Hello all, This is the very first port of a newbie, and an English-second-language at that... Moreover, this is slightly more about the US army than about 21st AG - hope you forgive me... Here we go: **** We all know that the US army in Europe suffered from a shortage of manpower late 1944. On Dec 15th or so, Eisenhower ordered that the Communication Zone comb its resources to feed the frontline with reinforcements. I am looking for this specific order from Eisenhower. Has anyone ever seen it? **** What I've got so far: Ruppenthal mentions the point on p.321 of the official history of the logistical support: it's here: http://ibiblio.org/h...istics2-11.html Ruppenthal's source (http://ibiblio.org/h...s2-11.html#fn66) is a letter from Eisenhower to Handy, dated 15 Dec 44. One can find this letter in the Papers of D.D.Eisenhower (the War Years, volume 4, p. 2347). It says: What really interested me is to get a feel of what "most stringent orders" mean when issued by the Supreme Commander *** A big thanks for your help there !
Hi Mori I cannot help directly and not sure what level of research you have done or where you live, but I suggest the following: 1. (US) Eisenhower Museum and Archives, Abilene, Kansas - quite approachable by email and usually very helpful 2. (US) NARA College Park RG 331 SHAEF records - will take a long time but can email request and it will be supplied snail mail. 3. (UK) TNA Kew WO 219/519 - can try ordering doc on-line Cheers
Mori Welcome aboard and good luck with your research. Whilst, hopefully, you will get help from some of our forum members, may I also sugest you place the identical query on our "sister" site ww2f.com where the membership is predominately American. Best regards Ron
