Peninsular Base Section

CWS Sup Cir Ltr No. i, I Sep 43. CWS MTO 300.6 Memo Book I. This copyr, apparentlyr a draft, is headed, "Chemical Section, Base Headquarters. There is no signature and no indication that the draft was submitted for staff comment or that the circular was ever issued, either b3r Peninsular Base Section or by Headquarters, NATOUSA. 

Fifth Army Peninsular Base Section earlier sprayed white pine ammunition boxes with a tar mixture so that they could more readily be camouflaged in forward positions (Coblentz Comments, 9 Jan 6t). 

Technical and administrative problems of the American companies initially were handled by Colonel Barker> Fifth Army chemical oficer and later by Colonel Coblentz of the Peninsular Base Section. 

Office of Scientific Research and Development Peninsular Base Section Panama Canal Department Periodic... 

In August of 1944, the Army Service Forces promised an adequate stock of spare parts within the next six months. Also in August the theater formulated, and in September put into practice, an individual CWS NATOUSA spare parts policy, concentrating supply and control of spare parts in Peninsular and Delta Base Sections. But, as the investigations of a CWS spare parts team from December 1944 to February i94J demonstrated, the Mediterranean theater CWS never reached the goal of adequate parts stockage. ... 

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