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American Army Lumberjacks Turn Belgian Forests Into War Material
In Belgium, the 1390th Engineer Forestry Company under Captain Russell C. Stableman, part of the Communications Zone, harnessed American methods to harvest millions of board feet of beams and boards. Under Belgian foresters’ supervision, crews led by Lieut William D. Hallenbeck cut six thousand 1-foot logs daily, while home-made loading booms and tractors moved the timber to trucks for milling. Separately, the 202d group of Engineers and 17th Armored Engineers built the longest treadway ponton bridge, 1,146 feet across the Rhine, in nine hours under fire, a record-breaking feat amid U. S. 9th Army operations.
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Paul Bunyan
Bel-gian
1390Th Engineer Forestry Company
Ewart G. Plank
1390Th
Russell C. Stableman
Little Rock
Ark
Germany
William D. Hallenbeck
Kanogan
Wash
Lieut Hallenbeck
Arthur A. Camp
Bauxite
Cpl
Raymond A Shippey
Tower Hall
Shippey
Greg Lindley
Hudsonville
Ill
Jenks A. Winters
Tulsa
Okla
Saw Mall
Mullieut
Hugene F Matthews
Seattle
202D Group of Engineers
17Th Armored Engineers
U. S 9Th Army