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Chapter XIII, The Ordnance Department: On Beachhead and Battlefront 1 (1) Gordon A. Harrison, Cross-Channel Attack, UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II (Washington, 1951), pp. 114-15. (2) USFET Bd Rpt 101, app. 16. (3) Forrest C. Pogue, The Supreme Command, UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II (Washington, 1954), p. 542. (4) Fifth Army History, pt. VI, p. 139. 2 (1) Memo, Sayler for G3 ETOUSA, 22 Oct 43, ETO Ord See 370.09 Requirements for Personnel and Troops 1943, KCRC; (2) Interv, Mai Gen Henry B. Sayler,19 Mar 58; (3) Ltr, Holmes to Campbell, 5 Jun 44, OCOD Field Service Operations, Overseas File, 1944. 3 (1) Ruppenthal, Logistical Support of the Armies, 1, 132-36. Unless otherwise indicated this chapter has been based on this source. (2) Ord Serv ETO: Plan and Organ, P. 206; Class II and IV Supply, Ann 1, Historical Notes, General Supply Division, MS, Lt Col Nathan B. Chenault, Jr. (hereafter cited as Chenault History). (3) Rpt, General Board, United States Forces, European Theater, Ordnance Class II and IV Supply in European Theater of Operations, Ord See Study 99 (hereafter cited as USFET Bd Rpt 99), p. 17. 4 (1) Memo, Col Robert A. Case for Director of Supply, 18 Feb 44, sub: Report of Visit to Headquarters, SOS ETO, Incl 1, Tab M, ASF Distribution Div 400 ETO, 1623 Feb 44. (2) Memos on PROCO projects in ASF Planning Div, Theater Br, ETO. (3) Chenault History. 5 Thomson and Mayo, Procurement and Supply, pp. 356-57. 6 Chenault History. 7 (1) Ord Serv ETO, Class II and IV Supply, pp. 56-57, 502-03; and Annexes 1, 16, 17, 19. (2) ComZone Staff Confs 3 Jan-25 Jun 44, notes for 10 Jan, Admin 457 Staff Conference Notes 1944. 8 (1) Manuals, Chief Ord Officer Hq SOS ETOUSA, APO 871, Standard Operating Procedure for Ordnance Service General Supply Depots in the European Theater of Operations; Hq ETOUSA, Standing Operating Procedure for the Issue of Initial Organizational Equipment to U.S. Forces in the U.K., 28 Mar 44, Ord Serv ETO, Class II and IV Supply, Annexes 20, 37. (2) Memo, APO 871 for APO 881, 19 Oct 43, sub: Answers to G-4 Questions for Army Ground Force Observers-Ordnance, ETO Ord Sec 320.1 Organization of Ordnance Department, KCRC. 9 Ord Serv ETO, Class II and IV Supply, pp. 84-86. 10 Chenault History. 11 (1) Ord Serv ETO, Class II and IV Supply, pp. 22, 32-37, 93-99. (2) Ltr, Holmes to DCofOpns APO 87 1, 29 Nov 43, sub: British Units Operating in U.S. Establishments, ETO Ord Sec 370-A Activation, Inactivation, Designation and Redesignation of Units, KCRC. 12 (1) Memo, Ord Service APO 871 for Chief Ord Officer APO 887, 8 Jul 43, sub: Status of Assembly of 21/2-ton, 6x6, Trucks (Long Wheel Base and Short Wheel Base), and Incl; Memo, Chief of Services APO 871 for Ord APO 871; both in ETO Ord Sec, O.S. 451-A, Assembly TILEFER 1943, KCRC; (2) Memos, Ord APO 871, 1 Aug 43; and Sayler, 3 Sep 43, in ETO Ord Sec 370.09 Requirements for Personnel and Troops 1943, KCRC. (3) Histories I 44th and 145th, 146th, 147th, 150th, 436th, 497th Motor Vehicle Assembly Cos. (4) ASF Plans Div, Theater Br, Diary Jun-Dec 43. 