Subdeacon Joe Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I'd never given this much thought before. The planning, organization, and logistics that had to go into this is mind boggling. Even just sorting out the various materials would have been a major undertaking.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUo5VD3DThc www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUo5VD3DThc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I think I was issued some of that stuff back in 1958. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 "Son, you ever spend a million dollars?""No, Sarge, never did." "Now is your chance. Call in an air strike on that tree line." The dollar amounts the narrator quoted were shocking in modern terms, let alone to the thrifty folk of that era. Comparing 1940s dollars to 2015 dollars ... brrr ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 In Ordnance school we were told that all of the long months of figuring, planning, calculating, re-calculating, re-re-calculating, estimating, acquiring, distributing, issuing, and all else that goes into setting up an operation goes right out the window as soon as the first shot is fired. From that point forward ANYTHING that goes according to the plan is simply a lucky fluke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rancho Roy Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 You need to read a book that came out recently...."Arsenal of Democracy"....This book will simply blow your mind on how Americas industry organized for the war effort. The GREATEST generation at its GREATEST! Not sure we could pull this off today....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Just imagine. You're a supply NCO through luck of the draw. You spent three years collecting, cleaning and sorting parts for anyone who needs them. Assigning guard details so the parts don't just walk away. Then you The Call, "war's over, scrap it." "Now where's that bottle of Scotch I've been saving?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 They did not scrap the canvas and leather1943 Mountain Rucksack or the hideous army skis. (see The Devils Brigade movie) I was issued them in 1968. Yuch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 The amazing thing is that they did all of that without computers, satellites or the internet. Everything had a form and every form had a route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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