Book Description

This is a new edition of the original report prepared in 1959 by the Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army. It has been reformatted for easier reading but no information has been left out. Most of the abbreviations used in the original text have been spelled out. This original volume was intended to be a reference source and an aid to research, for use by military professionals and historians. It is concerned with the organization and disposition of the United States Army ground forces that opposed the Japanese during World War II. The area covered includes Alaska, the islands of the central and south Pacific, Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, the Philippines, Okinawa, China, Burma, and India.It examines in precise detail the enormous administrative and logistical effort required to support combat operations in the Pacific Theater. It provides basic information on the following subjects: activations; reorganizations; redesignations; location of units; location of command posts; missions; operations; designations, formation and dissolution of task forces; commanders; assignment of units; attachment of units; and intraservice command relationships.