Word: transporte
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Winter Comes. The cold rains had stopped and the autumn sun was shining on Paris when General George C. Marshall, War Mobilization Director Jimmy Byrnes and their party stepped put of an Army C-54 transport which had flown nonstop from the U.S. They were met by Generals Eisenhower, Bradley and "Beedle" Smith, Eisenhower's crack chief of staff. Marshall and Eisenhower were solemn as they shook hands. They did not, of course, tell correspondents what they would confer about. One obvious guess: winter on the western front...
When speed is necessary the Russians have plenty of motor transport, predominantly American. The equipment hasn't even been repainted and "USA" plus the serial number is visible on the hoods of nearly every Russian truck or jeep...
...this impressive power that the A.A.F. pointed with special pride. A.A.F. personnel overseas now totals 1,082,000-airmen and ground crews-who keep 48,000 combat and transport planes flying against the enemy. It is this tremendous strength which makes the "inevitable wastage" of 11,000 men seem, to A.A.F. officials, small...
Ships Too. As Japan is pushed into her Inner defense citadel, her supply lines become shorter. Navy Under-Secretary Ralph Bard said last fortnight that Japan may even have a shipping surplus now to transport the leavings of her once-great Empire traffic. But not even the shortest supply lines can withstand the loss of about 600 small and large ships which the Empire suffered in September. Most of Japan's losses occurred in the Philip pines, where Mitscher's flyers sank 205 vessels of all sizes, damaged over 200 more...
Part of the explanation was filthy weather - cold, autumn rain that fouled up artillery observation, left tanks struggling soggily with the mud, kept planes dripping idly on the ground, made cursing doughboys fight and sleep in the cold and wet. Even the mules, the only transport to front lines in the crags, were more than usually reluctant. But that was only part of the story. The other part was that Lieut. General Mark W. Clark's press headquarters had been guilty of wishful thinking...