13 (1) History G-25, pp. 70-78. (2) Ord Serv ETO, Class II and IV Supply, Annex 54, "TUP Assembly Plant, U.S. General Depot G-25." 14 (1) Ord Serv ETO, Class II and IV Supply, pp. 72-74, 127-39; (2) Ltr, Maj Gen N. G. Holmes to Brig Gen Frank S. Ross, 14 Sep 43, sub: Import of Boxed Vehicles on Behalf of U.S. Forces. (3) Ltr, Col Leo J. Dillon to Chief Ord Officer, SOS ETOUSA, APO 871, 5 Dec 43, sub: Motor Vehicle Assembly in SBS; and 1st Ind, 8 Dec 43. Last two in ETO Ord See O.S. 451-A Assembly TILEFER, KCRC. 15 Life, vol. 16 (21 February 1944), 67-72. 16 Pogue, The Supreme Command, pp. 111-18. 17 (1) Ordnance History, vol. I, ETO Ord Sec, KCRC. (2) Col. A. T. McNamara, "The Mounting of 'Torch' from England," Quartermaster Review, XXVII (July-August 1947), p. 13. 18 (1)Tentative Draft of General Plan of Chief Ordnance Officer ETO for Mounting Cross-Channel Operations, 29 Jan 44, ETO Ord Sec 381 Plans, KCRC. (2) Ltr, Sayler to Distribution, 27 Jan 44, sub: Ordnance Plans for Mounting Cross-Channel Operations. (3) Ordnance Plan, 2 Feb 44. Last two in ETO Ord Sec O.S. 334 Meetings and Conferences General, KCRC. 19 Hq ETOUSA Ord Sec, Notes on Conference to Develop Ordnance Plans for Mounting Cross-Channel Operations, 6 Feb 44, Incl 1, ETO Ord Sec O.S. 334 Meetings and Conferences General, KCRC. 20 (1) Memo, Col James H. Stratton for Chief of Services, 28 Dec 43, sub: Headquarters, Advance Section, Communications Zone ETO Ord Sec O.S. 381 Plans, KCRC. (2) Col. Benjamin S. Mesick, "Feeding the Ordnance Flame," Logistics, 1, 3 (April 1946), p. 21. (3) ADSEC COMZ, Office of the Ordnance Officer, Operational Memorandum NO. 5, Ordnance Service, Advance Section, Communications Zone, 25 May 44, Ord Serv ETO, Plan & Organ, Annex 41. 21 (1) 12th Army Group Report of Operations (Final After Action Report), vol. XII, pp. 119-20. (2) Hq ETOUSA Command and Staff Conf, 7 Mar 44, Admin 456, Staff Conference Notes. (3) Minutes, Meetings of Ordnance Officers, 21 Apr, 19 May 44, 12th Army Group 337 Administrative Meetings. 22 First Army Rpt 1, Annex 13, pp. 95-97. 23 (1) Ibid., pp. 6465. (2) Col. J. B. Medaris, "Field Service in the First Army," Army Ordnance, XXVIII (January-February 1945), p. 66. 24 ComZ Staff Confs 3 Jan-25 Jun 44. 25 Ltr, First Army Commander to All Unit Commanders, United States Army, sub: Ordnance Standard Operating Procedure for Combat, 21 Feb 44, and Incl, OHF. 26 (1) Hq ETOUSA Ord Sec, Notes on Conference to Develop Ordnance Plans for Mounting Cross-Channel Operations, 6 Feb 44, ETO Ord Sec O.S. 334 Meetings & Conferences General, KCRC. (2) ComZ Staff Confs, 3 Jan-25 Jun 44, notes for 7 Feb, 3, 30 Apr 44. (3) First Army Rpt I, Annex 13, p. 91. (4) Ltr, Maj Gen J. B. Medaris (USA Ret) to Brig Gen Hal C. Pattison, 28 Oct 63, OCMH. (5) Report of Ordnance Projects 1 Jan 1944 to 1 Jun 1944, Ordnance Reports First Army Misc, Jun-Aug 44, OHF. 27 (1) Ltr, Sayler to OCO, 4 Nov 44, sub: Report of Waterproofing Activities . . . 