1 Questionnaire, Pers of Trip, 6 Sep 43; Rad, Marshall to Lt Gen Robert C. Richardson, Jr., Lt Gen Millard F. Harmon, Gen Douglas MacArthur, 6 Sep 43. Both in Hq ASF, Trips, Somervell-Round the World Trip, 1943.

2 WD press release, 25 Sep 43; Memo, Col Paul E. Ruestow for Somervell, 4 Nov 43, sub; Around the World Flights. Both in Hq ASF, Trips, Somervell Round the World Trip, 1943.

3 Rad, Somervell to Patterson, 7 Sep 43, Hq ASF, Trips, Somervell-Round the World Trip, 1943.

4 Memo, Somervell for Marshall, 27 Sep 43, Hq ASR

5 Rad, TIGARGW-877 to AGWAR, 10 Oct 43, Hq ASF, Wires, Somervell-Round the World Trip, 1943.

6 This account of the episode which follows is based, in addition to Somervell's own personal recollections, upon a lengthy personal letter from Somervell to General Marshall, 24 Oct 43, Hq ASF, CofS, 1943. The essential outlines of the episode were contained in a radio, Somervell to Marshall, 24 Oct 43, Hq ASF, Wires, Somervell Round the World Trip, 1943. Both messages were transmitted from New Delhi after Somervell had returned from Chungking.

7 For an account of these developments from the point of view of the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations, see Romanus and Sunderland, Stilwell's Mission to China.

8 Rad, AGWAR to TIGAR, 18 Oct 43; AGWAR to TIGAR, 22 Oct 43. Both in Hq ASF, Wires, Somervell-Round the World Trip, 1943.

9 Stimson's impression was that Somervell was the only wartime emissary to Chungking whose work had been "truly helpful." Stimson and Bundy, On Active Service in Peace and Was, p. 536.

10 Memo, Somervell to Dill, 3 Nov 43; Rad Somervell to Marshall, 21 Oct 43. Both in Hq ASF, Wires, Somervell-Round the World Trip, 1943.

11 This was not surprising to the crew of Somervell's plane, who found the living quarters at the base "miserable." The floor of their tent was a "mud hole," the food was terrible, and recreational facilities were nearly nonexistent.

12 Rad, Marshall to Somervell, 17 Oct 43; Rad, Somervell to Marshall, 20 Oct 43; Rad, Somervell to Marshall, 23 Oct 43; Rad, Col Frederick C. Kelly to CG Air Transport Comd, 6 Nov 43, sub: Narrative Rpt. All in Hq ASF, Wires, Somervell-Round the World Trip, 1943.

13 Rad, Kelly to CG Air Transport Comd, 6 Nov 43; Memo, Somervell to CG Persian Gulf Service Comd, 29 Jul 43, sub: Rpt of Dr. Elgin Groseclose on Certain Activities of the Persian Gulf Comd; Ltr, Somervell to Connolly, 30 Oct 43; Handwritten note, Harriman to Somervell, probably Nov 43. All in Hq ASF, T of Opns, Persian Gulf Comd, 1942-44 (13).

14 Roosevelt at Cairo Conf; Min, 2d Plenary Sess, EUREKA Conf [Tehran], 29 Nov 43, Official SEXTANT Conference Book.

15 Min, cited in n. 14.

16 Memo, Lutes for Somervell, 11 May 44, Hq ASF, T of Opns (5), European 1944.

17 Memo, Lutes for Somervell, 29 Apr 44, sub: Rpt on ETO; Ltr, Somervell to Lutes, 4 May 44; Memo, Lutes for Somervell, 8 May 44, sub: Personal Rpt. All in Hq ASF, T of Opns (5), European 1944.

18 Memo, Lutes for Somervell, 9 May 44, Hq ASF, T of Opns (5), European 1944.

19 The preparations for OVERLORD are described in detail in Roland G. Ruppenthal, The European Theater of Operations: Logistical Support of the Armies, I, UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II (Washington, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1953).

20 Memo, E. Martin Jr., Aide-de-camp, to CG, Aug 44, sub: Informal Recs of Trip, 8-27 Aug 44; USW Patterson, Log of Trip, Aug 44. Both in Hq ASF, Trips (10), Somervell's Trip, 1944.

