Alene Erlanger The Quartermaster Review March-April 1944 Since the initiation of the War Dog program so much has been said, written, filmed, and even sung about it that War Dogs are now firmly established in the public mind as an integral part of our armed forces....
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Tailor to Millions
Harold P. GodwinThe Quartermaster ReviewMay-June 1945 Looking at today’s trim, well-fitted GIs, a soldier of World War I must wonder, when he remembers the day he was bundled into his serviceable but none-too-snappy uniform, with its peasant brogans and its wind-up...
The New Quartermaster Research and Development Command
By Brig. Gen. J.C. ODELLThe Quartermaster Review - July/August 1954 The Research and Development Center at Natick, Mass., the Quartermaster Corps' newest installation, has been designated Headquarters of the Quartermaster Research & Development Command. It is the...
The Beginnings of Heraldry in the Civil War– Symbols Rally the Spirit
Colonel Ralph R. BurrArmy Information Digest - August 1961 A mistake in identification by a general early in the Civil War started the system of shoulder patches that now is common in the U. S. Army. The use of these distinctive unit emblems to identify soldiers as...
The Remount Service Past and Present
By Major A. A. CEDERWALD, QM-Res.The Quartermaster Review – November-December 1928 IN TRACING the events that led up to the organization of the Remount Service, as we know it today, it seems desirable, purely as an historical recital, to state briefly the efforts made...
QM War Dog is a Combat Unit
Quartermaster Training Service Journal - 7 July 1944 About 4 Feb 44, T/4 Boude with his scout dog, Dick, went out with a Marine reconnaissance patrol of about fifteen men from Co. K. The mission of the patrol was to locate and reconnoiter a trail through a portion of...
The Front Royal Remount Depot
Quartermaster Review 1930By LT. COLONEL S. C. REYNOLDS, Q. M. C.The Quartermaster Review – September-October 1930 The Front Royal Remount Quartermaster Depot is situated about two miles southeast of Front Royal, Virginia on the slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The...
Remount!
By Major Lee 0. Hill Q.M.C.Quartermaster Review March-April 1952 Major Lee 0. Hill, Chief, Remount Branch, Field Service Division, OQMG, was born on a ranch in Texas and was at home in the saddle at a very early age. Then he enlisted in the Army he merely transferred...
Remount in Italy
The Quartermaster Review - March/April 1946 The terrain of Italy made the military deployment of animals necessary. The Germans for many years used the horse successfully in modern warfare. An example of the number used is illustrated by the table of organization for...
Training Center for Army Dogs
Captain John F. RiddickMilitary Police CorpsCommander, Army Dog Training CenterCamp Carson, ColoradoArmy Information Digest, June 1953 The place was Kobe, Japan, during the occupation years. Pilferage of supplies from docks and warehouses was getting far out of hand....