Testing of an aircraft rescue operation in the United States. Several airmen on an airfield during an experiment of an aircraft rescue operation for stranded airmen. A U.S. Army aircraft airlifts a sack from an airfield while in flight. A sheep being harnessed by a few men for a live test. The tied up sheep on the ground beside a small fence on the airfield. The U.S. Army aircraft in a low flight airlifts the sheep and flies away. The aircraft parked on the airfield with its door open. A few men take the safe sheep out from the aircraft and untie the ropes around it. A few men tying a pilot for a human rescue experiment. The man placed on the airfield beside a small fence. The aircraft in low flight airlifts the man. The aircraft in flight with the man hanging in a sling. The man is pulled into the aircraft. The aircraft lands on the airfield and the rescued man gets off the aircraft.
The United States Army Quartermaster Corps in the United States. A diagram showing the functions of the Quartermaster Corps. The service areas of the Quartermaster Corps are the army, the navy, the Marine Corps, the Maritime Commission and other government agencies. Members of the Headquarters Army Service squad and Quartermaster Corps officers seated around a table during a meeting discuss consolidation of procurement of items common to all military services. The U.S. flag behind the officer at the head of the table. Several women in a depot testing materials. Women during the packaging of materials. View of soldiers, paratroopers, jungle troops, mountain troops and amphibious troops who are all served by the Quartermaster Corps. (World War II period).
The United States Army Quartermaster Corps in the United States. Members of the Headquarters Army Service squad and Quartermaster Corps officers seated around a table during a meeting discuss the procurement plan of items for the military services in World War II. A signboard over the Quartermaster Headquarters building reads 'Office of the Quartermaster General War Department'. A map of the United States shows locations of procurement offices across the nation where authority is given to field officers for procurement. A field officer with a military personnel signing a contract for a fixed amount for the procurement of materials. A map shows the authority given in the procurement of materials which helps in speedy and efficient procurement. A simplified contract form which is used when the prices are known and when the total purchase does not exceed 500 thousand dollars. A purchasing officer hands over the contract to a staff to be sent to a manufacturer or a dealer. The manufacturer in his office signing the contract. Workers at the Quartermaster Headquarters at work.
United States Army Quartermaster Corps supply program in the United States. Workers at small war plants during production of different materials and military uniform parts in World War II. Two officers looking at a sample fur cap. U.S. military personnel with Quartermaster Corps officers seated around a table discuss procurement of materials in association with small war plants. A diagrammatic representation of the increase in the number of purchase transactions and the volume of dollar purchases as a result of the small war plant participation in the Quartermaster Corps supply program for the period of November 1942-43. War produciton workers at the war plants.
United States Army Quartermaster Corps supply program in the United States. Soldiers holding guns march in formation. The soldiers on a vessel. Tanks firing during World War II. The soldiers using supplies procured by the Quartermaster Corps. Supplies in a room. Houses on a hillside. A man and a boy moving with a cattle herd on a road. Damaged buildings in a liberated area. Aerial view of debris and damaged buildings and people in the area, where left over supplies procured by the Quartermaster Corps could come into use for rehabilitation of people. The Quartermaster Corps store the procured supplies in boxes. The corps carry the boxes of supplies for distribution to soldiers. Quartermaster depots located in easily accessible areas near railways and highways. The supplies being wheeled in carts at a depot. Trucks with supplies moving on a road. Aerial view of a depot located in the commercial center of distribution. Workers inside a Quartermaster depot which is classified according to the functions they perform including distribution, reserve and manufacture. A map of the United States shows 15 distribution areas, with a depot each, which have the same boundaries as the procurement districts and which supply ports, camps or stations in that particular area.
United States Army Quartermaster Corps overseas supply procedure in the United States. A pictorial representation of Quartermaster Corps overseas supplies reaching a port of debarkation. Quartermaster Corps unload supplies from a ship. A crane carrying loads of supplies at the port. A pictorial representation of Quartermaster Corps running the system of supply through communication zone to combat zone. Quartermaster Corps in a combat zone. The corps in a line beside a truck. The U.S. Army soldiers line up to take a shower. A train moving on a track. Trucks moving on a road. Boxes of supplies waiting to be picked up. The corps standing beside the boxes. Representation of a base depot near a port of debarkation where more perishable items are stored. Meat hung in the depot. An open air depot where less perishable items are stored. Stacks of materials in the depot. A truck moving away from the area. A pictorial representation of supplies being taken by rail, truck or boat from base depots to advance depots. Dummy depots to confuse enemy aircraft. Pictorial representation of supplies being taken from advance depots to regulating stations to maintain the regularity of supplies to combat divisions. Rail cars moving on a rail track and people in view. Representation of supplies being moved to a rail head. The supplies are moved from the rail head to the combat zone and by trucks to division distributing points. (World War II period).
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