61st Quartermaster Base Depot – Italian Campaign (PDF)

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THE OBJECTIVE………………………………………………………………………1

THE STAFF………………………………………………………              2

THE CONTENTS………………………………………………………………………3

THE BRASS……………………………………………………………………………..4

THE BIRDSEYE VIEW……………………………………………………………….9

THE CAMPAIGN………………………………………………………………………12

THE LOCALE…………………………………………………………………………..25

THE TROOPS…………………………………………………………………………..31

THE ACTIVITIES

     SUPPLY……………………………………………………………………………    89

     SALVAGE………………………………………………………………………..   163

     OPERATIONS ………………………………………………………….           197

     PURCHASE & CONTRACTS………………………………………….      215

     REMOUNT………………………………………………………………………….229

     GRAVES REGISTRATION………………………………………………..    253

     SALES………………………………… ……………………………………………271

     BAKERS & COOKS SCHOOL……………………………………. …      273

     G. I. INVENTORS………………………………………………………………..277

     SPECIAL SERVICE AND
     PUBLIC RELATIONS……………………………………………..               278

INFORMATION & EDUCATION………………………………………..          291

DOPO LAVORO……………………………………………………………….        293

 

Personnel named in this unit history appearing in articles and photos

W.O. A. L. Johnson

Lt. Col. J. P. Littlejohn

Lt. J. F. Birkner

Maj. Frederick B. Whitehead

Pvt. Kelva Whitemore (WAC)

Capt. W. R. Merriam

Lt. Col. Charles A. Mount

Major McCarthey

Maj. Richard. N. Millen

Lt. M. Menachem

Capt. Gerald Bartrem

T/5 Clifford L. Woolsey

Pfc. R. J. Olsen Jr.

Pfc. H. Olsen,

Lt. J. F. Birkner

Pvt. R. L. Bales

CpI. Ray Ziolkcwski

S/Sgt. Leo J. Lampkin

CpI. Phil Buonaguro

Sgt. Ann Kazmierczak

Lt. Meyer Brown,

Brigadier General Francis X. Oxx

Colonel George H. Bare

Lt. Col. Rowland S. Brown

Cpl. Ernest F. Brown,

Lt. Daniel B. Brown,

Col. Harvey L. Brown

Lt. Col. Jack Berman

2nd Lt. Robert M. Hartman,

Lt. Col. Frank E. Hartman

Lt. Col. C. E. Hartman,

Captain Robert H. Hartman,

Lt. Gen. Edmund B. Gregory

Brig. Gen. T. H. Ramsey

Brig. Gen. Neil Mckay,

Senator J. W. Tunnel,

Senator H. H. Burton

Col. Wayne M. Pickels,

Lt. Col. Frederick W. Dennis, Jr.,

Lt. Col. William E. Ela,

Major John P. Mittendorf,

Major Jessie C. Parry,

Major Donald R. Roop,

Major Carl H. Fellows,

Captain Robert W. Bennet,

T/5 William T. Bennett

Captain Patrick J. Winkler,

Captain Gerald W. Reeder,

Captain Charles D. Brooks

Captain Leon E. Forney,

Lt. George T. Nunez,

Lt. James F. McKey

Lt. Boswell G. Roy, Jr.

