U.S. Army Military History Institute Vehicles 950 Soldiers Drive Carlisle Barracks, PA 17013-5021 29 Oct 2010

MILITARY (US)

A Working Bibliography of MHI Sources

CONTENTS Early.....p.1 WWI -General Sources.....p.2 -Liberty Model.....p.4 -Other Models.....p.4 Between Wars...... p.5 WWII...... p.7 Since 1945...... p.8

EARLY PRE-1917

Baker, Chauncey B. "Motor Transportation for the Army." Lecture, Army War College, 11 Mar 1915. 29 p. UC343.B16. On repair and operation of trucks and use of military companies.

Blackburn, cited below (Between Wars).

International Motor Company. Mack Trucks in War Maneuvers. NY, 1915. 40 p. UG446.5.M32. At Plattsburg, NY, Aug 1915.

O'Connor, James A. "Road Work in Mexico with the Punitive Expedition." In Professional Memoirs Corps of Engineers..., 1917. Vol. 9. pp. 326-46. UG1.P9v.9.

Schindel, S.J.B. " in Campaign." Army War College, Nov 1915. 11 p. UC340.U58. Also 1916 edition.

Schreier, Konrad F., Jr. "Army Motor Transport Won Spurs in Mexico." Periodical (Apr 1991): pp. 3-13. Per.

White Company. The White Service Record. Cleveland: White Co., 1919. 55 p. UC343.W581. Concerns White truck service in Mexico, WWI.

U.S. Military Trucks p.2

WORLD WAR I-General Sources

Baker, Chauncey B. Motor Transportation for the Army. Wash, DC: GPO, 1917. 19 p. U15.A32no.13. Lecture on truck company.

House, Taylor N. History of the Motor Transport Corps, Camp Sherman, Ohio. Chillicothe, OH: Scholl, 1920. 8 p. UC340.H67.

Morz, Albert. American Cars, Trucks and Motorcycles of World War I: Illustrated Histories of 225 Manufacturers. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2010. 419 p. TL23.M76.

_____. American Military Vehicles of World War I: An Illustrated History of Armored Cars, Staff Cars, Motorcycles, Ambulances, Trucks, Tractors and Tanks. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2009. 316 p. UG618.M76.

Pope, F.H. Notes on the Organization and Operation of a Motor Truck Company. Ft. Sam Houston, TX, 1917. 67 p. UC343.P82.

Schoonmaker, Oliver, & June, William D. The Supply Train: Its Organization and Work. NY: Appleton, 1918. UC343.S37. Includes chaps on motor truck company.

U.S. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Regulations for Standard Motor Vehicle Operation. France, Oct 1918. 45 p. UC343.A26.

_____. Motor Transport Corps. Manual for Repair Park Operation. France, 1919. ca. 150 p. UC343.A67.

_____. Manual for the Motor Transport Corps. France, 1918. 175 p. UC343.A272. Also 1919 edition.

_____. QMG. Regulations (Tentative) for Motor Truck Transportation....1917. Wash, DC: GPO, 1917. 54 p. UC343.R43.

_____. Regulations for the Operation of the Motor Transport Panel. Mimeo, 1919. ca. 150 p. File #84-5. UC343.A25.

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs. Appropriation Bill, 1919. Hearings, 65th Congress, 2d session, 1919. UA943.A3-1919v.1. Pages 543-600 written for QMG on history of standardization of military truck. U.S. Military Trucks p.3

U.S. War Dept. Motor Truckmasters' Course of the Motor Transport Course. Wash, DC, Nov 1918. ca. 100 p. UC343.A55.

_____. Reconstruction Park Manual. Wash, DC: 1918. 124 p. UC343.A725.

_____. Regulations (Tentative) for Motor Truck Transportation Quartermaster Corps U.S. Army, 1917. Wash, DC: GPO, 1917. 54 p. UC343.A29. Also see 1918 supplement.

_____. Repair Parts Catalogue - Class "B" – Standardized Military Truck. Wash, DC: MTC, 1918. ca. 450 p. UC343.A727.

U.S. War Dept. Tables of Organization, 1914. p. 49. UA25.A2-1914. Autotruck Company, QMC.

