jimsouth Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Noteworthy Been around before but a good reminder of how well big government works..... Astute observation........................During the 3-1/2 years of World War 2 that started with the Japanesebombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and ended with the Surrender of Germany and Japan in 1945, the U.S. produced 22 aircraft carriers, 8 battleships, 48 cruisers, 349 destroyers, 420 destroyer escorts, 203 submarines, 34 million tons of merchant ships, 100,000 fighter aircraft, 98,000 bombers, 24,000 transport aircraft, 58,000 training aircraft, 93,000 tanks, 257,000 artillery pieces, 105,000 mortars, 3,000,000 machine guns, and 2,500,000 military trucks.We put 16.1 million men in uniform in the various armed services, invaded Africa, Sicily and Italy, won the battle for the Atlantic, planned and executed D-Day, marched across the Pacific and Europe, developed the atomic bomb and ultimately conquered Japan and Germany.It's worth noting, and is somewhat frightening, that during the exact amount of time our current administration couldn't build a web site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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