Transportation Corps
Author : United States. War Department
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 14,45 MB
Release : 1944
Category : Transportation, Military
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Author : United States. War Department
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 14,45 MB
Release : 1944
Category : Transportation, Military
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Author : Don DeNevi
Publisher : Boston Mills Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 31,2 MB
Release : 1992
Category : History
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A story of true heroism. America's 44,000 soldier-railroaders kept vast numbers of troops and essential supplies moving through war-torn Europe.
Author : United States. War Department
Publisher :
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 40,51 MB
Release : 1944
Category : Military railroads
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Author : Donald J. Heimburger
Publisher : Heimburger House Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,49 MB
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780911581607
Trains to Victory tells the dramatic story of the years 1941-1945 when U.S. railroads, using fewer cars and locomotives than in WWI, moved more tonnage and more passengers than ever before. Divided into 13 chapters, plus a 32-page four-color section, an introduction, bibliography and a complete index, the volume appeals to railfans, historians, military historians, and many others. The 380-page hardbound book features 542 photographs, an additional 285 illustrations, a four-color laminated dustjacket and a complete listing of U.S. military camps, posts and bases as of August 1, 1941. The book discusses the implications of the war on the railroads, embarkation of troops and materiels, how the Military Railway Service joined the fight and what was happening on U.S railroads during the war. It also addresses new railroad cars and locomotives built for the war, military camp railroads, how Alaska’s railroads played a part in the conflict, how women helped the war effort, and what was happening in foreign theaters. It describes how railroads aided in the return of wounded troops and equipment, and the atmosphere on the railroads immediately after the war. Scale drawings of war-emergency box cars are also included, as are troop train car plans. Trains to Victory covers such topics as the huge Chicago & NorthWestern Proviso Yards during wartime, personal glimpses of the war from a number of railroaders and intriguing aspects of the war from the Army Engineers, Association of American Railroads and the War Department. Wartime products of locomotive and railroad car manufacturers such as Baldwin, Alco, Davenport, Lima, Whitcomb, Budd, Electro-Motive, H.K. Porter, Pullman, American Car & Foundry and the St. Louis Car Company are documented throughout the volume. Hardbound, 8½ x11", 380 pages, 825 photos and illustrations, 32-page all-color photo section, 13 chapters, extensive historical military/railroad documentation.
Author : United States. War Department
Publisher :
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 19,63 MB
Release : 1944
Category : Command and control systems
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Author : Carl Raymond Gray Jr.
Publisher :
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 44,46 MB
Release : 2012-10-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781258502447
Author : Maj.-Gen. Carl R. Gray
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 30,32 MB
Release : 2018-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1789122872
This is the story of the Military Railway Service of the United States Army from its beginning in 1862 and including a brief account of the Service in World War I. It is specifically the story of the military use of railroads in World War II and in Korea. General Gray has focused his comprehensive account on the performance of the personnel of the Service, and on outstanding individuals wherever possible. Out of more than 351,000 men and women employees of American railroads serving in all arms in World War II, 43,500 were assigned to various units of the Military Railway Service. This impressive record of their achievements covers history, organization, training and operations in Alaska, England, North Africa, Sicily and Italy, Northern France and Belgium, Southern France, Germany and Austria, Iran, India, the Philippines, New Caledonia, Australia, Japan and Korea. A notable feature of this handsome volume is the wealth of fine photographs of operations in all areas, for the most part photographs not seen before.
Author : Edwin A. Pratt
Publisher :
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 17,26 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Military railroads
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs
Publisher :
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 16,54 MB
Release : 1934
Category :
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 28,24 MB
Release : 1922
Category :
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