Adak National Forest

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The cluster of 33 trees at this site is the most visible remnant of a formal tree planting program undertaken from 1943 through 1945. The project was initiated at the direction of Army General Buckner in an effort to boost morale.

The single sign that reads "Enter and Leaving the Adak National Forest" was placed here on a whim by local residents in 1962 or 1963. Two large surviving groves from this World War II era planting program are located in the sheltered ravines of Nurse Creek and Hospital Creek.

A small graveyard for burial of military guard dogs adjoins the grove.

adakupdate.com/remote_historical_markers.html

Lit up at Christmas: photos1.blogger.com/hello/152/1747/480/scan0003.0.jpg
www.orneveien.org/adak/contributors/wickersham/big/06.h...
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Coordinates:   51°54'11"N   176°37'20"W

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  • I served on Adak, AK from December 1999 to December 1991 and the "forest was alive and very well." It was situated next to a recently placed animal cemetery. I am distraught that I did not take a count of the trees then...but, it was a moment in my history that I got to visit the Adak National Forest...as small as it might have been. God Bless.
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