Endnotes for Chapter IV
1 Sherwood, Roosevelt and Hopkins, pp. 271-74, 415, 519, 536-37; Henry L. Stimson and McGeorge Bundy, On Active Service in Peace and Was (New York, Harper & Brothers, 1948), p. 415; John J. McCloy, "The Great Military Decisions," Foreign Affairs, XXVI (October 1947), 52; Biennial Report of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, ,duly 1,1943 to June 30, 1945, to the Secretary of War, p. 8; Maurice Matloff and Edwin M. Snell, Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare: 1941-1942, UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II (Washington, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1953); Gordon A. Harrison, Cross Channel Attack, UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II (Washington, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1951). This strategic concept was set forth in the early RAINBOW plans and in the so-called Victory Supply Program of 11 September 1941. See Watson, Chief of Staff. Prewar Plans and Preparations.
2 Memo, WPD for CofS, 28 Feb 42, sub: Strategic Conceptions and Their Application to the Southwest Pacific, Env 35, Exec 4.
3 Marshall to Roosevelt, about 1 Apr 42, quoted Sherwood, Roosevelt and Hopkins, pp. 549-50. This point is also discussed in several volumes of the series UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II: G. A. Harrison, Cross-Channel Attack; Cline, Washington Command Post; and Matloff and Snell, Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare. See also Leighton and Coakley, Logistics of Global Warfare, 1941-1943.
4 Ltr, Lutes to author, 28 Mar 51.
5 Leighton and Coakley, Logistics of Global Warfare, 1941-1943.
6 Chester Wardlow, The Transportation Corps: Responsibilities, Organization, and Operations, UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II (Washington, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1951).
7 Ltr, cited in n. 4.
8 Sherwood, Roosevelt and Hopkins, pp. 611-12; George F. Howe, Operations in Northwest Africa, 1942-1943, a volume in preparation for the series UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II.
9 Leighton and Coakley, Logistics of Global Warfare, 1941-1943.
10 Cable 1949, London to AGWAR, 8 Sep 42, Folder TORCH, Tab Rads, Lutes File.
11Logistics in World War 11, p. 37.
12 Memo, Lutes for Maj Gen Mark W Clark, 28 Sep 42, sub: Maint of U.S. Troops in Center and Eastern Task Forces, AST Plan Div # 18, Shipping, Vol. I, A46-371, Drawer 10.
13 For a graphic description of the work of the ASF in this operation, see Don Wharton, "How the North African Campaign was Organized," Reader's Digest, XLII (February 1943), 95.
14 Patton to Somervell, 22 Nov 42, Hq ASF, North African Theater.
15 Cline, Washington Command Post, Ch. XII, pp. 215ff.
16 Min, 58th Mtg, CCS, 6 Jan 43, Official Casablanca Conference Book; James D. T Hamilton, Southern France-Alsace, a volume in preparation for the series UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II; Vigneras, The Rearmament of French Forces.
17 CCS 172, 22 Jan 43, sub: Shipping Capabilities for BOLERO Build-up, Official Casablanca Conference Book.
18 CCS 242/6, 25 May 43, sub: Final Report to the President and Prime Minister, Official TRIDENT Conference Book.
19 Log, Somervell's Party, 24-29 Jan 43, Hq ASF, Casablanca Conf, 1943 (Jan-Feb); Min of conf at Hotel St. George, 25 Jan 43, Hq ASF, North African Theater
20 Joseph Bykofsky and Harold Larson, The Transportation Corps: Activities in the Oversea Commands, III, a volume in preparation for the series UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II.
21 Msgs, 26, 29 Jan 43, Hq ASE See also Dwight D. Eisenhower, Crusade in Europe (New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948), pp. 148-49.
22 Memo for Somervell's Party, 27 Jan 43, Hq ASF, Middle East Theater.
23 Motter, The Persian Corridor and Aid to Russia, Ch. XVIII; Bykofsky and Larson, Activities in the Oversea Commands; Ltr, Maj Gen Donald H. Connoly to Somervell, 1 Dec 42, OCT, HB. See also 29-31 Jan 43, Hq ASF, T of Opns, Persian Gulf (12), 1942-43.
24 Charles F Romanus and Riley Sunderland, The China-Burma-India Theater: Stilwell's Mission to China, I, UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II (Washington, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1953); Bykofsky and Larson, Activities in the. Oversea Commands; COS Com, India Comd, USB/7, 9, 15, 19, 24, and Decisions USB/22, History of CBI, Sec. 3, Ch. VII, Arnold-Somervell-Dill Mission, OPD 314.7; Somervell to CofS, sub: Bengal-Assam Railroad.
25 Log, Somervell's Party, 2-6 Feb 43, Hg ASF, Casablanca Conf, 1943 (Jan-Feb).
26 Memo, Somervell for Lutes, 22 Feb 43, Hq ASF; Motter, The Persian Corridor and Aid to Russia, Ch. IV; Rpt of MP Activities, Persian Gulf Comd, U.S. Army, Persian Gulf File 130, p. 62.
27 Memo, Somervell for Clay, 22 Feb 43, Hq ASF; Bykofsky and Larson, Activities in the Oversew Commands.
28 Papers & Min, Mtgs 84-90, 93-96, CCS, May 43, Official TRIDENT Conference Book; Romanus and Sunderland, Stilwell's Mission to China.
29 Memo, Col Carter B. Magruder to Lutes, 15 Oct 43, Lutes File.
30 See above, p. 59.
31 For a more detailed account of this program, see Richard M. Leighton, "Preparation for Invasion," Military Affairs, X (Spring 1946), p. 3. For General Somervell's views see Memo, Somervell to Handy, 10 Jul 43 sub: Preshipmt, Hq ASF, ACofS OPD, 1942-44.
32 Matloff and Snell, Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare.
33 (1) Detailed accounts of supply problems in the Pacific are given in the following theater histories: History of the United States Army Forces in the South Pacific Area during World War II, 30 Mar 42-1 Aug 44, MS, OCMH; History of United States Army Services of Supply and United States Army Forces Western Pacific, MS, OCMH; History of United States Army Forces Middle Pacific and Predecessor Commands during World War II 7 Dec 41-2 Sep 45, MS, OCMH. (2) ASF Man M-409, Logistic Data for Staff Planners, 1 Jul 44. (3) Bykofsky and Larson, Activities in the Oversea Commands. (4) James R. Masterson, U.S. Army Transportation in the Southwest Pacific Area, 1941-1947 (Monograph), OCT, HB.
34 History of Planning Division, ASF, OCMH, Vol. I, Pt. 3.
35 Styer, Notes on Ledo Road . . . Based on Inspection by Maj Gen Styer, 2-3 Jul 43, Hq ASF, Ledo Road.
36 Memo, Somervell for JCS, 19 Aug 43, w/incl Memo, Somervell and Riddell-Webster for CCS, Hq ASE
37 Memo for CCS, 22 Aug 43, Hq ASE