The Sierra Leone report described the terrain, locations of water supplies and road-building materials, and other facts useful for military operations.
[2] The entire Military Geology Unit wartime roster was 88 geologists, 11 soil scientists, 6 bibliographers, 5 engineers, three editors, one forester and 43 assisting staff.
"...civilian scientists, not all of them young or signally muscled, landed on the beaches ... wriggling along on their bellies, within range of German guns, they obtained samples of sand soil so when the tanks and trucks bustled ashore the drivers would be prepared for the terrain the equipment would be on hand to bridge the worst spots.
"[5] Research in 17th and 18th century French geological reports showed the land had clay underneath the sand which would bog down tanks and other vehicles.
A number of reports were produced by the Military Geologists covering the moon, including the first photogeologic map of the near side.