War! -- The Wisconsin Homefront -- Ships -- Wisconsin "Wood Flies to War" -- "Wisconsin's Flying Trees" : The British Connection -- The "Spruce Goose" or Was It Wisconsin Yellow Birch? -- "Teaching Wood to Fight" : U.S. Forest Products Laboratory, Madison -- The German Connection : A Sticky Situation -- Trade Associations -- War Contracts and the Wisconsin Lumber Industry -- Tires, Equipment and Lumber Shortages -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: Connor Lumber and Land Company : World War II Servicemen, Laona, Wisconsin -- Appendix II: Consoweld Corporation Employees -- Appendix III: C.M. Christensen Employees and Those Who Served during World War II.
Summary:
"Explore the history of the forest products industries in Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and the important role those industries played in the creation and development of WWII aircraft"-- Provided by publisher.
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