CWO John C. Chapman

Pfc. Charles J. Jones,

Sgt. Ralph Jones

Major Richard M. Jones,

Lt. Col. James E. Poore,

Lt. Col. George O’Neill,

Sgt. Robert Heinen,

Sgt. Earl E. Wooten,

Sgt. James R. Chumley,

Sgt. Harold A. Phillips,

Pfc. Leo L. Phillips,

Sgt. Jess F. Snowden,

Sgt. John Carlson,

Pvt. Fred Fisher,

S/Sgt. Clarence Fisher,

Pvt. Rupert McGee,

Sgt. Scott Dearolf,

Col. Vere Painter

Col. Richard F. Dugan,

Major Joseph F. Oliver,

Capt. Henry L. Hughes,

Captain Bruce S. Barrette,

Captain Sidney E. Travis,

1st Lt. John A. Kingston,

Captain Morris Ruchelman,

Captain Paul B. Lederman,

WO (jg) Vincent L. Burgess

Major Josiah J. Osborn,

Lt. Col. Moses,

Colonel C. L. Lockett,

Major Dixon

Lt. Colonel Charles H. Dobbs,

Lt. Col. Merchant

Sgt. Hinton Johnson,

Pvt. Leroy Johnson,

Sgt. Donald Johnson,

Capt. Leo G. Stephan

Lt. Col. Russel V. D. Janzan,

Lt. Col. S. J. Haughton

Col. Kenneth F. LaFayette

Maj. John J. Burkholder

Capt. Charles W. Waring

Col. Richard S. Waring,

M/Sgt. Childs

Captain John E. Hunter

Ralph Overend

Pfc. William Hunter

Capt. G. Blanton Smith

S/Sgt. Maurice Smith,

1st Lt. John W. Broom-Smith,

Sgt. Anderson Smith,

Pvt. Clifford R. Smith,

Pfc. Fredick L. Smith,

Cpl. Frank B. Smith,

Major David J. Smith,

M/Sgt. Jesse D. Smith,

Mr. Enrich Smith,

Lt. Raymond V. Olzac

1st Sgt. Peter Kerchev

Major Norman E. Landauer
Captain John D. Timmeny

WO (jg) Mel A. Megow

Sgt. Wilcomer

S/Sgt. George C. Graham,

S/Sgt. John Reinmann,

Cpl. John T. Coyle,

Cpl. Arthur McCann,

Pvt. Laurence Schmall,

Captain Edmund A. Sizer,

Captain Ray M. Simpson,

Lt. Christopher T. Bardenhagen,

1st Lt. Charles W. Goldfarb,

Lt. Colonel Lawrence M. Gredinger,

Captain Henry Chieffo,

Major Louis A. Collier,

S/Sgt. Horace L. Collier,

WO (jg) McNabb,

WO (jg) Harry Becker,

Capt. Walter Hornbecker,

Pfc James F. Malone,

Sgt. Stanley,

Sgt. Ashliman,

Sgt. Tood,

Cpl. Rettig,

Major John M. Purcell Jr.,

1st. Lt. Harley D. Scott,

Cpl. Raymond Scott,

Pvt. Arthur H. Scott

Captain Prescott R. Marhall,

Lt. Scott A. Wise,

Sgt. Dick Wainscott,

WO (jg) James T. Vowell,

Chaplain (Captain) Carl F. Spaude,

Chaplain (1st Lt.) Eldon A. Byrd,

T/Sgt. David Pine,

T/Sgt. Peter P. Dussinger,

S/Sgt. Grieco,

T/4 George Levert,

1st Sgt. Cleo Truett,

T/5 Frank Owen,

Sgt. Joseph Bowen,

Lt. Joseph Bioncone,

1st Sgt. Donald Guenrich,

Pfc. Leland Shell,

Cpl. Newton White,

1st Sgt. Edward Arterburn,

1st Lt. Jean V. Birdner,

S/Sgt. Lawrence G. Countryman,

S/Sgt. Sam Walkofsky,

Captain Coy W. Baldwin,

1st Lt. Theodore E. Saba,

Lt. Col. Prunty,

Lt. Glendenning,

Lt. Morris Menachen,

Lt. Leo E. Tritschler,

1st Lt. Allan W. Vaughan,

1st Lt. Ferris H. Oswalt,

2nd Lt. Ettenson,

2nd Lt. Edward E. Harden,

Lt. Robert A. Dalton,

Captain Wilbur L. McNeil,

Captain Roger B. Pownell,

Col. C. J. Younger,

Col. M. V. Brunson,

Captain Edgar E. Thacker Jr.,

Lt. Col. C. J. Kearney,

S/Sgt. Gerald Schaul,

1st Sgt. George De Rosia,

S/Sgt. Tillner,

S/Sgt. Micheal Hutchison,