15 March 1943 to 15 July 1944, O.O. 350.05/15/43. (2) Presentation by Col Holmes, 21 May 44, COmZ Staff Confs 3 Jan-25 Jun 44. (3) Ord Serv ETO, Ord Tech Services, Sec VI, Annexes 1-13. (4) Report, Maj William E. Renner, Ordnance in ETOUSA Jun 45 (hereafter cited as Renner Rpt), pp. 8-11, OHF. 28 (1) Maj. Gen. Sir Francis de Guingand, Operation Victory (London: Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd., 1947), pp. 352-53. (2) Liddell Hart, The Tanks, II 321-28. (3) Bradley, A Soldier's Story, pp. 255-56. (4) For use of the bulldozer tank, or tankdozer at Anzio, see above, p. 198. (5) The Japanese had used tanks with searchlights in their attack on Milne Bay in New Guinea in late August 1942. Milner, Victory in Papua, p. 83. 29 (1) Ltr, Medaris to CG First U.S. Army, 2 Feb 44, sub: Adoption of Specialized Equipment for Use Within First Army, and Incls, 12th Army Group, 337 Conferences. (2) On the development of the Weasel and its use in Italy, see National Defense Research Committee, Transportation Equipment and Related Problems (Summary Technical Report of Division 12, NDRC, vol. I) (Washington, 1946), pp. 14143, 115; also, Clark, Calculated Risk, p. 417. 30 (1) Ltr, Kane to Statistical and Historical Section, P&R Division, Nov 44, sub: History of the Bomb Disposal Organization in the European Theater of Operations (hereafter cited as Bomb Disposal History) Ord Serv ETO, Ord Tech Services, Sec V, Annex 8. (2) Rpt Seventh Army, p. K6. (3) Ltr, Schwartz to CG Eighth Air Force, 19 Dec 42, sub: Review of Accomplishments of Ordnance Section, O.O. 350.05/2221-2300 1943. 31 (1) Bomb Disposal History. (2) History Ord Service MTO, vol. II, ch. VII, P. 323. (3) Ltr, Chief Ord Officer to Commandant, Bomb Disposal Hq, Aberdeen, I Oct 43; sub: Bomb Reconnaissance Training in the United Kingdom, Ord Serv ETO, Ord Tech Services, Annex 16. (4) Ltr, Col Kane to Maj Martin L. Ehrmann, 20 Jun 44, no sub, Ord Serv ETO, Ord Tech Services, sec. V, Annex 13. 32 (1) Ltr, Kane to Ehrmann, 20 Jun 44. (2) Bomb Disposal History. (3) Ltr, Sayler to Campbell, 5 Jun 44, sub: Report on ETO Ordnance Activities, O.O. 330.05/12435. 33 (1) Kane to Ehrmann, 20 Jun 44. (2) Bomb Disposal History. (3) Min, Conf of Ordnance Officers held 2 1 Apr 44, Office Chief Ord Officer, ETO, 12th Army Group 337 Administrative Meetings. (4) For the recommendation on the bomb disposal company following the Sicily Campaign, see above, p. 171. 34 (1) Bradley, A Soldier's Story, pp. 239-41. (2) Harrison, Cross-Channel Attack, pp. 180-88. 35 First Army, Opn NEPTUNE, Annex 8, Ordnance Plan, 25 Feb 44 (hereafter cited as Ordnance NEPTUNE Plan). (2) First Army Rpt, I, Annex 13, pp. 56-60. 36 Ordnance NEPTUNE Plan. 37 (1) Minutes, Ord Conference, 15 Nov 43, ETO Ord Sec O.S. 381 Plans, KCRC. (2) Ordnance NEPTUNE Plan. (3) Colonel O'Hare agreed to lend his replacement men very reluctantly, because he was afraid he would not get them back. Actually, every one of them was returned to him in Normandy. Interv, Maj Gen Floyd A. Hansen, 15 Sep 60. 