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Chapter XIII, Corps of Engineers: The War Against Germany 1 Ruppenthal, Logistical Support of the Armies, Volume I, pp. 260-68; Coakley and Leighton, Global Logistics and Strategy, 1943-45, pp. 129-30, 166-68; Annual Report of the Army Service Forces for the Fiscal Year 1944 (Washington, 1944), pp. 11-12. 2 OCE ETOUSA Hist Rpt 3, Supply, p. 29. 3 Ltr, CG, SOS, 24 Jun 43, sub: Projects for a Continental Operation, as cited in Ibid., p. 31. 4 OCE ETOUSA Hist Rpt 3, Supply, app. 21, PROCO Procedures; ETO Gen Bd Rpt 128, Logistical Build-up in the British Isles, p. 20. 5 Rpt, Maj John A. Thetford to CE, 20 Dec 43, sub: Rpt on Trip to United States, 333, Inspections, EUCOM Engr files; Ltr, Francis H. Oxx to Engr, Third Army, 28 Mar 44, sub: Engr Supply, file 381 PROCO. 6 Ltr, Lt Col J. H. Pengilly, Chf, Engr Service, NYPOE, to Overseas Supply Ofc, NYPOE, 23 Apr 44, sub: Rpt of Liaison Mission to ETO, file 519.1 (ETO), OCE; Ltr, Oxx to Engr, First Army et al., 12 Mar 44, sub: Time Factor in Engr Supply, 381 Supply, EUCOM Engr files. 7 OCE ETOUSA Monthly Rpt 13, Apr 44, and 14, May 44; Pengilly Rpt. 8 Lt. Col. S. A. Potter, "Engineer Construction Planning for Operation OVERLORD," Military Review, XXX (December 1950), 3. Unless otherwise noted, this section on construction is based on this source. 9 Annual Report of the ASF, 1944, p. 12. 10 Engr Planning Data for Operations in Northwest Europe,
Railway Reconstruction, Mar 44, OCE; Rpt of Communications Sect. "Railroad
and POL Projects-Channel Base," Estimates for Railroad Reconstruction,
C&Q Div, OCE, Mar 44; Daily Jnl, ETOUSA G-4 Opns, 3 Apr 44, Adm
475, ETOUSA Hist Sect; OCE ETOUSA Hist Rpt 12, Railroad Reconstruction
and Bridging (United Kingdom), 1946, Liaison Sect, Intel Div, ETOUSA
Adm file 547. 11 OCE ETOUSA Hist Rpt 14, Road Maintenance and Highway Bridging (United Kingdom), 1946, p. 17, Liaison Sect, Intel Div, ETOUSA Adm file 547. 12 Coll, Keith, and Rosenthal, The Corps of Engineers:
Troops and Equipment, pp. 490-97; Dossier of Tactical Bridging,
18 Jan 44, Supply G-4 Directives; Rpt on Observations Made During
Visit to the ETO, 16 Jun-17 Sep 43. 13 "Railroad and POL Projects-Channel Base," in booklet, Estimates
for Railroad Reconstruction, C&Q Div, OCE, Mar 44. 14 OCE ETOUSA Monthly Rpt 12, Mar 44, and 13, Apr 44. 15 Ltr, Col J. S. Seybold, Chf, Supply Div, OCE ETOUSA, to
Overseas Supply Div, NYPOE, 5 Jul 44, sub: Req PROCO Projects, file
381 PROCO; Memo, J.R.H. [Col John R. Hardin] for Chf, Opns, OCE, 20
Sep 43, sub: Questions of Policy Affecting Engr Planning, Key BOLERO
Plans folder; Moore, Final Report, p. 49. 16 Henry G. Elliott, The Administrative and Logistical History of the European Theater of Operations, vol. X, "Local Procurement of Labor and Supplies, United Kingdom and Continental," pp. 74-80, in CMH. 17 Ibid., p. 87. 18 First U.S. Army, Report of Operations, 20 October 1943-1 August 1944, p. 25; 12th Army Group, Report of Operations, vol. XII, p. 51. 19 Ruppenthal, Logistical Support of the Armies, Volume I, pp. 204-13; ETO Gen Bd Rpt 127, Organization and Functions of the Communications Zone, ch. 4, pp. 32-38. 20 Rpts, Feb-Jun 44 in file Weekly Rpts, CE, SHAEF, Dec 43-Dec
45. 21 History of the Office of the General Purchasing Agent,