_____. Tables of Organization, 15 Jan 1919, Corrected to 14 Jul 1919. UA25.A2-1919. Table 358 - Motor Transport Company.

U.S. War Dept. AGO. Classification Division. Motor Transport Corps: Personnel Specifications. Wash, DC: AGO, 1918. 22 p. UC343.A35. Includes specs for truck company.

_____. Motor Transport Corps. Manual of Instructions Governing the Operation of the Army Motor Service. Wash, DC: 1919. 86 p. UC343.A36. See especially Para 93-100 on "Cargo or Truck Service."

_____. Motor Transport Corps. Executive Division. Training Branch. Motor Truck Section Driver's Course of the Motor Transport Corps. Wash, DC, Nov 1918. ca. 200 p. UC343.A53. Instructor's guide. Especially pertinent are the series of lectures and exercises on truck maintenance.

_____. Motor Transport Corps. Maintenance Division. Crafting and Re-Assembly Instructions. 17 vols. Mimeo, 1918. UC343.A74. Includes photos such as light and heavy aviation trucks, 3/4- ton ambulance, 1 1/2-ton White, 3/4-ton Dodge, 3 ton Packard, and 5 ton Pierce-Arrow.

_____. Ordnance Dept. Description of the Ordnance Department Type Ford Truck with List of Tools and Accessories. Wash, DC: GPO, 1917. 22 p. UC343.A3.

_____. Quartermaster Corps. Manual for Motor Truck Group Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Ft. Sam Houston, 24 Oct 1917. ca. 85 p. UC343.A28.

White Company. The White Service Record. Cleveland: White Co., 1919. 55 p. UC343.W581. Concerns White truck service in Mexico, WWI.

_____. White Trucks in Military Service. Cleveland., 1918. 32 p., photos. UC373.6.W44. U.S. Military Trucks p.4

WORLD WAR I-Liberty Model

Ellis, Chris. Military Transport of World War I.... NY: Macmillan, 1970. pp. 152-53, Plate 87. UC340.E45. Brief history and drawing of Liberty Class B, 5-ton truck (converted to six wheels), 1919.

Schoonmaker, cited above, Chap 9.

Selfridge, Anna B. " The Road to Liberty: B.A. Gramm, Lima, & The 'Liberty' Truck." Allen County Reporter (Nos 2-3,1989): pp. 1-124. UC374.6.S44.

Timken-Detroit Axle Company. Handbook of Motor Vehicles Used by the United States Armed Forces. Detroit, 1944. p. 8. UC343.T5.

U. S. Army Quartermaster Corps. Motor Vehicles and Trailers of the . Wash, DC: GPO, 1920. pp. 14-15 & 39. UC343.U58. Description and photo.

_____. Motor Transport Corps. Repair Parts Catalogue: Class "B", Standardized Military Truck. Wash, DC, 1918. 269 p. UC343.A727. Includes 40 pages of drawings. Bound with Office of Quartermaster General's Parts Catalogue, Numerical Parts List and the Assembly Parts List for the Class "B" Standardized Military Truck (34, 112, 224 p., respectively).

_____. Class 'B' Re-assembly Instructions: Complete Instructions Covering the Removing from Export Crate and Reassembling of U. S. Military Class 'B' Three (3) Ton Trucks. Wash, DC, 1918. 10 p. UC343.A74no.6.

_____. Standardized Military Truck, Class B: Instruction Book. Wash, DC: GPO, 1918. 58 p. UC374.6.S72.

WORLD WAR I-Other Models

U.S. Army. Ordnance Dept. Description of the Ordnance Department Type Ford Truck with List of Tools and Accessories. Wash, DC: GPO, 1917. 22 p. UC374.6.D47.

_____. Handbook of the Two-Ton Truck Chassis, Nash Model 4017-A and 4017-L, July 1918. 261 p. UC374.61.2t.N3.H36. U.S. Military Trucks p.5

_____. Handbook of the Ammunition Truck Body, Model 1918. 29 p. UC374.6.H36.

_____. Handbook of the Ammunition Truck Body, Mdl 1918: For Both the 2-Ton and 3-Ton Truck Chassis.... UC374.6.H36.

_____. Handbook of the Artillery Repair Truck Body, Model 1918. 159 p. UC374.6.H37.

_____. Handbook of the Artillery Supply Truck Body, Model 1918. 121 p. UC374.6.H372.

_____. Handbook of the Equipment Repair Truck Body, Model 1918. 108 p. UC374.6.H375.

_____. Handbook of the Light Repair Truck: Comprising Commercial Car Chassis, Dodge Lay-Out No. 9017 and Light Repair Truck Body, Model 1918.... 223 p. UC374.6.H373.

