The Graves Registration Service in World War II
Title | The Graves Registration Service in World War II PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Steere |
Publisher | |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 1951 |
Genre | Burial |
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The Graves Registration Service in World War II, by Edward Steere...
Title | The Graves Registration Service in World War II, by Edward Steere... PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Steere |
Publisher | |
Pages | 210 |
Release | 1951 |
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The Graves Registration Service in World War II
Title | The Graves Registration Service in World War II PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Steere |
Publisher | |
Pages | 210 |
Release | 1951 |
Genre | National cemeteries, American |
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An attempt has been made in this study to examine major policy measures and technical standards that were developed during World War II by The Quartermaster General in his extraordinary capacity as Chief, American Graves Registration Service. Then, having in mind the vital relationship between policy making an operating conditions, a summary account of graves registration activities in various overseas commands is interwoven with directional and administrative aspects.
The Graves Registration Service in World War II. [With Illustrations.].
Title | The Graves Registration Service in World War II. [With Illustrations.]. PDF eBook |
Author | Edward STEERE (of the Historical Branch, Office of the QMG, U.S. Army.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 210 |
Release | 1951 |
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Plan for Repatriation of the Dead of World War II and Establishment of Permanent United States Military Cemeteries at Home and Abroad
Title | Plan for Repatriation of the Dead of World War II and Establishment of Permanent United States Military Cemeteries at Home and Abroad PDF eBook |
Author | United States. War Department |
Publisher | |
Pages | 134 |
Release | 1945 |
Genre | National cemeteries |
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Crosses in the Wind
Title | Crosses in the Wind PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph James Shomon |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2016-09-22 |
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ISBN | 9781539023210 |
Crosses in the Wind, first published in 1947, is the first-hand account by the commander of the 611th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company during the Second World War in Europe. In an under-reported but vital part of the war effort, the Graves Registration Service was responsible for the massive task of collecting fallen soldiers, identifying remains, preparing bodies for internment, forwarding personal effects to families, and establishing military cemeteries across Europe. In addition to providing an overview of the major European battles, the book focuses on the activities of author Major Joseph Shomon, from the formation of his company at Fort Francis E. Warren in Wyoming, followed by the unit's transfer to England where they began processing D-day casualties, and then continuing eastward across Europe with the advancing U.S. armies. The book closes with the Company in southern France awaiting deployment to the Pacific theater, but after the atomic bomb drops on Japan and the subsequent ending of the war, the unit is broken up, with some troops returning to Germany and others to the U.S. Includes 30 pages of photographs and maps.
Final Disposition of World War II Dead, 1945-51
Title | Final Disposition of World War II Dead, 1945-51 PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Steere |
Publisher | |
Pages | 742 |
Release | 1957 |
Genre | Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of |
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