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Ordnance Department Collection

On Beachhead and Battlefront
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Lida Mayo

U.S. Army in World War II
CMH Pub 10-11, Cloth
1968, 1991; 523 pages, charts, maps, illustrations, bibliographical note, glossaries, index
GPO S/N: 008-029-00030-0

A description of how America's munitions reached U.S. and Allied troops and how Ordnance soldiers stored, maintained, supplied, and salvaged materiel in the major theaters of operations.

Planning Munitions for War
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Constance McLaughlin Green, Harry C. Thomson, Peter C. Roots

U.S. Army in World War II
CMH Pub 10-9, Cloth
1955, 1990; 542 pages, tables, charts, illustrations, bibliographical note, glossary, index

A discussion of planning and of the problems encountered in prewar and wartime research and development programs. The search for greater mobility and increased firepower is described, as well as the development of guns, rockets, and bombs.

Procurement and Supply
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Harry C. Thomson, Lida Mayo

U.S. Army in World War II
CMH Pub 10-10, Cloth
1960, 2003; 504 pages, tables, charts, illustrations, bibliographical note, glossary, index

A description of how the War Department and private industry manufactured huge quantities of munitions and how the Field Service stored, catalogued, maintained, and distributed those munitions to the ports of embarkation.