May 42-Oct 45, pp. 57-59, Adm 556, ETOUSA Hist Sect; Ltr, Oxx to the
Engr, ETOUSA, 10 Dec 43, sub: Procedure for Supply and Allocation
of Joint U.S.-British Requirements for Operation in Western Europe,
381, Planning Northwest Europe 1944-45, EUCOM Engr files. 22 OCE ETOUSA Hist Rpt 12, Railroad Reconstruction and Bridging. 23 Ltr, CE, ETO, to CofEngrs, Washington, D.C., 2 Jul 43,
sub: Engr Supply in ETO, 400, General Supplies, EUCOM Engr files. 24 History of the Office of GPA, p. 57; OCE ETOUSA Hist Rpt
12, Railroad Reconstruction and Bridging, p. 8; Memo, OCE for Chf,
Opns, 17 Sep 43, 400, Col Hardin-Supplies and Equipment Procurement
of 1943-44, EUCOM Engr files. 25 1st Ind to Ltr, Brig Gen L. D. Wersham, 26 May 44, Construction Div files, OCE; Moore interv; AGF Bd Rpt 599, Training, 1 Feb 45. For training problems in the United States, see Coll, Keith, and Rosenthal, The Corps of Engineers: Troops and Equipment, pp. 241-59. 26 Albrecht interv, Adm 122, ETOUSA Hist Sect; HQ, USFET Engr
Sect, 353 Training Gen (Current) 1944; History of Western Base Section,
Jul 43; Hist 833d Engr Avn Bn, 10 Jul 42-25 Sep 45, Maxwell AFB; Incl
to Ltr, Engr School to CofEngrs, 28 Dec 43, sub: Opn of GS Rgts, OCE;
OCE ETOUSA Hist Rpt 6, Air Force Construction. 27 Hists, 341st, 346th, 355th, and 95th EngrGS Rgts. 28 USFET Engr files, 353 Training (General), 1943; Specialist Course Theater Engr Trng Ctr, Ofc of Theater Chf Engr, ETOUSA, Aug 46; OCE ETOUSA Monthly Rpt, Apr-May 44. 29 Hist Trng Div, OCE ETOUSA, 1 Apr 43-1 Apr 45; Ltr; Maj
H. E. Webster to Chf, Troop Div, OCE, SOS ETOUSA, 7 Apr 43, sub: Rpt
on Visit to American School Center, 319.1, EUCOM Engr files; Hist
51st Engr Bn. 30 Specialist Course Theater Engr Trng Ctr, OCE ETOUSA, Aug
46; First U.S. Army, Report of Operations, 20 Oct 43 -1 Aug 44,
vol. I, p. 19; 1st. Lt. G. W. Favalion, 1st. Lt. Alex M. Marsh, and
Maj. E. R. Kline, eds., Potholes and Bullets (Highland Park,
Illinois: Singer Printing and Pub. Co, 1946), a pictorial account
of the 5th Engineer Combat Battalion in World War II. Hists, 112th
and 204th Engr C Bns. 31 USFET Engr files, 353 Training (General) 1943; First U.S.
Army, Report of Operations, 20 Oct 43-1 Aug 44, vol. 1, p.
22. 32 First U.S. Army, Report of Operations, 20 Oct 43-1 Aug
44, vol. 1, p. 18, and vol. V, p. 209. 33 Ibid.; HQ, ETOUSA, WD Observer Bd, 22 Apr 44, sub: Quarterly Rpt Engr Section, 451.3, OCE. 34 OCE ETOUSA Hist Rpt 5, Intelligence and Topography, pp.
6-7. 35 See ch. III. 36 Engrs file 121, General, Adm 212, ETOUSA Hist Sect. 37 OCE ETOUSA Hist Rpt 5, Intelligence and Topography, p. 83; Speech (no signature), 27 Jan 45, sub: Aerial Photographic Mapping, H-4 061 General, EUCOM Engr files. 38 Maps and Mapping, May 42-Apr 45, L-6 060, EUCOM Engr files.
Coll, Keith, and Rosenthal, The Corps of Engineers: Troops and
Equipment, pp. 446-54. 39 Coll, Keith, and Rosenthal, The Corps of Engineers: Troops and Equipment, pp. 457-58; OCE ETOUSA Hist Rpt 5, Intelligence and Topography, pp. 28-30, 49. 40 Coll, Keith, and Rosenthal, The Corps of Engineers:
Troops and Equipment, p. 458. 41 Moore, Final Report, pp. 107-08. 42 AGF Bd Rpt 552, Map Distribution, 7 Jan 45. 43 OCE ETOUSA Hist Rpt 5, Intelligence and Topography, pp. 41, 49, 60, 65, and app. 26. |