Supplying the Asia-Pacific Theater: United States Logistics and the American Merchant Marine in World War II

iv Introduction 1 Background 3 Historiography 8 U.S Merchant Marine Leading Up to World War II 13 U.S Merchant Marine in Europe 15 U.S. Army Transportation Corps during World War II 16 U.S. Navy Logistics in the Pacific 17 U.S. Merchant Marine in the Asia-Pacific Theater 19 Conclusion 27 Bibliography 31 Appendices 35 Vita 40