The Journal of a Retread

The observations, problems, and comments of a food and agricultural officer in Military Government in World War II

Col. Stanley Andrews
U.S. Army (Retired)
Alamo, Texas 1975

One civilian-turned-soldier's view of the problems, activities, situations, experiences, successes, and failures encountered in Military Government, Food and Agricultural Division, in World War II behind the combat lines, North Africa to Sicily, Italy, Austria, West Germany. The period December 1941 to December 30th 1946

Colonel Stanley Andrews (Retired)
Alamo, Texas 1971
Dedicated to Mrs. A. and Winky

Introduction
Chapter 1: Casablanca - and beyond
Chapter 2: Get Some Food Moving Quick!
Chapter 3: Getting Organized
Chapter 4: Hunger In The Eternal City
Chapter 5: Renaissance City
Chapter 6: Land Of The de Medici
Chapter 7: The Sweep to the Po
Chapter 8: Victory Has Its Problems, Too
Chapter 9: Italy's Future
Chapter 10: On The Way To Germany
Chapter 11: The Looting Begins
Chapter 12: A Man Named Hans
Chapter 13: A Time of Change
Chapter 14: Hitler's Highways
Chapter 15: Promotion Brings a Title
Chapter 16: Quadri-Parti Problems (How the Russians Behave)
Chapter 17: Carrying Out a Harsh Policy
Chapter 18: The Russians Get Tough
Chapter 19: Changing Guidelines
Chapter 20: The Coming Crisis
Chapter 21: The Refugee Problem
Chapter 22: The Crisis Mounts
Chapter 23: Refugee Problems
Chapter 24: London Conference
Chapter 25: Off on the Final Round-Up
Chapter 26: Italy Again
Chapter 27: A Trade Mission to Italy
Epilogue

Note by the Editor:

This electronic version is a transcription of a typewritten manuscript bearing many penciled-in editorial marks in Colonel Andrews' handwriting. Simple editing to remove obvious redundancies and typographical errors has been performed in the transcription of the manuscript, but the document is verbatim otherwise.

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