Logistic Support; Vietnam Studies
Washington DC: U.S. Department of the Army, 1974. First Printing [Stated]. Wraps. xvi, 273, [3] pages. Map inside the front cover. Charts, Maps. Tables. Illustrations. Appendix. Glossary. Index. Cover has some wear and sunning. Lieutenant General Joseph M. Heiser, Jr., retired with over 30 years’ active duty in the U.S. Army. His rapid ascension through the ranks, from a first sergeant to second lieutenant in 1943, is indicative of his outstanding organizational ability and resourcefulness. His name has become synonymous with two of the most successful programs in ordnance: the closed-loop system and the logistics offensive. The closed-loop system maximized the utilization of material and reduced acquisition requirements by effecting the overhaul of unserviceable materiel and its return to the supply system. The logistics offensive resulted in reduction in tonnages of supplies, improved inventory and location accuracy, reduced response time required to meet requirements, improved operational readiness rates, and upgraded combat readiness throughout the entire U.S. Army. More