_____. Handbook of the Three-Ton Truck Chassis F.W.D., Model B-1917. 233 p. UC374.6.H374.

_____. Handbook of the 1-Ton Truck Chassis, Model 1918 (Commerce).... 220 p. UC374.61.1t.C6.H36.

BETWEEN WARS

Beaver, Daniel R. “Deuce and a Half: Selecting U.S. Army Trucks, 1920-1945.” In Feeding Mars. Boulder, CO: Westview, 1993. pp. 251-70. U168.F44.

_____. "Politics and Policy: The War Department Motorization and Standardization Program for Wheeled Transport Vehicles, 1920-40." Military Affairs (Oct 1983): pp. 101-07. Per.

Blackburn, Marc K. "A New Form of Transportation, the Quartermaster Corps, and the Standardization of the US Army's Motor Trucks, 1907-39." PhD dss, Temple, 1992. 242 p. UC374.6.B52.

_____. The United States Army and the Motor Truck: A Case Study in Standardization. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1996. 126 p. UG618.B53.

Chambliss, T.M. "Concentration of Motor Vehicles in One Supply Arm or Service." AWC student paper, Ft. Humphreys, DC, 1 May 1935. 13 p. File #7-1935-13, Arch.

Clifford, James. “U.S. Army Fire Trucks, 1925-1942.” On Point (Spring 2007): pp. 18-19. Per.

Lawrence, Thompson. "Replacement of Animals by Motors within the Infantry Division." AWC student paper, Wash, DC, 29 Apr 1933. 34 p. File #397-46, Arch.

Manley, F.W. "Rates of Movement of Motor Transport to be Used in 'Reference Data,' The Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas." AWC student paper, 29 Apr 1933. 10 p. File #397-50, Arch. U.S. Military Trucks p.6

Sibert, F.C. "Motorized Infantry Regiment." AWC student paper, Wash, DC, 18 Dec 1928. ca. 20 p. File #357-85, Arch.

Taylor, Brainerd. "Articles on Military Motor Transport." 2 vols. Typescript, 1928-36. ca. 300 p. UC343.T3. See especially pp. 7-19 and 31-44.

U.S. War Dept. "Motor Vehicles and Trailers of the United States Army." Wash, DC: GPO, 1920. 101 p. UC343.U58.

_____. Standardized Military Motor Transport Chasses Proposed by the QMC as Standard Types. 60 photos and charts. UC343.A33.

_____. Tables of Organization. 1929-30. UA25.A2-1929. Table 56W - Ammunition Train, Infantry Division, 20 Jun 1929. Table 58W - Ammunition Battery, 20 Jun 1929. Table 94W - Motor Trans Co., QMC, 24 Jun 1930.

U.S. War Dept. Tables of Organization, War Strength. 1 Mar 1932. UA25A2. Table 8W - Signal Company, Infantry Division, 1 Jul 1929. Table 12W - Ordnance Company, Infantry Division, 30 Aug 1929. Table 10W - Light Tank Company, Infantry Division, 15 Jan 1930. Table 56 - Ammunition Train, Infantry Division, 2 Sep 1931. Table 81W - Medical Regiment, 1 Jul 1929. Table 93W - Motor Battalion, QM Regiment., Infantry Division, 24 Jun 1930.

U.S. War Dept. Coast Arty School. Military Motor Transportation. Ft. Monroe, VA: Coast Arty Jrnl, 1923. 414 p. UC340.U5. Chapters on various systems (cooling, fuel, electrical) of a motor vehicle. Also describes classes of Army motor vehicles.

_____. Command and General Staff School. CPX Organization, Red Tables of Organization, 1935. UA25.A202-1935. 0-91 and 0-92 Motor Transport Battalion 0-94 General Service Battalion, Army QM Service

_____. Quartermaster General. Quartermaster Corps Motor Transport Technical Service Bulletins. Wash, DC: QMG, 1936. ca. 150 p. UC343U59. For example, Bull T-4 concerns tire pressure in the Dodge truck model K-39x4. U.S. Military Trucks p.7

WORLD WAR II

Auxier, Geo W. Truck Production and Distribution Policies of the WPB....July 1940 to December 1944. Hist rpt, WPB Special Study No 17, May 1945. 116 p. HD9710.35.U52.A99.

