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Posts: 106 11/05/08 08:31:50 |
I have come across references to the "9th Canadian Forestry Company" fighting with US Combat Engineers during the Battle of the Bulge. What kind of
unit is a Forestry Company?
http://www.history.army.m...books/wwii/7-8/7-8_15.htm Later, Bill "If there are no proofs against you, it`s not your merit, but our misconduct"
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Posts: 663 11/05/08 08:42:54 |
Forestry Companies were lumberjacks, that is they were employed AS lumberjacks and were usually made up OF lumberjacks.
IIRC, most of the Forestry Companies were employed in Scotland cutting trees. After the invasion, it is not surprising that they went over to harvest trees on the Continent. I suspect that they did not actually fight alongside the engineers but rather cut down trees to provide the engineers with material to build bridges and other structures. I recall that Canadian troops in the Reichswald battle had to build a corduroy road because of the muddy conditions. Forestry companies would have provided the tree trunks for the roads.
"War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading" Thomas Hardy, "The Dynasts"
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Posts: 107 11/05/08 17:46:05 |
Ah, that makes sense. From what I have read these fellows DID fight with the US Engineers, at least that is the impression I got from an earlier reference in
the same work. I'll have to try and dig some things up later this month when I have more time on this unit. I love finding out that I still have things to
learn about WWII.
later, Bill "If there are no proofs against you, it`s not your merit, but our misconduct"
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| 9th Canadian Forestry Company at the Bulge | 11/05/08 08:31:50 | W D Martin |
| 9th Canadian Forestry Company | 11/05/08 08:42:54 | Ken Rose |
| Re: 9th Canadian Forestry Company at the Bulge | 11/05/08 17:46:05 | W D Martin |
