Advance Section, Communication Zone

Command

ADSEC was the US Army's logistical agency.



Activated in Bristol in February 1944, ADSEC provided detail planning for the Normandy invasion, and was initially attached to the US First Army.



While ADSEC did not have a formal base of operations, moving continuously with the forces, after 6 June 1944, the organization oversaw activities at Cherbourg pot, and engineering, supple and field hospital activities in the landing zones.

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Unit stations

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Established

Bristol

Revisions

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Sources

Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)