Boniface, J.M., & Jeudy, J.G. US Army Vehicles of World War Two. Newbury Park, CA: Haynes/Foulis, 1991. 264 p. UC374.B6613. Originally published in French, 1987.

Hoffschmidt, E.J., & Tantum, W.H., ed. U.S. Military Vehicles, World War II. Old Greenwich, CT: WE, Inc., 1970. 156 p. UG680.H64. Illus pp. 8-41.

Liebmann, Lester A. "'Our Most Valuable Weapon.'" Quartermaster Review (Jan/Feb 1945): pp. 100-04. Per. The 2 1/2-ton truck across Northern France.

Preventive Maintenance Manual. Wash, DC: Inf Jrnl, 1942. 110 p. UC343.I54. Piece-by-piece servicing instructions for the truck.

U.S. War Dept. Maintenance Manual 4-5 Ton COE 4x4 Tractor Truck Federal Motor Truck Company: Technical Manual 10-1107, dated Jul 1941. ca 200 p. MilPub-TM. Also 1942 edition, and 1941 Parts List: TM 10-1106.

U.S. War Dept. Maintenance Manual 4 Ton 6x6 Motor Car Co. TM 10-1533, Jul 1942. 228 p. MilPub-TM.

_____. Maintenance Manual 2 1/2 Ton 6x6... Trucks Models CCKW 352 and 353: TM 10-1147, dated Aug 1941. ca 300 p. MilPub-TM.

_____. The New Army of the United States. Wash, DC, 1941. 141 p. UA25.A298. In early fiscal year 1941 the Army had 30,000 motor vehicles, but needed 200,000 (p. 113).

_____. Operation and Maintenance Manual International 2 1/2-Ton 4x2 Truck Model K-7: TM 10-1173, dated Jul 1941. ca 200 p. MilPub-TM. Also have TM 10-1115, Jul 1941, a similar manual.

_____. Standard Military Motor Vehicles. TM 9-2800, Sep 1943. pp. 136-333. UC374.S72.

U.S. War Dept. Holabird Ordnance Base. The Standard Fleet of Military Vehicles-Motor Transport. Baltimore, Dec 1942. 47 p. UG683.A66. U.S. Military Trucks p.8

See also: -Bibliographies on Amphibious Vehicles and Jeeps in Vehicles and Index to TMs.

SINCE 1945

Bekker, M.G. Mobility on Land: Challenge and Invitation. n.p. Ordnance Corps, 1957. 12 p. UG683.B4.

Boniface, Jean-Michel, & Jeudy, Jean-Gabriel. The GMC: 6x6 and DUKW: A Universal Truck. Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1978. 254 p. UG618.B6613.

Dominique, Dean J. “Gun Trucks: A Vietnam Innovation Return.” Army Logistician (Jan/Feb 2006): pp. 45-47. Per.

Lyles, James. The Hard Ride: Vietnam Gun Trucks. Oxnard, CA: AVA, 2002. 80 p. DS558.9.A75.L95.

Rottman, Gordon L. Vietnam Gun Trucks. Long Island City, NY: Osprey, 2011. 48 p. DS558.9.A75.R67.

“The Truck and the Soldier.” Combat Forces Journal (Mar 1953): pp. 11-12. Per. And 10 related articles on vehicles, especially trucks.

U.S. Army. Driver Selection and Training (Wheeled Vehicles): TM 21-300, dated Apr 1964. 52 p. MilPub-TM.

_____. Military Vehicles (Ordnance Corps Responsibility): TM 9-2800-1, dated Feb 1953. pp. 151-281. MilPub-TM.

_____. Transportation Truck and Car Companies: Field Manual 55-353, dated Apr 1952. 154 p. MilPub-FM.

U.S. Army. Arctic Test Board. Arctic Test of Aerial Delivery Kit for Truck, Front Line, ¼ Ton, 4x4, M-170 Winterized. 1 vol. HQ, US Army Arctic Test Board, 1957. UC333.U563.

U.S. Army Field Forces. Report of the Military Wheeled Vehicle Panel. Ft. Monroe, VA, 14 May 1951. 111 p. UG683.M5.

See also: -Index to TMs.