Table 1
List of Archives Analysed.
| AUTHORS | DATE | TITLE | PAGES |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cline | 1951 | Washington Command Post: The Operations Division | 413 |
| Furer | 1959 | Administration of the Navy Department in WWII | 1042 |
| Leighton and Coakley | 1955 | Global Logistics and Strategy, 1940–1943 | 780 |
| Leighton and Coakley | 1955 | Global Logistics and Strategy, 1943–1945 | 889 |
| Millett | 1954 | The Organization and Role of the Army Service Forces | 494 |
Figure 1
Position of the First Logistical Functions within the U.S. Army in 1942.
Table 2
Two definitions of logistics in the U.S. Army.
| OPERATIONS DIVISION | ARMY SERVICES FORCES | |
|---|---|---|
| Name of the function | Logistics Group | Strategic Logistics Division |
| Position in the formal structure | Under the responsibility of General Handy (Assistant chief of staff) | Under the responsibility of General Lutes (Assistant Chief of Somervell for Operations) |
| Objective | To let the theater and planning people know what forces and material are available for operations | Prepare long-range studies showing the impact of almost any kind of physical limitation upon strategy and operations |
| Scope | The information compiled “concerns many other things besides supply; for example, readiness of troops, organisation, troop bases, etc.” (Cline, 1951, p. 272). | The ASF would gradually consider “logistics as embracing virtually all the activities of the Army Service Force” (Millett, 1954, p. 54). |
| Theoretical perspective | Logistics as the art of moving troops (Jomini, 1838; Thorpe, 1917) | Business logistics as the art of managing physical flows (Heskett, 1960; Smykay et al., 1961) |