21 See below, pp. 385-86.

22 Logistics in World War II, p. 43.

23 Memo, Somervell for CofS, 11 Sep 42; sub: Policy Concerning Disposal of LL Material Following the Defeat of Germany, Hq ASF, Quebec Conf; Henry Morgenthau, Jr., "The Morgenthau Diaries," Colliers, (October 18, 1947), p. 16.

24 Memo, Somervell to CofS, 4 Nov 44, sub: Levels of Sup of All Petroleum Products in All Theaters, Hq ASE

25 Ltr, Lutes to Somervell, 7 Dee 44; Memo, Lutes to Somervell, 20 Dec 44. Both in Hq ASF, T of Opns (7), European Theater.

26 For a fuller account see Ruppenthal, Logistical Support of the Armies.

27 Ltr, Brig Gen Royal B. Lord to Lutes, 27 Sep 44, Hq ASF, T of Opns (10), European Theater.

28 Ltr, Lutes to Lee, 1 1 Aug 44; Memo, Lutes to Clay and Gen Wood, 10 Aug 44. Both in Hq ASF, Trips (10), Somervell's Trip, 1944.

29 Rad, Somervell to Eisenhower, Personal from Marshall, 18 Oct 44, Hq ASF, T of Opns (7), European Theater.

30 Memo, Somervell for Clay, 21 Oct 44, Hq ASE

31 Ltr, Col L. W Finlay, OCT, to CG NYPE, 14 Dec 44, OCT, HB, Gross Day File.

32 Ltr, Somervell to Eisenhower, 12 Dec 44, Hq ASF, T of Opns (7), European Theater.

33 Memo, Lutes for Somervell, 11 Dec 44, sub: Preliminary Rpt; Memo, Lutes for Somervell, 31 Dec 44. Both in Hq ASF, T of Opns, European Theater, 31 Dec 44.

34 Ltr, Somervell to Styer, 11 Jan 45, Hq ASF, CofS ASF, 1945.

35 Earlier, while in Paris, Somervell had talked at length with General Lee and his principal assistants about arrangements to be set up for shipping men and supplies to the Pacific. See Min, Comd and Staff Conf, Hq Communications Zone, ETO, Hq ASF, T of Opns, European Theater, 1945.

36 Min, 185th Mtg, CCS, 2 Feb 45, ARGONAUT Conf [Malta], Official ARGONAUT Conference Book.

37 Min, 186th-87th Mtgs, CCS, 6, 8 Feb 45, ARGONAUT Conf [Russia], Official ARGONAUT Conference Book.

38 Planning Div, ASF, Job A47-147.

39 CCS Papers 397, 417, 426, Dec 43, Official SEXTANT Conference Book.

40 Logistics Study of Proposed Plan for Invasion of Formosa, 15 Mar 44; Logistical Capabilities of Formosa in a Limited Operation, 24 Aug 44. Both in Planning Div, ASF, Job A47-147.

41 JCS 713/4, 12 Mar 44.

42 Biennial Report of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, July 1, 1943 to ,June 30, 1945 to the Secretary of War, p. 71.

43 Logistics Studies for Projected Operations, ASFP-SL-1, 28 Nov, 11 Dec 44, Planning Div, ASF, Job A47-147.

44 Ltr, Styer to Somervell, 6 Apr 45, Hq ASF, CofS ASF, 1945.

45 USASOS GO 166, 30 May 45, sub: Assumption of Comd; "MacArthur Sets Up Supply Command," The New York Times, June 24, 1945; History of United States Army Forces Middle Pacific and Predecessor Commands during World War II, MS, OCMH, 111, 436-48.

46 There is a series of reports and studies of various dates on the subject, redeployment of U.S. forces after the fall of Germany, in Planning Div, ASF, Job A47-147.

47 Wardlow, The Transportation Corps: Responsibilities, Organization, and Operations, Ch. IX; Min, ASF Staff Conf, 14 Aug 45, OCT, HB, ASF Weekly Confs, p. 7. See also Gross to Johnson, 30 May 45; USW to Johnson, 9 Jul 45. Both in OCT, HB, Gross, ODT.

48 A Min, 193d-200th Mtgs, CCS, 16-24 Jul 45, TERMINAL Conf [Potsdam], Official TERMINAL Conference Book.

49 Memo, CofS, 10 May 45, Hq ASF, CofS USA, 1945.

50 Motter, The Persian Corridor and Aid to Russia, p. 6.

51 Third ASF Anniversary Talk, distributed to all key pers of the ASF (mimeographed).