Petroleum
World War I
Supply of Petroleum Products
Storage and distribution of petroleum to the American Expeditionary
Force in France during World War I , 1917-1918
World War II
Fuels
and Lubricants for Johnny Doughboy
The Quartermaster Review
May-June 1944
POL Supply in World War II
Fueling Up for D-Day
WWII gasoline supply in England in support of the
invasion of France, June 6, 1944
POL on the Red
Ball Express
Getting fuel from the beach to the front lines as U.S. Divisions
raced across France in 1944
Refuel on the Move:
Resupplying Patton's Third Army
Korea
Petroleum Supply in Korea
1951 Article on how the "life blood of the Army" was
supplied to UN troops in Korea
The Drum 55-Gallon and
5-Gallon as Petroleum Containers
Petroleum supply during the Korean War, 1952
Vietnam

The POL Story: To Keep 'Em Running
Petroleum operations of the 1st Logistical Command, Vietnam, 1968
259th
Quartermaster Battalion
U.S. Army Reserve unit from Pleasant Grove, Utah, the only Army
Reserve Petroleum Battalion which served on active duty in Vietnam
Somalia
267th
Quartermasters in Somalia
bulk petroleum operations during Operation Restore Hope 1993
NCO
Viewpoints from Somalia
267th
Quartermaster Company NCOs comment on petroleum operations |
Water
World War I
Water Purification in War
Water purification during and after World War I
1980s Transition
Water Operations Overview
Overview on the transition of Water Operations mission & training from the
Engineer to the Quartermaster Corps in 1981
Desert Storm
14th
Quartermaster Detachment
Unit suffered the greatest number of casualties
of any allied unit during Operation Desert Storm due to a SCUD Missile
attack on February 25, 1991
Somalia
Water
Support in Somalia
water support during Operation Restore Hope in Jilib, Somalia

Desert Shield-1990
Water Purification NCO checking PH balance of
stored water
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