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This is a collection of Transportation related articles, studies and reports. It will receive new items periodically. If you have a topic that you need information about or would like researched, contact the Transportation Historian.

Painting of Logistics-Over-The_Shore in action during 1847 to Present.
Logistics-Over-The-Shore (LOTS) Operations | 1847-Present
The embarkation of a Bactrian on the USS Supply. Since Artist Heap took the trouble to record the loading of this particular animal, it is possibly the gigantic Bactrian that required Lieutenant Porter to modify the Supply. (Drawing by G. Wynn Heap, artist with the first expedition to acquire camels from the Mid·East. From Reports Upon the Purchase, Importation and Use of Camels and Dromedaries, 1855-’56-’57.)
The United States Army Camel Corps | 1856-66
Railroad Hub in Nashville, Tennessee during the Civil War.
U.S. Grant, Master Logistician | 1862-64
Caravan of pack mules hauling cargo.
Pack Mule History | 1871-Present
Soldiers standing in front of a U.S. Army train.
Use of Military Rail | 1861-Present
The 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps, also known as the Buffalo Soldiers, ride bicycles in 1897. Courtesy photo | Archives & Special Collections Mansfield Library University of Montana
Iron Riders | 1897
U.S. Amry transported upon the USS Gen. Harry Truman.
Military Transportation, Mulitiple Articles Acedemic Studies | WWI
French ship SS Normandie (renamed USS Lafayette) sank at the New York Port of Embarkation in February 1942. Although proven to be an accident, rumors of sabotage of ships at port highlighted the need for trained investigators at important ports of entry during World War II.
CIC Port Security Course Established in Baltimore | 11 OCT 1943
General Douglas MacArthur surveys the beachhead on Leyte Island, 20 October 1944.
Improvising Water Transport in the Southwest Pacific Area | WWII South Pacific
An Army company standing in formation on a shipping dock lined with tug boats.
Antwerp | Enemy attack on supply lines 1944-1945
An Army company standing in formation on a shipping dock lined with tug boats.
Red Ball Express | WWII 1944 - 1945
An Army company standing in formation on a shipping dock lined with tug boats.
U.S. Army Service of Supply | 19th Century to Present Day
An amphibious resupply vehicle, know as a BARC, Barge, Amphibious, Resupply, Cargo.
Barge, Amphibious, Resupply, Cargo | First BARCs- 1954
Low flying plane passing over a large group of people gathered on a hill.
Berlin Airlift | Jun 1948-Jun 1949
Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar shown flying.
Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar | 1958-1961
Operation Deep Freeze images of the helicopters flying in the South Pole.
Operation Deep Freeze | 1960 - 1961
TC OCS Class.
Transportation Corps OCS | 1966 - 1968
Long caravan of trucks lined up on a road in Iraq
Operation Iraqi Freedom | Jan 2004-Mar 2005
U.S. Army muleskinners drove mules up and down the tactically difficult contours of Italy’s Apennine Mountains in World War II, , trudging through marsh flats and over the brittle, loose rock of mountain banks to resupply infantry, field artillery and armor units Jan. 17 to May 18, 1944 during the four battles of Monte Cassino. Today, units like the 115th Brigade Support Battalion “Muleskinners,” 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, which worked out of a Polish Army base in Skwierzyna, Poland, develop relationships with and collaborate with partner forces while conducting training exercises as part of a continued set of rotational U.S. forces in Europe called Atlantic Resolve. (United Kingdom Archive courtesy photo)
U.S. and Poland Heritage | 1818 - Present
Loading transport ships in Tampa, Florida, bound for Santiago, Cuba
U.S. Army Transporters Depolyments| 19th Century - Present
Helicopter transporting air cargo.
Helicopter Transporters | Vietnam War