Captain Albert W. Irvine,

Captain Hustad,

Lt. Andreasen,

Col. Maxwell James,

Tony Gaidzunas,

Pvt. Apruzzese,

Captain Wolford,

Lt. Nevitt,

Sgt. Saverio P. Palazzo,

1st Sgt. Merle S. Hertzner,

2nd Lt. Cy D. Steg,

Cpl. James A. Hansley,

2nd Lt. Chester M. Rogers,

1st Lt. Glenn W. Rogers,

Pvt. Charlie Rogers,

1st Lt. Otho M. Teague,

Pvt. Ivory W. Flax,

1st Lt. Joseph G. O’Brien,

Captain Robert H. Montgomery,

Lynn Montgomery,

1st Lt. Milton Sandler,

M/Sgt. George L. Levering,

M/Sgt. Robert H. Fraser,

T/Sgt. Arba C. Comstock,

2nd Lt. John Schadler Jr.,

1st. Sgt. Robert E. Mayes,

Sgt. Walter Hight,

Captain Joseph M. Cerwins,

Lt. Harris A. Patton,

1st/Sgt. Howard Williams,

Pvt. Mozel Williams

Pfc. William K. Williams,

2nd Lt. Eugene Williams,

T/4 Joseph J. Williams

Captain Daniel O. Steudemire,

Vice Captain Leroy E. Makes

1st Lt. Richard E. Rettew,

2nd. Lt. Bernard Mark,

Lt. Jacob Roth

S/Sgt. Seymour Rothkopf,

Lt. Evans,

T/4 Daniel Evans

Colonel Humphrey S. Evans

Captain Paul Wolfer,

1st Lt. Harry Al. Kelly,

2nd Lt. Robert L. Newcomer,

Lt. Colonel Small,

Major Peck

Captain Ross A. Wright,

Pfc. Frank Wright,

Pvt. Wright,

Pvt. Garrett W. Wright,

1st Lt. Joseph Di Antonio,

Sgt. Antonio Parent,

Captain Basile,

Captain Rex C. Miller,

T/5 John J. Miller,

Captain David A. Noble,

Captain Allen A. Parry,

1st Lt. Leslie E. Keith,

1st. Lt. Frank S. Gannon,

1st Lt. Edward W. Simms,

Captain Richard L. Templeton,

S/Sgt. Elwood R. Moesle,

1st Lt. Glenn W. Sucher,

S/Sgt. Maurice Lecht,

Pfc. Matthew D. Pirro,

T/4 Ernest F. Daniels,

T/5 Theodore H. Derosky,

Willie Gibson,

Pfc. Emanuel Gibson

Ollie C. Foster,

1st Lt. Lynn Burr,

President Franklin D. Roosevelt,

Prime Minister Winston Churchill,

Marshall Joseph Stalin,

Capt. Hugh Latimer,

Pvt. Joe J. Greer,

Cpl. Edward W. Wilson,

Pfc. David F. Harris,

Pfc, Sterling Howard,

Cpl. Frank L. Stevens,

Cpl. Samuel H. Lowe,

Pvt. Leslie O. Wells,

Sgt. John B. Singleton,

Pvt. Cecil Berry,

Sgt. Calvin Dawkins,

Pfc. Harry L. Holmes,

Pvt. Marvin S. Greene,

Pfc. Stonewall Robinson,

Pvt. Zacchus D. Clark,

Pfc. Leo Bates,

First Sgt. James R. Ware,

Pvt. Otis H. Leverett,

Pfc. William K. Willims,

Pfc. William K. Kirkland,

Cpl. R. D. Carter,

S/Sgt. Ernest Lawrence,

S/Sgt. Lawrence Pasquini

Pfc. Edgar Ockeltree,

Pfc. Harry L. Holms,

Cpl. John V. Key,

Pfc. Edward Wilson,

Pfc. Joseph Wilson,

Cpl. Pete Phelps,

Pvt. Clifton McElewaine,

Pfc. James L. Edwards,

Pfc. Marvin Green,

Sgt. Greenberg,

Sgt. Glen Greenwood,

Pfc. Troy Morgan,

Pfc. Lester Washington,

Pfc. John M. Benson,

Pfc. Stanley P. Jackson,

Pvt. Wilbert Jackson,

Cpl. James Woodson,

Captain Hechinger,

Second Lt. Russel W. Hechinger

Pvt. Frank B. Lee,

Pfc. Thomas Crews,

Pfc. Sam Hanna,

Cpl. Bert Glover,

Pfc. Elijah Randolph,

First Lieutenant Alex R. Sayklay,

1st Lt. James H. Harper,

First Lt. James W. Gray,

First Lt. Victor H. Simmons,

2d Lt. Billy M. Chandler,

1st Lt. Sidney F. Grier,

