The Normandy Invasion: The Technical Services in OVERLORD


CHEMICAL WARFARE SERVICE
CORPS OF ENGINEERS MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT QUARTERMASTER CORPS SIGNAL CORPS TRANSPORTATION CORPS
COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATIONS FOR THE BOOKS

The following chapters, dealing with OVERLORD planning and participation, are extracted from the Technical Services volumes of the U.S. Army in World War II series.

The Chemical Warfare Service Chemical mortars at UTAH Beach
  The Chemical Warfare Service: Chemicals in Combat
    Chapter IV: Theater Supply: Europe
    Chapter IX: Large Area Smoke Screens in the ETO
    Chapter XII: The Chemical Mortar in the ETO
    Chapter XVI: The Flame Thrower in the War Against Germany
       
The Corps of Engineers Engineers anchor reinforced track for vehicles coming ashore at OMAHA
  The Corps of Engineers: The War Against Germany
    Chapter XIII: Looking Ahead to the Continent
    Chapter XIV: Preparing for the D-day Landings
    Chapter XV: The Landings on OMAHA and UTAH
    ChapterXVI: Developing Beaches and Reconstructing Ports
       
The Medical Department Medics administering first aid to invasion casualties on UTAH
  The Medical Department: Medical Services in the European Theater of Operations
    Chapter VI: Preparations for Invasion
    Chapter VII: Introduction to Battle
       
The Ordnance Department Rhino ferry discharging men and supplies on a Normandy beach
  The Ordnance Department: On Beachhead and Battlefront
    Chapter XIII: Arming for the Grand Campaign
    Chapter XIV: The Far Shore in Normandy
   
The Quartermaster Corps Setting up a POL dump
   The Quartermaster Corps: Operations in the War Against Germany
    Chapter XI: The Build-Up for OVERLORD
       
The Signal Corps WACs operating a radio-telephoto transmitter in England
  The Signal Corps: The Outcome
    Chapter III: The Signal Corps in the ETO: to mid-1944
       
The Transportation Corps Tugs nudge Phoenixes into position before their flood valves are opened and they sink to the ocean floor.
  The Transportation Corps: Operations Overseas
    Chapter VI: The Invasion of Normandy

 

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