67 research outputs found
Interview with Major Norman M. Barber.
No full textThis is a technical intelligence report. Summary of report: background of source; Quartermaster; ordnance; Corps of Engineers; chemical warfare; Signal Corps; Director, Plans and Operations; Stock Control Division; Director of Materiel; Director of Personnel; Director of Military Training; Fiscal Director; Adjutant General; and Army Ground Forces. Source interviewed by Walter F. Ziegenbein
Organization and command of US forces.
No full textThe organization and command of US forces will proceed as follows: initial stage (21 Army Group/First Army/S.O.S.); transition stage (21 Army Group/Third Army/Communication Zone); and final stage (SHAEF/Communication Zone)
Technical intelligence report – armored forces in North Africa.
No full textThis is a technical intelligence report on armored forces problems in North Africa, Sicily, and France. Informant was questioned concerning "Ordnance Department", and the following information was obtained regarding: damage; armor; armament; gyro-stabilizers; sights; suspension and tracks; bogie wheel bearings; engine, clutch, transmission, and other power train components; and electrical system. Corporal Robert J. Dugas was the source interviewed
Field developments in psychological warfare.
No full textReport no. 398, 11 December 1944. Source: Fred Messinger stationed at McGuire General Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, formerly assigned to the 2nd Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company attached to the Twelfth Army Group in France and Germany. Informant operated as a broadcaster and interrogator of prisoners of war in France and Germany
Discrepancies of the Emergency Furlough Program.
No full textThis technical intelligence report summarizes the American Red Cross investigating overseas requests for leave. Local agencies also investigate, commanding officers usually accept recommendations, higher Army echelons reject recommendations, procedure said to be unfair, and finally American Red Cross feels that efforts were wasted. Because so few furloughs are granted, the time and effort are not justified
Answers to questions, Office of the Provost Marshal General.
No full textThis is a technical intelligence report detailing an interview with Lt. Col. R. A. Tolve regarding Office of the Provost Marshal General. Topics include: military police and the names of the organization under the command; criminal investigations; apprehending absentees; straggler control; supervision over the mailing of packages; mailing packages through civilian mail channels; restrictions as to size, weight, and contents of packages; control over mailing government property; PW activities; assistance in Civil Affairs Division activities; traffic control; MP T/O's and T/E's; guarding supplies; black market activities; morale – as affected by military police; morale – as affects military police; pilferage; accidental injury to personnel; fire fighting; and CIC personnel
Interview with Brigadier General Garrison H. Davidson, Engineer of the 7th Army. Report no. 209, 12 January 1945.
No full textSource: Brigadier General Garrison H. Davidson, West Point graduate 1927- served in Corps of Engineers and as Engineer of the 7th Army. Section I- background of source. Section II- information of interest to the engineers (bridging equipment, electrical generating equipment, snow removal equipment, tank dozer, bulldozers, mobile crane, landing strips for cub and L-5 planes, availability of spare parts, mine laying and clearing equipment, use of war dogs, and military training). Section III- information of interest to the Army Ground Forces (experimental stations, replacement system, rotation policy, organization of engineer units, and technical reports- time of request). Section IV- information of interest to the Director, Plans and Operations (reduction of basics, items of clothing- steel helmet strap, condition of material upon arrival in the theater, use of materials available locally, standardized items reaching the theater, shortage of supply- ammunition, equipment issued to the French, and condition of highways in southern France)
Report of the new weapons board.
No full textThe Secretary of War directed the formation of the New Weapons Board on 17 January, 1944 and instructed the board to gather such technical information and new equipment as it deemed necessary to proceed as soon as possible to North African and European theaters of operations. The mission of the board was to: 1. Disseminate among the theaters information concerning successful solutions to problems encountered in the theaters; 2. Obtain advice concerning the performance and suitability of standard weapons and equipment now in use in the theaters and assist in on-the-spot corrections of defects; 3. Introduce and demonstrate in the theaters new standard weapons and equipment which are available but are not in the theaters and new items which may be available within the following eight months, and to determine the requirements for the various items and; 4. Assist in increasing the effective use of weapons and equipment now in theaters
Army Service Forces plans of functional staff directors for period I (redeployment, readjustment and demobilization).
No full textThe objective of this plan is to insure that the missions of the Control Division, Army Service Forces, are carried out in effecting redeployment, readjustment, and demobilization during period I. Sections include: Control Division plan; plans and operations plans; Deputy Chief of Staff for service commands plans; personnel plan; military training plan; supply plan; materiel plan; the Adjutant General's plan; the fiscal director's plan; and the Judge Advocate General's plan
Counter Intelligence Corps in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations.
No full textTechnical intelligence report summary: background; language qualifications and training; relationship with G-2 and cooperation with other branches of the Army; problem of rank and its effect on the successful operations of CIC personnel; reputation of CIC work enlisted cooperation; drawing of supplies and equipment; lack of harmonious liaison between corps headquarters and agents; lack of directive specifically defining welfare of CIC personnel; promotions; and suggestions for a postwar Army intelligence
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