38 First Army Rpt I, Annex 13, pp. 84-86. 39 Ltr, Medaris to Ord Officers, V, VII, XIX Corps, 6 Apr 44, sub: Army Ordnance Battalions in Support of Corps, app. 6 to USFET Bd Rpt 101. 40 (1) Ltr, Medaris to Daniels, 8 Nov 43, ETO Ord Sec 320.3 Organization of British Army, KCRC. (2) Ltr, Medaris to CofS First Army, 23 Oct 43, sub: Command of Ordnance Units Assigned or Attached to Army, ETO Ord Sec 320.1 Organization of Ordnance Department, KCRC. (3) Ltr, Connerat to Ord Officer AGF, 9 Nov 43, sub: Ordnance Organization Within Army Headquarters, Incl 1, 1st Ind, Folder, Organization of Army Ordnance, AGF Ord Off Files. 41 (1) First Army History I, pp. 16-17; (2) Ltr, Medaris to Campbell, 8 Nov 44, Folder, Medaris Report to General Campbell, OHF. (3) Medaris, "Field Service in the First Army," Army Ordnance, XXVIII (JanFeb 45), p. 67. 42 (1) USFET Bd Rpt 101, app. 5, P. 2. (2) Ltr, Medaris to Campbell, 8 Nov 44. (3) Campbell Comments. 43 (1) USFET Bd Rpt 101, P. 28. (2) For Niblo's advocacy of the brigade, see above, p. 189. (3) Interv, Maj Gen Henry B. Sayler, 19 Mar 58. (4) Personal Ltr, Col Harold A. Nisley to Brig Gen J. H. Hinrichs, 15 Jul 52, in File, Rpt of Frank Panel, OHF. 44 (1) Minutes, Conf of Ordnance Officers APO 887, 28 Mar, 21 Apr, 19 May 44, 12th Army Group 337 Administrative Meetings. (2) 12th Army Group (FUSAG) Daily journal, Ordnance Section, Mar-Jul 44. 45 (1) Msgs, Eisenhower to AGWAR, 3 Apr, 14 Apr 44. (2) Msgs, Marshall to Eisenhower, 12 Apr, 16 Apr 44. (3) Ltr, Eisenhower to FUSAG, FUSA, FECOMZ, and ADSEC, 20 May 44, sub: Ordnance Troop Requirements and Assignments, Incl 1. All in 12th Army Group 322 Ordnance Units. (4) Min, Conf of Ordnance Officers, APO 887, 21 Apr 44. 46 (1) Ltr, Brig Gen Royal B. Lord to Gen Somervell, 1 Apr 44, sub: Rpt on ETOUSA Supply Mission to United States, Incl 8. (2) Digests of Teletype ConfS, 29 Apr, 1 May 44. Both in ASF Planning Div, Theater Br. (3) Ord Serv ETO, Class II & IV Supply, pp. 88, 526, and Annex 1. 47 (1) Sayler Interv. (2) Lt. Gen. Leroy Lutes, "Supply: World War II," Part II, Antiaircraft Journal, vol. 96 (January-February 1953), p. 3. 48 Daily journal, ACofS G-4, 16 May 44, Admin 475. 49 (1) Memo, CG ASF for Maj Gen John E. Hull, 29 Apr 44, sub: Supply Situation for the European Theater of Operations, ASF Planning Div, Theater Br. (2) Ltr, Holmes to Campbell, 5 Jun 44. (3) Daily journal ACofS G-4, Mar-May 44. (4) Hq ComZ Staff Conference Notes 1944, 10 Apr 44-21 May 44. (5) 12th Army Group (FUSAG) Daily journal, Ordnance Section Mar-Jul 44. 50 (1) Lutes, "Supply: World War H," Part II, Antiaircraft Journal, vol. 96 (January-February 1953), p 9. (2) Ltr, Sayler to Campbell, 12 Jun 44, sub: Report on ETO Ordnance Activities, O.O. 350.05/12489. (3) Ltr, Holmes to Campbell, 5 Jun 44. 51 Churchill, Closing the Ring, pp. 615-16. 52 Ibid., p. 6-16. |