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Signal Corps Technical Intelligence, A Brief History, Chester A. Hall Capt., Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

At the time that this was written, technical intelligence was intelligence about foreign weapons and equipment and about organizations in foreign armies analogous to the technical services. The modern US Army vision of the technical intelligence developed during World War II. The army technical services became responsible for technical intelligence. The technical services were bureaus which supplied weapons, equipment, and services to the army, managed the careers of officers in a particular branch, trained specialists, and organized and trained special purpose military units. There were a number of technical services including the Chemical Warfare Service, the Medical Department, the Ordnance …

History Of Ordnance Technical Intelligence In World War Ii, Part 2: Areas Of Operation (Cbi, Cap, Eto, Mto, Natousa, Swpa, And Russia), Us Ordnance Department, Technical Branch, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

During World War II, the Ordnance Department was one of the army technical services. There were a number of technical services including the Chemical Warfare Service, the Army Medical Department, the Corps of Engineers, the Quartermaster Corps, the Signal Corps, and the Transportation Corps. The technical services were bureaus providing weapons, equipment, and services to the Army. They managed the careers of officers in their corresponding branches, and organized special military units. They also ran schools to train individual and military units in their specialty.

During World War II the emphasis of technical intelligence was foreign weapons and equipment. The …

History Of Ordnance Technical Intelligence In World War Ii, Part 3: Tab 1- History Of Ordnance-Cios [Cooperation]; Tab 2 – Draft Of Speech For Ord Ti Teams (Wwii); Tab 3 – Speech On Metallurgy Of Foreign Auto Materials; [And] Tab 4 – Article On Material For The Franklin Institute, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

During World War II, the Ordnance Department was one of the army technical services. There were a number of technical services including the Chemical Warfare Service, the Army Medical Department, the Corps of Engineers, the Quartermaster Corps, the Signal Corps, and the Transportation Corps. The technical services were bureaus providing weapons, equipment, and services to the Army. They managed the careers of officers in their corresponding branches, and organized special military units. They also ran schools to train individual and military units in their specialties.

During World War II the emphasis of technical intelligence was foreign weapons and equipment. The …

History Of Ordnance Technical Intelligence In World War Ii, Part 1: History, Orders & Circulars, And Publicity, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

During World War II, the Ordnance Department was one of the army technical services. There were a number of technical services including the Chemical Warfare Service, the Army Medical Department, the Corps of Engineers, the Quartermaster Corps, the Signal Corps, and the Transportation Corps. The technical services were bureaus providing weapons, equipment, and services to the Army. They managed the careers of officers in their corresponding branches, and organized special military units. They also ran schools to train individual and military units in their specialties.

During World War II the emphasis of technical intelligence was foreign weapons and equipment. The …

The Battle Of Enemy Equipment: A Story Of Asf Enemy Equipment Intelligence Service Teams, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This document was digitized by Jonathan Clemente who supplied it to Prof. Bolin.

This document is Special Technical Bulletin No. 5, 13 March 1945, issued by the Office of the Director of Intelligence, Army Service Forces.

The Enemy Equipment Intelligence Service Teams (EEIS) were personnel from the Army Technical Services – the Ordnance Department, Chemical Warfare Service, Quartermaster Corps, Signal Corps, Army Medical Department, and Transportation Corps – which were trained by the Army Service Forces to collect enemy equipment for use in the field and for evaluation in the field and in the continental United States.

Actually the Army …

War Department Memorandum, W570-1-1942, Shipment Of Captured Materiel To The United States. 23 October 1942, J. A. Ulio, Robert Bolin

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This memorandum is addressed to all theater commanders and the commanders of all ports of embarkation.

It provides that “arrangements be made at once to insure [sic] that samples of enemy equipment and materiel be delivered to the United States…” for study and analysis.

It instructs the chiefs of transportation in each theater to expedite shipment of captured materiel to the US.

It instructs the commanding generals of ports in the United States to notify the chiefs of the technical service “responsible for similar American equipment” to request shipping instructions. For example, an enemy tank received would be reported to …

Fm 11-35, Signal Corps Intelligence, 1942, Robert Bolin

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This manual describes the intelligence activities of the Signal Corps. At that time, the Signal Corps was a bureau within the Headquarters, Department of the Army, as well as a branch of the Army to which soldiers were commissioned and assigned. The Signal Corps developed and supplied the army with signal and photographic equipment, trained personnel and units for service with the forces in the field, provided the army with communications and photographic services, and provided communications, signal, and technical intelligence. This manual describes the intelligence responsibilities and functions of the Signal Corps and the role of signal intelligence units …

Ordnance Department Order 327, Procedure For Handling Ordnance Materiel Received In This Country For Information, 19 August 1942, Chief Of Ordnance, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This order outlines the procedures for handling foreign ordnance type materiel sent to this country for evaluation. It discusses the roles of the Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, a military installation subordinate to the Chief of Ordnance, and that of the Ordnance Intelligence Unit in the Technical Division of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance.

The modern US Army vision of the technical intelligence developed during World War II. Shortly before World War II, Army Technical Services had been instructed to set up intelligence sections in the offices of their chiefs. The technical services were bureaus which supplied weapons, equipment, …

Fm 30-15, Examination Of Enemy Personnel, Repatriates, Documents, And Materiel. July 22, 1940, Robert Bolin Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

Three-fourth of this manual deals with the treatment of enemy personnel and repatriates, one quarter with documents, and only one brief section, about 1 page, with enemy materiel.

The War With Germany: A Statistical Summary, Leonard P. Ayres

United States Army: Publications

Includes a statistical summary of the larger steps in the military preparation and action of the United States in the First World War (United States involvement, April 6, 1917-November 11, 1918). The data presented were compiled by the several sections of the Statistics Branch of the General Staff. In the main they set forth facts taken from the reports made by the Branch each week during the war to the President, the Secretary of War, and to the Chief of Staff. These have been supplemented by facts and figures secured from the offices of the Statistics Branch maintained during the …