Mortuary Affairs in World War I and Interwar Years By MAJOR Louis C. WILSON Q.M.C.The Quartermaster ReviewMay-June 1930 A MOST tremendous appeal to patriotic fervor, to gratitude, and to sentiment, is now materializing in the pilgrimages provided by our government for the mothers and widows of our… read more General History Glen C MorrisQuartermaster Professional […]
General Case was born in Raquette Lake, New York, on March 20, 1914, and died on January 25, 1996. He graduated from West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Speaking, and was commissioned in the US Army in 1936. He is a graduate of the Command and General Staff College and […]
World War I Extracted from “Quartermaster Support of the Army”, pages 660-662Erna Risch, 1962 Storage and distribution of petroleum to the American Expeditionary Force in France during World War I , 1917-1918. The storage and distribution of the bulk of Quartermaster Supplies… read more
Civil War 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,… read more Civil War The Story of the USS Chattanooga, a “home-made” steamboat built by […]
World War I Major Howard McCyostFebruary 1920Quartermaster Service NewsReprinted in the Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – March 1988 Water purification during and after World War I Wholesome drinking water has become recognized as one of the important elements entering into… read more Post-World War II Development This document from the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum Archives provides […]
Vietnam Extracted from the Magazine of the 1st Logistical Command, Vietnam, April 1968 Utilizing ocean-going tankers, fixed and rotary wing aircraft, tanker trucks, and multi-product pipelines, the 1st Logistical Command distributes more than 100 million gallons of jet,… read more Korea By LT. COL. Merwin H. Smith, Q.M.C.Quartermaster Review, November-December 1951 The war in Korea […]
By Brig. Gen. J.C. ODELL The Quartermaster Review – July/August 1954 The Research and Development Center at Natick, Mass., the Quartermaster Corps’ newest installation, has been designated Headquarters of the Quartermaster Research & Development Command. It is the inevitable culmination of the rapid and sound extension of scientific thinking in the solution of problems of […]
The Army Quartermaster Foundation sincerely thanks the family of Quartermaster LTG Charles Hamilton for their generous donation of $7500.00 to mark the occasion of his recent promotion. LTG Hamilton is currently serving as the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, U.S. Army, The Pentagon.
1980’s Transition David L. BruenQuartermaster Professional Bulletin – Spring 1994 Overview on the transition of the Water Operations mission and training from the Engineer to the Quartermaster Corps in 1981 The Petroleum and Water Department at the U.S. Army Quartermaster Center and… read more
World War I By DR. WILLIAM CHAIKINQuartermaster Review May-June 1950 In the ”Great War,” which we now call World War I. the accomplishments of the Quartermaster Corps overseas were such as to stand as a model of achievement to the generation of officers who led the Corps in the… read more World War I Extracted […]
Short History of Mortuary Affairs By Dr. Steven E. Anders From the Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – September 1988 (Note: This article was written when Mortuary Affairs was calledGraves Registration or GRREG) At 0515 on the morning of 12 December 1985, a chartered DC-8 crashed shortly after… read more Short History of Mortuary Affairs Captain Richard […]
This detachment suffered the greatest number of casualties of any allied unit during Operation Desert Storm due to a SCUD Missile attack on February 25, 1991. Members of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment receive a hero’s welcome at Latrobe Airport, Pennsylvania, March 9, 1991Specialist Steven Hawkins proudly holds the unit’s tattered guidon at present arms First […]
CSM Bowers’ key assignments include: Command Sergeant Major, 13th Corps Support Command (COSCOM); Command Sergeant Major, 10th Mountain Division Support Command; Command Sergeant Major, 210th Forward Support Command; Chief Supply Sergeant, S-4, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division; and First Sergeant, Charlie Company, 705th Main Support Battalion, 5th Infantry Division. As the Command Sergeant Major of […]
Post-World War II Development This document from the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum Archives provides a well researched and written history of the Quartermaster Corps’ development of the Army Green Uniform. TECHNICAL REPORT 68-41-CM THE ARMY GREEN UNIFORM by Stephen J. Kennedy and… read more Post-World War II Development Fashion Decrees Greenish-Grat for the Army Uniform […]
