In their praise of the magnitude, efficiency, and ingenuity of the And when the colors wereįurled in January 1946, the logistical feats of World War II had attained More than 21 million tons of vital supplies. War had furnished 61 combat divisions of the Allied Expeditionaryįorce, commanded by General of the Army Dwight D. The World War II infantry soldier was suppliedĪnd re-supplied at a rate and with an efficiency never before attained.īy the time V-E Day rolled around on, the TASCOM of that June 1944 - and during the ensuing 11 months enormous logistical General Lee moved his headquarters to France soon after D-Day - 6 In that command's being redesignated in May 1944 as the Communications Two years of build-up and stockpiling of supplies and equipment culminated On, the Services of Supply, ETO was established in England II Services of Supply and, much later, COMZ. TASCOM, then, inherited the remarkable achievements of the World War US European Command (USEUCOM) being organized and the former EUCOMīeing renamed United States Army, Europe (USAREUR). On 1 August 1951 (sic), EUCOM COMZ was redesignated United StatesĪrmy, Europe Communications Zone (USAREUR COMZ) as a result of a joint Was made possible only by an arrangement signed by France and the The establishment of the LOC through France (main supply port) and the Line of Communications (LOC) through Germany,Īnd also because of new requirements under Supreme Headquarters, Allied Young was the first commanding officer.ĮUCOM COMZ was created because of the vulnerability of Bremerhaven Scattered across France from those ports to the (former) US Zone ofīrigadier General Mason J. Main ports lay in the Bordeaux-La Pallice area and its depots were However, it was officially established on 15 July 1951 asĪ major subordinate command of the European Command (hence its designationĮUCOM COMZ) with headquarters at Coligny Caserne, Orleans, France Ī Base Section (BASEC) with headquarters at La Rochelle, France andĪn Advance Section (ADSEC) with headquarters at Verdun, France. States Theater Army Support Command, Europe - an extensionĪs of 25 April 1969 of the United States Army Communications Zone,Įurope - has in recent years celebrated its anniversaries as of 24 By a recommendation from the Department of the Army, the present United
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