Joint Strategic Survey Committee

The Joint Strategic Survey Committee (JSSC) was an extraordinary committee of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during World War II that existed from 1942 until 1947. It was "one of the most influential planning agencies in the wartime armed forces."^[1]

History

Members

• Lieutenant General Stanley D. Embick, U.S. Army, chairman, 1942-
• Vice Admiral Russell Willson, U.S. Navy, 1942-1945
• Vice Admiral Theodore Stark Wilkinson, U.S. Navy, 1946
• Major General Muir S. Fairchild, U.S. Army Air Force, 1942-

References

1. ^ Mark. A. Stoler, "From Continentalism to Globalism: General Stanley D. Embick, the Joint Strategic Survey Committee, and thw Military View of American National Policy during the Second World War," Diplomatic History, vol. 6, no. 3 (July 1982), pp. 303--320, quote at p. 307