3683rd Company, Iron River, WI: F-27

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MEMBERS

Reading from left to right:

FIRST ROW: Harvey ZERRENNER, Edward TRIDENSKI, Vernon BONECK, Raymond SCHUBECK, Donald VIETH, Jerome KUSHAVA, Robert BREWER.

SECOND ROW: Morris JAQUISH, Lester HUBER, Woodrow HARRIS, Leslie KNUDSEN, Raymond HARRIS, Elton COLE, Branko MARKOVICH, Lester McALLAN, Edward WOJNER, Estill SIPPLE, Wendalin SCHOMMER, Walter TRIPP, Clarence BERENS.

THIRD ROW: Gordon LINDBERGER, Edward TUSHKOWSKI, Russell HAROLDSON, Frank NOWAK, John GROOMS, Philip POWELL, Stanley LASKA, Vincent SPENCER, Irvin WELCH, Joseph DEDO, Albert KOVACHICH, William MORIEN, Ernest WERNER.

FOURTH ROW: Joseph HAYES, Kenneth RILEY, Lloyd ANGST, William KRUEGER, Edward CICHE, James DREA, Francis LaCHAPELLE, Stanley SZYMULA, Sylvester LONGSINE, Andrew DYDA, Robert JOHNSTON, Barney PRZCKURAT, Leigh OUIMETTE.

OFFICERS

Capt. John G. LLEWELLYN, QM-Res - Commanding Officer
Ensign Kenneth C. TULLOCH, E.V. (G) USNR - Executive Officer
First Lt. Max M. DUNN, Med. Res. - Camp Surgeon
Fred C. WILLIAMS - Educational Adviser

TECHNICAL PERSONNEL

E. F. BALL - Project Superintendent
Julius PFEIFFER, Kenneth ELLIOTT, Kenneth JURINGIUS, Oscar P. STABO, Thomas HANSEN, Clarence J. PRIEGEL, Theodore AARSTAD, Elmer HARDING, Kennel KEACH, Herman ERLETZ

MEMBERS

Reading from left to right:

FIRST ROW: Raymond PHIPPS, Russell LIEN, John IWEN, Adam GUTOWSKI, Francis O'NEILL, Walter KEGLE.

SECOND ROW: Samuel BROWN, Anthony RAINVILLE, Albert PATZA, William DEGLER, Edward OSTROWSKI, Henry KUDRANOWICZ, Leslie McALLAN, Paul GIACHETTI, Lilborn TURNER, Stephen WARNER, Lamont BERENS, Charles BAUER, Frank PIFAT.

THIRD ROW: Ernest WOOLGAR, Francis CAVIL, Herbert BLONDHEIM, William ARTWICH, Lewis WAIS, William HILL, Francis SCHNEIDER, John POWELL, Everett WILLIAMS, Joseph DAUSEY, Vernon LePAGE, Harold PETERSON, Raymond MOTQUIN.

FOURTH ROW: Fred ELAM, John FRINAK, Gordon DELSART, Lloyd GODIN, Lawrence ECKER, Frank MAZALIS, Paul CZERWINSKI, George RETLICK, George AMELUNG, Strather BREWER, Warren POWLESS, Wilfred PARADISE.

HISTORY

In July, 1936, the 3683rd Company of Long Lake Camp was transferred to Camp alvin to replace the V-1669th Company. comprising only sixty junior enrollees, an additional 100 were enrolled to bring the company strength up to normal.

The 3683rd Company in command of Capt. R. G. Jamison, Lieut, C. A. Christ, Junior Officer, and Capt. A. Tousignant, Med-Res., as the Company Physician, Harvey D. O'Neil was the Educational Adviser, and the Camp Superintendent was O. A. Hackbarth. Captain Jamison was relieved by Captain Grueselle, who was relieved by Capt. C. T. Brah, who was relieved by Capt. J. G. Llewellyn, who is in command of the company at the present time. Lieut. C. A. Christ was transferred to Camp Cavour, which brought the present junior officer, Ens. K. C. Tulloch, N. R., to this company. Capt. A. Tousignant, Med-Res., has gone into private practice, and First Lieut. M. F. Dunn, Med-Res., has taken over the duties of Company Physician, and F. C. Williams is the Educational Adviser. Mr. O. A. Hackbarth was relieved by S. W. Farnham, who is the present Camp Superintendent.

Here is a good space for one of the most humorous things that has happened in this camp since its inception. Early last fall the night guard was on duty making his regular rounds, and he thought that he heard someone sneaking around the company woodpile, so he went to investigate. He went over by the woodpile, and flashed his light, and who should he find over there but a good sized bear, who did not relish the idea of being disturbed and immediately took after the night watchman. Around and around the camp area they went, before the night watchman finally managed to get into one of the barracks, and get the door closed just ahead of the bear. He did not, needless to say, investiage any more strange noises after that!

Also, the 3683rd Company took an active part in the flood disaster that recently invaded the South. About twenty men left this company, and were on detached service for a period of twenty-eight days. Their service and actions were commended highly, and everyone in the company is justly proud of them.

The work of the 3683rd Company in the past year consisted of: In the summer and early fall is what is known as the planting season. Over 1,400 acres of trees have been planted. Building of roads and truck trails, of which fifteen miles of truck trails, and five miles of roads have been constructed. Building of fire towers in advantageous places has been part of the summer program. The fire season is a busy one in the camps. Last summer several fires were fought, the most serious of which was the one in the Conner Lumber Company district. This fire covered a territory of about twenty acres.

The surveying crews are kept busy the year around surveying T. S. I. lines, road location and lake surveys. Rodent control was done in the planting areas and about 5,000 acres were controlled. On the fish and game project about 15,000 fish were planted, deer browsing plots were made and the deer were kept in food throughout the winter months. Incidentally, they are our regular camp visitors, and very often pay us a visit. Future plans for this camp consist and call for the construction of twenty-six miles of road and truck trails, fifteen hundred acres of land will be prepared and planted with Norway and Jack pines; the construction of two camp grounds is also on the summer menu, so all in all, it will be one very busy place.