336.2 Headquarters Records
1940-66
History: Before World War I, transportation functions were
handled by the OQMG, centralized, effective July 18, 1898, in
Transportation Division, including Water and Land Transportation
Branches, by General Order 122, War Department, August 18, 1898.
Transportation Division, OQMG, abolished by OQMG Order 464, June
15, 1918.
Motors Division established in OQMG, January 26, 1918; designated
Motor Transport Division, OQMG, April 16, 1918; redesignated
Motor Transport Service, OQMG, by General Order 38, War
Department, April 18, 1918; and made a separate Motor Transport
Corps, by General Order 75, War Department, August 15, 1918.
Embarkation Service established in WDGS, by General Order 102,
War Department, August 4, 1917, assuming ocean transport
functions of OQMG. Assigned to newly created STS, WDGS, by
General Order 167, War Department, December 28, 1917. Assigned to
newly created STD, WDGS, by General Order 14, War Department,
February 9, 1918. Absorbed Water Transport Branch, Transportation
Division, OQMG, May 25, 1918.
Inland Transportation Division established in STS, January 10,
1918. To STD, February 10, 1918. Renamed Inland Traffic Service,
April 22, 1918. Absorbed duties of Land Transport Branch,
Transportation Division, OQMG, June 8, 1918.
STD merged with Purchase and Supply Division to form PS&TD, by
General Order 36, War Department, April 16, 1918. Embarkation and
Inland Traffic Services consolidated by Supply Circular 21, March
11, 1919, to form Transportation Service, PS&TD, WDGS, which
became a separate Transportation Service by General Order 54, War
Department, April 21, 1919.
Transportation Service, established in OQMG by General Order 42,
War Department, July 14, 1920, and Supply Division, G-4, WDGS,
made jointly responsible for supervision and coordination of army
transportation, by General Order 48, War Department, August 12,
1920, implementing provisions of the National Defense Act of 1920
(41 Stat. 759), June 4, 1920, which required all transportation
activities to be recentralized in OQMG, with WDGS (through G-4)
retaining only oversight responsibility. Transportation Service
(renamed Transportation Division, effective June 15, 1930, by
Office Order 22, OQMG, June 2, 1930) and G-4 Transportation
Branch (established Apr. 1941), consolidated, as Transportation
Division under OCT, 1942. See 336.1.
Textual Records: General and administrative records, 1941-46. Central office files, Research and Development Division, 1946- 49. Organization planning records, 1942-48. Historical program files, 1940-50. Records relating to ports of embarkation, overseas theaters and commands, transportation zones, and transportation units, 1941-63.
336.2.2 Records of Transportation Corps headquarters activities
Textual Records: Records of the Transportation Board, Fort Eustis, VA, 1941-50. Records of the Transportation School, Fort Eustis, VA, 1941-66. Records of the Transportation School, New Orleans, LA, 1944-46.
336.2.3 Records of Garrison Headquarters, Fort Eustis, VA
Textual Records: Administrative publications including daily bulletins, 1947-50;
personnel memorandums, 1946; and numbered memorandums, 1942-43 and 1945-46. General orders, 1941-50.
336.2.4 Records of the Transportation Corps Board
History: Established at Fort Monroe, VA, December 16, 1944, under jurisdiction of
the OCT in accordance with provisions of paragraph 6a(4) of Army Regulation 170-10 and Army
Regulation 400-5 and pursuant to Army Services Forces Circular 412, December 16, 1944. Transferred
from Fort Monroe, VA, to New York Port of Embarkation, May 31, 1946; to Fort Eustis, VA, August 10,
1950. Released from assignment to OCT, August 1, 1962, and assigned to the U.S. Army Materiel
Command, pursuant to Department of the Army General Order 46, July 25, 1962.
Textual Records: Research and development project files, 1944-50; subject files, 1943-48; numbered
memorandums, 1945-46 and 1950; and general orders, 1946 and 1950.
336.2.5 Records of the Transportation School
History: Established at the New Orleans Staging Area, Harahan, LA, under the
jurisdiction of the OCT pursuant to OCT memorandum SPTRS 352, (Transp.) (11-22-43), December 6,
1943. Placed under jurisdiction of the commanding general, New Orleans Port of Embarkation by War
Department Circular 320, August 2, 1944. Relocated to Fort Eustis, VA, May 20, 1946, and placed
under jurisdiction of OCT pursuant to OCT letter SPX 370.5 (3-7-46) OB-S-SPMOT-M, March 11, 1946.
Released from assignment to OCT, 1955, and assigned to the U.S. Continental Army Command.
Textual Records: General decimal files, 1949-50; daily bulletins, 1950. Records of the
Transportation Corps School and the New Orleans Army Air Field and the New Orleans Port of
Embarkation including general orders, 1943-46 and courses of instruction, 1943-46.
336.2.6 Records of the Transportation Training Center
History: Established at Fort Eustis, VA, January 10, 1946, as an Army Service
Forces training center under jurisdiction of OCT by War Department letter AG 354.12 (1-8-46)
OB-I-SPMOC-M, January 9,1946. Redesignated the Transportation Training Center, Fort Eustis, VA,
by War Department General Order 88, August 12, 1946. Discontinued February 15, 1947, by War
Department General Order 16, February 5, 1947.
