FECOMZ is an acronym for "Forward Echelon, Communications Zone". FECOMZ was a headquarters, organized in

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and authorized by the Allied Supreme Commander, to organize and control Services of Supply for the invasion forces after D-Day.

ADSEC ADSEC was the Advance Section of the Communications Zone (COMZ), European Theater of Operations, United States Army (ETOUSA), and was formally activated at Bristol, England in February 1944. It is commonly referred to as simply "ADSEC". Upon i ...

was a movable base section organized under FECOMZ. FECOMZ reported to and was a separate command from the 12th Army Group that reported to directly

SHAEF Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF; ) was the headquarters of the Commander of Allied forces in north west Europe, from late 1943 until the end of World War II. U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower was the commander in SHAEF ...

. This unit would coordinate until D+90 (approximately). Based on the D-Day date of June 6, 1944 this was about September 1944.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fecomz Sustainment and support units and formations of the United States Army