CMH Pub 10-12-1 The Quartermaster Corps: Organization Supply And Services, Volume I

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by  Risch, Erna, 1904-

UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II
The Technical Services
THE QUARTERMASTER CORPS:
ORGANIZATION,
SUPPLY, AND SERVICES
Volume I
by
Erna Risch
CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY
UNITED STATES ARMY
WASHINGTON, D.C, 1995

Foreword
This volume is the first in a series which will record the experiences of the Quarter-
master Corps in World War II. It should serve to impress students of military affairs,
particularly those in staff and command positions, with the vastness and complexity of
the activity involved in equipping and maintaining troops in the field. It tells a story of
rapid expansion to meet the needs of a growing Army, of organizational readjustment in
the midst of operations, of supply programs scrapped or modified in the face of unex-
pected demands, of improvisation and production under pressure when plans were
inadequate or Jacking. It clearly demonstrates the necessity in time of peace for a flexible
organization, vision and care in planning, and a program of continuous military research
and development to meet the sudden impact of war.
ORLANDO WARD
Washington, D. C Maj. Gen., U. S. A.
15 March 1952 Chief of Military History
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