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The heads of eight were to be stationed at theater headquarters in London. " Each Cheltenham-based staff section was to maintain a liaison officer at the ETO headquarters, and its chief was to advise the theater commander as required. On the question of supervision of the technical services Eisenhower authorized the service chiefs to correspond directly with their subordinates in other commands "insofar as technical instructions, requests for technical reports, and matters of general routine . .
As rapidly as possible, USANIF set up its own hospitals. On 9 March the 10th Station Hospital took over a British military hospital at Ebrington Barracks, Londonderry, complete with its existing equipment and patients. By rearranging the wards and acquiring additional buildings the American staff increased the capacity of this plant from 150 to 350 beds. To furnish additional fixed hospitals, USANIF pressed mobile medical units 28 CSurg, GHQ, WD, 12 Feb 42 (see also Ltr, Blesse to Hawley, 21 Mar 42), all in file HD 024 ETO O/CS (Hawley-SGO Corresp); Larkey "Hist," ch.
During March 1942, searching for a more decisive course of action and for definite goals to guide Army mobilization, Chief of Staff Marshall and the Operations Division of the General Staff drafted a proposal for a full-scale assault on Nazi-occupied Europe. Their plan called for expansion of the bomber offensive and for deployment of 1 million American combat and support troops in Britain by April 1943. The buildup was to proceed rapidly enough to permit small cross-Channel attacks in late summer 1942.