Army Service Forces

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United States Army major command logistics command

Army Service Forces was a major World War II-era U.S. Army command responsible for logistics, supply, administration, and support services for American military operations.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army major command ⓘ
logistics command ⓘ
activeDuring World War II home front ⓘ
alsoKnownAs ASF NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
contemporaneousWith Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
Army Ground Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdBy War Department reorganization of 1942 NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateFormed 1942-03-09 ⓘ
March 9, 1942 ⓘ
dissolved 1946 ⓘ
formedFrom Services of Supply NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCommander Brehon B. Somervell NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
legalBasis Executive Order 9082 NERFINISHED ⓘ
War Department Circular No. 59 (1942) NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversaw Army Service Commands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chemical Warfare Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Medical Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ordnance Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quartermaster Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ
Signal Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ
technical services ⓘ
partOf United States Army ⓘ
positionHeld Commanding General of Army Service Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryMission to provide logistical and administrative support to U.S. Army forces worldwide ⓘ
reorganizedInto Office of the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
Technical Services under postwar structure ⓘ
responsibleFor construction and engineering support ⓘ
industrial mobilization ⓘ
management of depots ⓘ
management of ports of embarkation ⓘ
management of service schools ⓘ
medical services ⓘ
military training support ⓘ
personnel administration ⓘ
procurement of equipment ⓘ
supply distribution ⓘ
transportation ⓘ
role administration ⓘ
logistics ⓘ
supply ⓘ
support services ⓘ
subordinateTo United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
War Department NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U.S. Army Ground Forces → distinctFrom → Army Service Forces ⓘ
Services of Supply (U.S. Army) → successor → Army Service Forces ⓘ
Services of Supply (U.S. Army) → relatedTo → Army Service Forces ⓘ