rations – Historical Background Gives an excellent historical overview of Operational Ration development from the Revolutionary War to the end of World War II. Focuses on World War II development and fielding of the C, D, K, 5 in 1 and 10 in 1 rations. From Chapter 1 of “Special Rations for the […]
Historical Aerial Delivery and Rigger Units World War II 1942-45 Airborne Division Airborne Quartermaster Company Parachute Maintenance Company 11th 408th 11th 13th 409th 13th 17th 411th 17th 82nd 407th 82nd 101st 426th 101st 1st Airborne Task Force# 334th Quartermaster Depot Supply Company ? 15th* 410th – #Provisional 7th Army Airborne Division that air-assaulted into Southern […]
The 5TH QM Detachment- Providing Rigger Support to USAREUR CPT Kenneth L. Stanten & CW2 Martin J. Neises Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – September 1988 The mission of the 21st Support Command is to provide logistical support to the U.S. Army European Theater of Operation. Within the 21st Support Command, the 5th Quartermaster (QM) Detachment is […]
Colonel Barry Holland is a Maryland native.. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant through ROTC upon graduating as a Distinguished Military Graduate from Loyola College, Baltimore, Maryland, and served as an Infantry officer until his transfer to the Quartermaster Corps in 1967. Thereafter he served 28 years on active duty, while enjoying a widespread reputation […]
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Born at Salem, New Jersey in 1858, Charles Pierce entered the Army as a chaplain in 1882. After serving with various cavalry regiments he was transferred to the Philippines during their fight for independence from the United States. In that capacity he assumed responsibility for the Army Morgue and Office of Identification in Manila. Here […]
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Former members of the Quartermaster Corps include U.S. Presidents, supreme court justices, military heroes and prominent citizens. From the American Revolution to about 1912, officers and noncommissioned officers were detailed from the Infantry, Artillery and Cavalry to the Quartermaster Department. With the expansion of the Armed Forces during the various conflicts of the 20th Century […]
SGM Roy L. Morrow was born on September 22, 1919 in Bowie, TX. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on September 8, 1940, and served in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. He was captured by Japanese forces in 1942 and was a prisoner of war (POW) until 1945. His many decorations […]
As Quartermaster General implemented the new “Single Manager” which gave the Quartermaster Corps responsibility for wholesale supply of food and clothing to all the U.S. Armed Forces. Kester Lovejoy Hastings was born in Lewiston, Idaho, March 20, 1897. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy on November 1, 1918, and was appointed as a Second […]
General Aleshire was the first Quartermaster General to serve as head of the newly established Quartermaster Corps. James Buchanan Aleshire, was born October 31, 1856, at Gallipolis, Ohio. He was appointed a cadet at the U. S. Military Academy in the summer of 1876. Upon graduation he was assigned as a Second Lieutenant to the […]
