08-29-2010, 05:14 PM
"What would weapon cooks have carried in WWII?"
Most of the men he fed probably would answer that as 'the meatballs' 
Most likely they carried the standard M1 Garand or the smaller M1 Carbine.
"I wonder if the petroleum companies would be attached to a division."
The simple answer to that is no.
I`ll try to explain & clarify the Command & Control of such units in a lengthy post
i`m working on. I`ll post it as soon the coffee overcomes the writers blok.