Robert Gilmour LeTourneau (November 30, 1888 – June 1, 1969), born in
Richford, Vermont
Richford is a town in Franklin County, Vermont, United States, located along the Canada–United States border. The population was 2,346 at the 2020 census.
Richford is the birthplace of R. G. LeTourneau, an industrialist who founded LeTourneau ...
, he was a prolific inventor of earthmoving machinery and the founder of
LeTourneau Technologies, Inc. His factories supplied LeTourneau machines which represented nearly 70 percent of the earthmoving equipment and
engineering vehicles
Heavy equipment or heavy machinery refers to heavy-duty vehicles specially designed to execute construction tasks, most frequently involving earthwork operations or other large construction tasks. ''Heavy equipment'' usually comprises five e ...
used by the
Allied forces during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
, and more than half of the