Textual records: Daily bulletins, 1946; general orders, 1946; and numbered
memorandums, 1946.
336.2.7 Records of the Transportation Replacement Training Center
History: Established at Fort Eustis, VA, August 21, 1950, pursuant to Department of
the Army General Order 28, August 24, 1950, and confirmed by Headquarters Fort Eustis, VA, General
Order 83, September 11, 1950.
Textual Records: Numbered memorandums, 1950; and training memorandums of the First
Battalion, 1950.
336.3 Records of Field Activities
1917-63 (bulk 1942-46)
336.3.1 Records of Ports of Embarkation (POE)
Textual Records: Records of POE, Baltimore, MD, 1944-45 (in
Philadelphia). Records of POE, Boston, MA, 1941-46 (in Boston).
Records of POE, Charleston, SC, 1942-45 (in Atlanta). Records of
POE, Erickson Inlet, AK, 1943-44 (in Anchorage). Records of POE,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1943-45. Records of POE, Hampton Roads, VA,
1942-46 (in Philadelphia). Records of POE, Honolulu, HI, 1948-63
(in San Francisco). Records of POE, Juneau, AK, 1942-46 (in
Anchorage). Records of POE, Los Angeles, CA, 1942-46 (in Los
Angeles). Records of POE, Mobile, AL, 1943-46 (in Atlanta).
Records of POE, New Orleans, LA, 1940-63 (in Fort Worth). Records
of POE, New York, NY, 1940-63 (in New York). Records of POE,
Overseas (Germany, Japan, and Korea), 1948-63. Records of POE,
Philadelphia, PA, 1943-45 (in Philadelphia). Records of POE,
Portland, OR, 1921-46 (in Seattle). Records of POE, Prince
Rupert, British Columbia, 1942-45. Records of POE, San Francisco,
CA, 1942-50 (in San Francisco). Records of POE, Seattle, WA,
1941-63 (in Seattle). Records of POE, Whittier, AK, 1948-63 (in
Anchorage). Records of POE, Wilmington, NC, 1943-45, 1948-63 (in Atlanta).
Architectural and Engineering Plans (6,000 items): Blueprint
plans, mostly details, of U.S. Army Transport Ships, 1917-45,
accumulated at POE, San Francisco, CA.
Photographic Prints (2,111 images): Military personnel and
equipment loading and unloading at POE, Hampton Roads, VA, 1942-
45 (H, 2,000 images). Prints interfiled with records of POE,
Charleston, SC, 1942-45 (75 images, in Atlanta); and POE, Mobile,
AL, 1943-45 (36 images, in Atlanta).
336.3.2 Records of other Transportation Corps activities
Textual Records: Records of the Army-Navy Distributing Agency,
Spokane, WA, 1943-45 (in Seattle). Records of the Army Regulating
Station, Spokane, WA, 1943 (in Seattle). Records of the Army
Warship Contracting Agency, New York, NY, 1943-45 (in New York).
Records of Holding and Reconsignment Points, Auburn, WA, 1944-45
(in Seattle); Lathrop, CA, 1942-45 (in San Francisco);
Montgomery, AL, 1943-46 (in Atlanta); and Yermo, CA, 1943-46 (in
Los Angeles). Records of Port Agencies, Baltimore, MD, n.d. (in
Philadelphia); Fernandina, FL, 1943-44 (in Atlanta);
Jacksonville, FL, 1943-44 (in Atlanta); Mobile, AL, 1942-45 (in
Atlanta); Portland, ME, 1943-44 (in Boston); and Tampa, FL, 1943-
45 (in Atlanta). Records of railheads, Philadelphia, PA, 1943-46
(in Philadelphia); and Pittsburgh, PA, 1943-46, 1952-56 (in Philadelphia).
Security-classified records of Transportation Depot, Marietta, PA, 1941-54 (in
Philadelphia); declassified records of Transportation Depot, Charleston, SC, 1946-64 (in Atlanta).
Records of Transportation Offices, Los Angeles,
CA, 1943-46 (in Los Angeles); Miami, FL, 1942-45 (in Atlanta);
Mobile, AL, 1943-44, 1950-51 (in Atlanta); Philadelphia, PA,
1943-46 (in Philadelphia); San Francisco, CA, 1943-46 (in San
Francisco); and Spokane, WA, 1942-45 (in Seattle). Records of
Transportation Regulating Stations, TX, 1950-52 (in Fort Worth).
Records of Transportation Zones, Atlanta, GA, 1942-45 (in
Atlanta); Baltimore, MD, 1943-46 (in Philadelphia); Boston, MA,
1943-46 (in Boston); Columbus, OH, 1943-46 (in Chicago); Dallas,
TX, 1943-46 (in Fort Worth); New Orleans, LA, 1942-45 (in Fort
Worth); New York, NY, 1944 (in New York); Omaha, NE, 1942-45 (in
Kansas City); Pittsburgh, PA, 1952-56 (in Philadelphia);Salt Lake City, UT, 1942-46 (in Denver); and St. Louis-Kansas City, MO, 1952-56 (in Kansas City).
Photographic Prints: Interfiled with
records of the Jacksonville, FL, Port Agency, 1943-44 (57 images, in Atlanta).