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a. Difficulties were enbountered, in socle army<br />

areas, by mobile sales store pemonnal refusin to sell to<br />

Air Force officers. Usually, this was straighfened out<br />

when it was brought to the attention of the sales officer<br />

by either the Air Foroe Service Command <strong>Quartermaster</strong> or<br />

the <strong>Army</strong> <strong>Quartermaster</strong>. In some cases, <strong>Army</strong> Ground Force<br />

peraonnel were favored over Air Force personnel. Notices<br />

of the itinerary of army sales stores smethes were not<br />

received by A ir Force unlts anti1 the store had left the<br />

locality and, on other occasions, were not received at all.<br />

This was primarily,due to low channels of communications.<br />

Forceg. 9<br />

76. <strong>Quartermaster</strong> Servioes for the United States Air<br />

a. The methods and procedures for handling sal-<br />

vage collection and salvage repair in the Arey Air Forces<br />

were essentially the same aa that for other United States<br />

<strong>Army</strong> forces. Air Force units were not normally responsible<br />

fer the collection and segregation of Air Force salvage.<br />

scrap which accumulated at Air Force stations was disposed<br />

of as directed by the Communications Zone Section Commander<br />

in whose area the Air Force unit was located. Preliminary<br />

segregation and classif'ication was effeoted by the station<br />

salvage officer who moved the salvage material to the<br />

appropriate <strong>Quartermaster</strong> dump or salvage collecting point<br />

as directed. Air Force installations maintainea a Salvage<br />

and Conservatian officer who supervised salvage activities<br />

with a view of conserving material as well as disposing of<br />

it. Unserviceable <strong>Quartermaster</strong> individual and organiza-<br />

tional clothing and equipment at Air Force installations<br />

Was processed through assigned depots in the base section.<br />

If replacement was required, the salvage items were turned<br />

in to a depot and a requisition for replacement in kind<br />

and quantity was Submitted.<br />

b. The evacuation of <strong>Quartermaster</strong> salvage was<br />

not normally a function of Air Force units. The Air Force<br />

wae only responsible for forwarding salvage to base section<br />

depotg or salvage oolleoting units, which in turn segregated<br />

and classified the items for evacuation as directed<br />

by that unit.<br />

c. Salvage repair service for <strong>Army</strong> Air Force<br />

units was furnished by salvage depots and <strong>Quartermaster</strong><br />

salvage repair units allocated by the Chief <strong>Quartermaster</strong><br />

to units near Air Force installations, The Salvage<br />

officer at Air Force installations maintained facilities<br />

within the station for minor repairs such as tent patch-<br />

ing, but, in general, he secured replacements for unserviceable<br />

items of <strong>Quartermaster</strong> equipment while the<br />

salvage depots performed the necessary reclamation or<br />

disposal. Clothing repair facilities were allocated by<br />

base section headquarters and normally consisted of<br />

quartermaster repair units or civilian agencies in<br />

Allied countries.<br />

.d. <strong>Quartermaster</strong> laundry service for A ir Force<br />

units was normally secured through the Communications<br />

Zone Section <strong>Quartermaster</strong>s or, in the United<br />

Kingdom, through base section <strong>Quartermaster</strong>s.<br />

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