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Lumberjacks and log crews cut millions of feet in war effort
Bel gian forest operations by the 1390th Engineer Forestry Company under General Ewart G. Plank used American methods to haul millions of board feet of beams pilings and boards. Captain Russell C Stadleman led men from Little Rock Arkansas as they felled select Belgian trees under government foresters then loaded logs with a homemade boom on six by six trucks. The unit aimed for 2 000 000 board feet in a month and achieved it. In a separate feat the 202d group of Engineers and 17th Armored Engineers built the longest treadway ponton bridge in nine hours across the Rhine under fire, a record-breaking effort.
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Paul Bunyan
1390Th Engineer Forestry Company
Ergadier
Ewart G. Plank
1390Th
Russell C. Stadleman
Little Rock
Ark
Germany
Wiliam D. Hallenbeck
Kanogan
Wash
Lieut
Hallenbeck
Arthur A. Camp
Bauxite
Cpl
Raymond A. Shippey
Tower Hill
Shippey
Greg Lindley
Hudsonville
Ill
Sgt
Jenks
Tulsa
Okla
Eugene F. Matthews
Seattle
796Th Engineer Forestry
202D Group of Engineers
17Th Armored Engineers
9Th Army