Watch The Big Picture - Communications Zone

Experience the American Journey through our country's visual heritage in this historical recording provided by the National Archives of the United States. From the U.S. Army's THE BIG PICTURE television series, 1950-1975. International film star Jean Pierre Aumont host-narrates the little-known story of the U.S. Army's vast European logistical network, COMZ (Communications Zone), U.S. Army, Europe. From America, through the ports of Holland, France, Germany, and Italy flow the tens of thousands of items needed to keep the U.S. Army tactical forces prepared for any threat. Missiles, fuel, food, guns, tanks and many other items each day are routed rapidly from deck to depot and from depot to military user; that's one part of the story of how COMZ meets the enormous challenge of supplying and equipping an entire army on assignment in western Europe.

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