Lt. Albert Traille,

1st/Sgt. Leo Albritton,

1st/Sgt. Eugene Long,

2nd Lt. Richard H. Adair,

1st Lt. Allan F. Crouch,

1st. Lt. Floyd H. Mitchell,

1st Lt. Sidney L. Bloom,

Captain John R. Cogburn,

1st Lt. John C. Crawford,

Captain John W. Hayes,

Pfc. Thad Wilburn,

S/Sgt. Simms,

Pvt. Buford Reed,

S/Sgt. Walker,

Capt. Germanio,

Sgt. Delozier,

Captain Charles W. Florance, Jr.,

Capt. Robert W. Boyle,

Lt. Earle H. Robins,

Sgt. Marvin Goodrich,

Sgt. Arthur Nelson,

Sgt. Louis Harris,

Colonel Harrison Shaler,

Sgt. Melvin Auer,

Sgt. Justin Scates,

Sgt. Ann Kazmirczck,

Sgt. Robert Filiatreau,

PFC Harry Rosenthal

PFC Vernon Hodson,

Lt. Arthur E. Snyder,

Pvt. Baity,

Pvt. Barker,

PFC. Watts,

Sgt. Moore,

Captain Fernander Kirby,

Sgt. McNeely,

Pfc. Baker,

Master Sergeant Guymon,

T/4 Hadley,

Pvt. Diamond,

WAC Sgt. Abramovitz,

T/3 Ruth Rotan,

Pfc. Chester L. DeFilippo,

Captain Daniel O. Stoudemire,

Sgt. Harold Henderson,

Lt. Robert B. Spangler,

Lt. William E. Stennett,

Captain Richard G. Rees,

Cpl. Robert Beaumont,

Pfc. .James R. Landers,

Lt. Bacon,

1st Lt. Howard Kahn,

M/Sgt. Fred Beadle,

T/4 William Hamlin,

T/4 Norman Edinger,

Pfc. Gus Smolin,

T/Sgt. Anthony J. Hromco,

First Lieutenant David Price,

T/5 Lewis J. Swink,

Staff Sergeant Stephen H. Nash,

T/5 Arnold W. Saunders,

Sweeney, Thorn, Collins, Santos,

T/5 Warren Hall

Lt. Wreno M. Hall,

M/Sgt. Frank G. Wack
T/Sgt. Charles Silbers
T/Sgt. Thomas Weber
S/Sgt. Garnett C. Satterfield
T/4 Sara E. Hall (WAC)
T/4 Robert Cohen

T/4 Roland Girardine

T/4 Buddy Hutcherson (WAC)
T/5 Francis Murray

T/5 Allan Peters

T/5 Ralph Sola

T/5 Daniel Webb
Pfc. Walter Bell
Pvt. Willye Mary Murray (WAC)
Pvt. John E. Reynolds, Jr.
Pvt. Carwin Stauffer

S/Sgt. Bernarr Broadwell,

T/4 Paul Winters

T/4 Christian Senft,

Capt. John K. Zacherle,

Sgt. Roger Burnside,

Cpl. John Carson,

Pfc. George Mahoney,

WAC Sgt. Peggy Park,

WO Clyde Carson,

Pvt. Jesse Aiderman,

Pvt. Montford Benjamin,

Major Seymour Lustig,

Cpl. Fred Gorth,

T/4 Mary Petrone,
Major Paul S. Cobel,

T/5 Joseph Horowitz

Pfc. Thomas A. Montemarano

Corp. Howard H. Wharton

S/Sgt. Samuel Trass

T/4 Charles L. Del Greco

T/5 James P. Galtieri

T/5 Joseph Eisenberg

Sgt. Enell,

Lt. Youngblood,

T/Sgt. Allutto,

Captain Peter Priggon,

Sgt. Manny Rosen,

Sgt. Peter Potanas,

Cpl. Joe Schlesinger,

T/4 Joseph O. Cox, Jr.,

Sgt. Chester Lecki,

Capt. Larkin Vanzetta,

Sgt. Mike Chemotti,

Capt. Joseph A. Lyons,

S/Sgt. Bishop,

Capt. William J. Plumhof,

Lt. John D. Hamaker,

Lt. Trueheart,

S/Sgt. William C. Reinsch,

PFC Orville Hoff,

PFC Fred Slotchoff,

Cpl. Jimmy Greer,

Capt. Gordon Hines

T/Sgt. David Pine,

Pvt. Wujcik,

Lt. Boyle,

S/Sgt. Carl Grieco,

Pfc. Robert Day,

Pfc Leon A. Berdard

Captain John D. Moeller

1st. Lt. Norman W. Cooper
2nd Lt. Elo A. Hoppe
S/Sgt. Josepth Stanecki
S/Sgt. Ralph M. Estes
S/Sgt. Arthur S. Jury
T/3 Dora M. Matteson
Sgt. Eugene E. York
T/4 George Molinelli
T/4 Tony Falzone
Cpl. Philip Buonoguro
T/5 Patsy Oliverio

