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To: US Navy Vet

My late father (USMC WWII, Korea, Vietnam) helped burn millions of tons of brand-new lumber in the South Pacific when World War II was over. We left plenty of equipment in Vietnam, Iraq, the Philippines, etc.


11 posted on 02/07/2013 11:41:03 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's presidential run. What'll you do?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

My WWII Marine father saw the same when leaving the Marshall Islands at the end of the war. Jeeps, trucks,
airplanes & other equipment were dropped in the ocean just beyond the reef.

He was told the US manufacturers were promised nothing would come back at war’s end so the post war economy would not be depressed by military surplus in the marketplace.


17 posted on 02/07/2013 11:53:50 AM PST by RicocheT (Eat the rich only if you're certain it's your last meal)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Leaving stuff behind has long lasting unintended consequences.


21 posted on 02/07/2013 11:59:50 AM PST by skeeter
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