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...carried on by the "cat skinners" who drive the caterpillar trains (tractors and sleds) which bring supplies across the snow from Edmonton. Passenger service to & from Yellowknife, as well as to outlying claims, is furnished by Canadian Pacific Airlines and by bush pilots in small planes like ski-or pontoon-equipped Noorduyn Norsemen...
...bleeding western flank. The Remagen bridge led into rugged country without any close objective of strategic importance. To realize Remagen's fullest value, ten or even 20 more crossings of the Rhine were needed, crossings by every means possible: assault boats, amphibious armor and carriers, motor-driven rafts, pontoon bridges, pneumatic-float bridges, even perhaps by multiple-span Bailey bridges longer than any yet thrown together. In the north, the Rhine is wide...
...citation continued: "During initial assault phases Lt. Seaman efficiently co-ordinated action of his command with those of Naval Combat Demolition Units, Pontoon Causeway Units, and the off-shore traffic control unit to provide for the prompt clearing, organization and efficient operation of his beach areas . . . (Lt. Seaman) contributed materially to the success of the invasion and to proper maintenance of the Allied Armies in Southern France...
...which were smashed into rubble by the pre-invasion bombardment, and erecting a sea wall to protect port facilities. Seabees had almost finished the wall once when a tropical storm blew up, washed away all their work. Half of Guam's supplies had to be unloaded at portable pontoon piers...
...made my way back to base. As I crossed the canal, I saw that tanks were pouring over a pontoon bridge, and supply trucks were piling up where a Bailey bridge was being constructed. All being well, this battalion will be crossing another canal tomorrow night-it's onlv six miles farther...