Pfc. Leland H. Summerall
Pfc. Ralph L. Romano
Pfc. Joseph V. Gianetto
Pfc. George N. Gess
Pfc. Salvatore Forlenzo
Pfc. Louis Botta
Pfc. Joe Hnat

Pvt. Vernon E. Brockman
Pvt. Lewis AL Cerreta
Pvt. Edwin J. Stahl

Captain Eugene J. Larkin
1st Lt. Charles J. Deahl
T/Sgt. Modesto Chemotti
T/4 Leopoldo Cardenas
T/5 Charles Dailey
Pvt. Joseph W. Wilezek
Pvt. Dale J. Little

W.O. Hubert M. Meehan,

Lt. Bob Marsh,

S/Sgt. Rupert R. Reinhart,

Lt. Col. Walter R. Ardenson,

Major Bernard E. Foote,

Capt. Melvin O. Nottingham,

Capt. William D. Dean,

Major Herbert F. Sibert,

Capt. George J. McLean,

Capt. Clement E. Watson,

Lt. Col. Anderson,

Captain Raymond Brauchli,

1st Lt. Joseph H. Schultz,

1st Lt. Peter B. Tyson,

1st Lt. James B. Black,

1st Lt. Joseph F. Higgins,

1st Lt. Joe H. Murphy Jr.,

1st Lt. Tillman Wood Jr.,

1st Lt. William L. Kurtz,

T/Sgt Richard F. Wallen,

Sgt. Quincy G. Patterson,

Sgt. Isadore R. Jefkin,
Cpl. Leo N. Garone,

Cpl. Ben V. Bisbee,

Cpl. Modie Ward,

Pfc. George H. Ward,

Cpl. Harry E. Keller,

Cpl. Charles W. Dean,

Cpl. Ambrose D. Bridges

Major Welden (Bill) Slisher,

Lt. Col. Sebe J. Houghton Jr.,

M/Sgt. George W. Jordan,

S/Sgt. Stanley F. Novey,

T/Sgt. Alfred Berg,

1st/Sgt. Clarence E. Royer,

Col. Louis G. Gibney,

Lt. Harry King,

Pvt. H. Fincher,

Cpl. D. Iron,

Pfc. G. Jarman,

Sgt. F. Tozer,

Pvt. J. Rowell,

Pfc. W. Bublitz,

Sgt. Fred Bristow,

Bob Danhardt,

Major McAlpen

Major S. L. Lovless

Sgt. Frank Tallmon.

Sgt. Van Der Wall,

Sgt. Pearley Tozer,

General Joseph T. McNarney,

Pvt. Council F. Combee,

Pfc. Frank G. Gudzunas,

Captain Patrick N. Pastore

Cpl. Cosimo Licciardello

Pfc. Anthony F. Bachman

Pfc. Raymond Beaty

Pfc. Rudolph Olson

Pfc. Donald J. Flynn,

T/4 Rovin,

Sgt. Siuta,

Col. Robert Christie,

« Doc » Reid,

T/Sgt. Woit,

S/Sgt. Eitser,

Lt. Clinton R. McFarland,

Lt. Theodore Vernon,

Sgt. Osterberg,

Sgt. Struck

1st Sgt. Lawless,

Sgts. Frizino,

Sgt. Rambeau,

Sgt. McLay,

Sgt. Thompson,

Sgt. Bachmann,

Jinx Falkenberg,

Marylin Hare,

Ed Gardner,

Cpl. Marion Vanoy,

Pfc. Andy Bachmann,

Hedy Lamar,

Ed «Archie» Gardner,

Barbara Morrison,

Miss Peggy Lynn,

Ann Falvo,

King Golan,

Cpl. David Maxfield,

Gilbert, Scbroyer, Spies, Vannatta, Gassett, Hill, Faust,

Fiorella, Kennedy, Schanzter, Hess, Kerwin, Wojciak, Hagen, Goodman, Campbell, Cottengin, Cote, Tandillo, Zinox, Hough, Duris, Oxendine, Connely, Monaco, Gern, Mariani,