Spruce Production Division
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The Spruce Production Division was a unit of the United States Army established in 1917 to produce high-quality Sitka spruce timber and other wood products needed to make aircraft for the United State
Division soldiers posing on a spruce stump
Colonel Brice P. Disque
Spruce logs were often transported via railroad.
Lt. Col. Cuthbert P. Stearns, Chief of Staff of the Spruce Production Division, US Army.
Brice Disque
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Brigadier General Brice Pursell Disque was a U.S. Army officer and businessman. He is best remembered for having headed the Spruce Production Division during World War I, for conceiving the idea of se
Spruce Production Division
…The division produced nearly 150 million board feet (350,000 m3) of spruce in just 15 months, halting work almost as soon as the war ended. Col. Brice Disque was then put on trial for accusations that he had wasted millions of tax dollars. He was found not guilty of malfeasance. The division had a large…
Colonel Brice Disque