00240068 7649-17 UNCLASSIFIED 2431516 03-01-1945 2431547 04-01-1945

0009 TROOP CARRIER COMMAND

HISTORY 546.01 8146 C5015 1183 1715 43 2447210 02-18-1988 HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS SQUADRON, 9 TROOP CARRIER COMMAND, WAS REORGANIZED DURING MAR 45. ON 24 MAR 45, THE COMMAND BEGAN OPERATION VARSITY (DESIGNED TO BREAK THE BACK OF THE LAST GERMAN LINE IN THE WEST ARRAYED ALONG THE EAST BANK OF THE RHINE RIVER). AERIAL RESUPPLY BY TROOP CARRIER COMMAND REACHED ITS GREATEST PEAK IN APR 45. INCLUDES PUBLICATION, TACTICAL AND NONTACTICAL OPERATIONS DURING THE FINAL PHASE OF THE WAR IN EUROPE INCLUDING OPERATION VARSITY, AS WELL AS MONTHLY STATISTICAL SUMMARIES. CONTAINS PHOTOGRAPHS. NONE