Showing posts with label Transportation Corps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Transportation Corps. Show all posts

A Vietnam War Clerk's Diary Viet Nam Era

Some discussion of Army Rail in Viet Nam 

His son JR Clark left me a comment 

J.R. Clark said...

My father COL Richard Paris Clark, Jr., commanded the 714th between 1968 and 1970. He kept a diary of his Vietnam tour from 1965 to 1966, where he served as chief of Movements Branch, J-4 MACV. You can read it by Google searching A Vietnam War Clerk's Diary. There are lots of mentions of TC officers and inside information regarding the big troop buildup in SVN.

 

 https://vietnamwarclerksdiary.blogspot.com/

 

Transportation Corps, Vol IV History "The Battle of France" MRS units

Hisdtoricasl report of last 3 months of 1944 and reports early in 1945

Casey Jones at War : the story of Military Railway Service of the Transportation Corps

On five continents the Army's railroad troops are putting the spirit of American railroading to work in supplying the advancing armies of the United Nations

King and Kutta "Hammer of of the Reich" Chapter 10 Antwerp and the German attach on supply lines

Graphic presentation of history of Transportation Corps in ETO --Army Transportation Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3 (APRIL, 1946), p. 2

Red Ball express--The Influence of Transportation on Operations Army

 

Red Ball express--The Influence of Transportation on Operations Army Transportation Journal, Vol. 4, No. 5 (SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1948), pp. 11-14, 69

Army Railroad Master Plan post 1970s

The Transportation Corps :movements, training, and supply / by Chester Wardlow.

The Transportation Corps :movements, training, and supply / by Chester Wardlow.

Transportation corps photos -- Life 1944 France Morse collection

Transportation corps Life

'Railroaders Alway' and Transportation Corps song - US Army

Railroaders Always Song by on Scribd

 

Also I don't have sheet music but this was cover

Role of Army railroading at the operational level of war.

by Smith, Bradley E. Little emphasis is being placed upon military railroading today by Defense Department planners. Rail is overshadowed by motor transport and theater air when it comes to supporting large unit operations. In doing that, logisticians may be shortchanging themselves and, worse still, the units they are obligated to support. A new look at Army railroading at the operational level of war is warranted because little has been written about it over the last several decades. 

Current terminology, doctrine and capabilities are summarized before further analysis is undertaken. The Army's present railroad doctrine is based upon the assumption that the present day equivalent of the Military Railway Service, which is the Transportation Railway Service, will be small in comparison to our efforts in World War II and the Korean conflict. In fact, our reliance upon host nation rail support is at an all time high. Foreign nationals will have to be assigned missions that soldiers have traditionally done in past wars. A reevaluation of Army railroading at the operational level of war is warranted before any realignment of doctrine and force structure is initiated. This paper is an attempt to make a contribution toward that end. The first step in that approach is to explore inherent advantages of rail from the standpoint of a theater commander. The second step is to examine railroad challenges confronting the operational commander and his staff. It is concluded that this mode of transportation warrants much more attention and consideration than it is currently receiving. Operational commanders have a great deal to gain from increasing the number of U.S. Army rail units. 

The advantages of rail outweigh any likely difficulties which might result from its use. To gain a true appreciation of rail, however, further analysis is required. Strengths and weaknesses of different transport modes need to be examined and quantified. Systemic comparisons need to be drawn so our logistical efforts can be better focused and directed. The appropriate place for military rail must be identified and the necessary personnel and equipment obtained. This is an important step which we can take now which will help to meet the pressing demands that are likely to be placed upon our logistical support structure in the future

Role of Army railroading at the operational level of war. by Nancy on Scribd

Employment of the Transportation Corps - Railway Operating Battalion in an Invasion by Carroll C.Mullen

Mullen, Carroll C. A practical study of echelonment, employment and command control of Military Service troops, TC, in preparation for and during initial phases of an invasion.


Employment of the T. C. Railway Operating Battalion in an invasion. by Nancy on Scribd

Spearhead of logistics: history of the U.S. Army transportation corps

Spearhead of logistics: history of the U.S. Army transportation corps by Nancy on Scribd

Transportation Corps: Military Railway Service 1953

Transportation Corps Military Railway Service 1953 by Nancy

Logistic Support ETO WWII Railroads

Pictorial Handbook of Miltary Transportation 1945

Pict Handbook by Nancy

Destination Berlin : the Transportation Corps

Destintion Berlin ETO by Nancy

Thanks Jean

Army Transportation Corps - The Big Picture


National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 2569474 / Local Identifier 111-TV-204 Big Picture: Army Transportation Corps Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). We follow the supplies from the factory to the depot in the U.S., to the port to the front line unit in Korea. We show the Port of Embarkation, small boats, the ducks, the rail lines, the trucks. And we show a new development of the TC... the helicopter transportation company in training.

Port of Cherborg D-Day Landing Transportation Corps report

Cherbourg Notes European Theatre Army Records 492 Q by Nancy

Transportation Corps Overseas WWII Book

Transportation Corps Operations Overseas