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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 | |
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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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