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And most of this stuff had a lot of parts made on W&S turret lathes.

Wonderful stuff doesn’t help if you can’t make it.

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I’ve read that the Germans during WWII were generally not so enamored of our “soldering” or our tactics, but that we could continually resupply, even bringing our soldiers their mail, when their men, on their own continent couldn’t get even the basics at times.

It was the century of blood, resulting in more war-dead and victims of genocide than all other centuries combined. It was proof-positive that while man can exponentially improve technologically, he is constrained by his nature from any utopian dreams. The 20th century was big blow to intellectually honest secularists and their dreams of perfect societies.

Apparently, intellectually honesty is rare among the Left today with their dreams of peaceful globalism. Or, as CS Lewis has claimed, they are guilty of “chronological arrogance,” the belief of each latest generation that, after all, they are the smartest of all their predecessors and can “do it” better..

Without the Russians and the Eastern Front combined with Hitler’s deluded, mistaken tactics there, it’s arguable that we would have lost.

Oak ridge national labs?! My paternal grandfathers oldest brother was nuclear physicist who assisted in drafting the plans for the atomic bomb at oak ridge national lab in some fashion( I was a kid when he told me the story). Said they had people going 24/7 and were told it meant winning or losing the war. He said he went to the White House twice to discuss plans with a group of engineers, and the president was in those meetings.

My grandfather has always said my great uncle may have never served actively in the war despite being active duty Air Force, but played a pivotal role in winning. He was such a wonderful person too. He passed away about 7 years ago.

Maternal grandfather had two older brothers who served and where both wounded in WW2. Jimmy was shot while trying to drag his younger brother Adrian back to safety after being wounded. France I believe it was. With only 13 months between them jimmy and Adrian were as close as twins. Jimmy once said taking a bullet for his brother was the easiest thing he ever did. Said didn’t even occur to him he could die, only that his brother needed him and he was going to get him no matter what. I always admired them. Humble hard working men

Jimmy taught me to fly fish as a child, Adrian taught me to squirrel hunt. Miss them both. They both met my first son before they died. My sons middle name is Hutson, which was jimmys middle name also. My next son, if I have one will be named Adrian

I feel American grit and determination won the war, but I’m no war historian. Too bad those days are gone. Too many puzzies.

Fat man

Asians spent a lot of effort killing each other too.