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Foreword | |||
Introduction | vii | ||
Chapter | Page | ||
1. | Preparations Prior to Pearl Harbor | 1 | |
The Peacetime Army | 1 | ||
Early Expansion of the Army | 2 | ||
Development of Weapons | 3 | ||
Industrial Mobilization | 4 | ||
Construction | 5 | ||
Effect of Lend Lease on Preparedness | 5 | ||
Oversea Bases | 8 | ||
Service Troops | 9 | ||
2. | State of Readiness, December 1941 | 10 | |
3. | The Army Service Forces | 22 | |
4. | Influence of Logistics on Strategy | 32 | |
North African Campaign | 35 | ||
Sicilian Campaign | 38 | ||
Italian Campaign | 39 | ||
European Theater of Operations | 40 | ||
Persian Gulf Command | 44 | ||
China, Burma, India | 45 | ||
Early Pacific Campaigns | 48 | ||
The Philippines | 48 | ||
Preparation for the Final Assault on Japan | 53 | ||
Redeployment | 54 | ||
5. | Supply | 56 | |
Requirements | 57 | ||
Research and Development | 62 | ||
Production | 65 | ||
Purchasing | 70 | ||
Storage | 74 | ||
Packaging and Packing | 77 | ||
Distribution | 78 | ||
Lend-Lease Distribution | 84 | ||
Civilian Supply in Occupied and Liberated Areas | 85 | ||
Maintenance | 88 | ||
Combat Vehicles | 91 | ||
Motor Transport Vehicles | 93 | ||
Artillery and Ammunition | 94 | ||
Small Arms | 97 | ||
Clothing and Equipage | 99 | ||
Subsistence | 101 | ||
Engineer Equipment | 103 | ||
Communications Equipment | 104 | ||
Chemical Warfare Supplies | 106 | ||
6. | Services | 107 | |
Military Personnel Administration | 102 | ||
Civilian Employees | 112 | ||
Military Training | 113 | ||
Information and Education | 118 | ||
Special Services | 119 | ||
Chaplains | 120 | ||
Medical Services | 121 | ||
Military Justice | 127 | ||
Military Police | 128 | ||
Construction and Real Estate | 130 | ||
Communications | 139 | ||
Transportation | 140 | ||
Finance | 149 | ||
Printing | 152 | ||
Photography | 153 | ||
Maps | 154 | ||
Port Management and Housekeeping | 154 | ||
7. | Logistics in Theaters of Operations | 158 | |
8. | Management | 171 | |
Organization | 171 | ||
Supervisory Personnel | 173 | ||
Policies | 174 | ||
Planning | 175 | ||
Procedures | 175 | ||
Work Simplification | 182 | ||
Work Measurement | 183 | ||
Service Control | 187 | ||
Management Ideas from Within the Organization | 187 | ||
Statistical Reporting | 190 | ||
Reports Control | 191 | ||
Personnel Control | 191 | ||
Control Units | 193 | ||
9. | Army Service Forces Relationships | 194 | |
Within the War Department | 195 | ||
With the Navy | 198 | ||
With the Combined and Joint Chiefs of Staff | 200 | ||
With Civilian War Agencies | 202 | ||
10. | The Transition to Peace | 214 | |
Demobilization Planning | 214 | ||
Demobilization of Personnel | 216 | ||
Matériel Demobilization | 219 | ||
Property Disposition | 224 | ||
Disposal Agency Backlogs | 226 | ||
Direct Disposition by the War Department | 228 | ||
Disposition of Army Services Forces Property Overseas | 229 | ||
Assisting the Civilian Economy | 230 | ||
Demobilization of Installations | 232 | ||
Transportation | 233 | ||
Civilian Supply | 234 | ||
Food Conservation | 238 | ||
Repatriation of United States Dead | 238 | ||
Dissolution of the Army Service Forces | 239 | ||
11. | Logistic Lessons of World War II | 244 | |
Summary | 252 | ||
Appendix | Page | ||
I. | List of Important Management Improvements Achieved in ASF to 11 June 1946 | 253 | |
II. | Key Personnel | 271 | |
Illustrations | |||
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1. | Logistic Activities | x | |
2. | Logistic Situation, December 1941 | 16 | |
3. | Organization, Army Service Forces, 1945 | 20 | |
4. | Work of the Army Service Forces | ||
5. | ASF Activities to End of Hostilities, World War II | ||
6. | U.S. Army Supply Lines, World War II | ||
7. | Supply Control | ||
8. | ASF Procurement Deliveries | ||
9. | ASF Index of Contract Price Changes | ||
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