Crisp County GaArchives News.....ERNEST G. BABBITT CORDELE SGT. HELPS WITH UNUSUAL ENGINEERING JOB 1944
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CORDELE DISPATCH 1944
WITH 333RD SPECIAL SERVICE ENGINER REGIMENT, FRANCE
 SGT. ERNEST B.BABBITT,309 E 11TH AVE, CORDELE,GA. IS A MEMBER OF A SMALL UNIT 
OF THIS ARMY ENGINEER REGIMENT THAT RECENTLY COMPLETED THE REMOVAL OF A HUGE 
PIERHEAD FROM A LARGE FRENCH PORT WHICH THE GERMANS HAD BUILT IN ANTICIPATION 
OF THEIR CONTEMPLATED INVASION OF ENGLAND.
 ARMY ENGINEERS HAVE CALLED THIS JOB ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING AND UNUSAL 
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THIS WAR. THE HUGE STRUCTURE, WHICH WEIGHED 1,000 TONS, WAS 
WAS BEACHED AND FLOATED BY MEANS OF AN OIL BARGE AT LOW TIDE AND THEN ALLOWED 
TO RISE AS THE TIDE ROSE. EACH PIERHOOD IS 107 FEET LONG, 39 FEET WIDE AND 79 
FEET HIGH.
 THIS STRUCTURE WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY DAMAGED WHEN FOUND BY THE AMERICANS. THE 
REMOVAL OF THE PIERHEAD NOW PERMITS ADDITIONAL UNLOADING SPACE FOR THE 
INCOMING CARGO SHIPS THAT ARE BRINGING IN HUGE TONNAGE OF VITALLY NEEDED WAR 
SUPPLIES FOR THE COMBAT FORCES ON THE WESTERN FRONT.
 SGT BABBITT WAS EMPLOYED BY THE WATT BUILDING MATERIAL COMPANY, 
THOMASVILLE,GA.,BEFORE ENTERING THE ARMY ,HIS WIFE, MARTHA, LIVES AT THE 11TH 
AVE ADDRESS. HE IS THE SON-IN-LAW OF MRS. LEO MIZE OF CORDELE.

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