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Thanks for the input. True that a lot of the industries required have closed down and the laborers just don't exist in numbers. Time to get up to speed would be years.

In WW2 the U.S. was able to produce ships at astonishing speed. Liberty ships were built on average every 42 days. One was built in a record 4 1/2 days. I think destroyers were built in about 10 months (I may be wrong on that). So how fast do you think the U.S. could build navy ships today...

I'm saddened that THIS event is what is bringing me back to the site after being away for a long long time. Joe was a warehouse of knowledge, a foundation of this website, and a great guy to pick his brain about aviation. I wasn't as close to him as Adler or Wurger and others but we still had...

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Heard about it and jumped on here to see what was happening. Prayers for safety to all

Sons of Apollo – Goodbye Divinity Black Swan – Shake the World IQ – Resistance

Aw man. That sucks!

Pretty cool song about the Bismarck

I can't seem to get past 8000 posts. I guess I need to give more Thumbs Up emoji's in the modeling section! Yep, over 15 years for me as of this past June! Wow!

July 1, 1942 Article 1 42 Billion Bux For War Dept. WASHINGTON—The largest single appropriation bill in the history of the world is well on its way to becoming law. Every cent of it goes to our War Department. It's more dough than Croesus ever had in his sock, and it's all strictly G.I. The...

June 24th 1942 - Second Issue Article 1 U. S. War Cost - $200,000,000 a Day WASHINGTON - Donald M.Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board, predicts in a radio broadcast that before the end of the year U. S. will be spending "just about $200,000,000 every day" on the war effort. Article 2...

Happy birthday!

These are from the June 17th 1942 issue which was the 1st issue of Yank magazine. As I get time I'll post articles from each issue. I look forward to your comments. Opening letter from FDR To you fighting men of our armed forces overseas your Commander in Chief sends greetings in this, the...

My definition of a dogfight would be in visual range. You smart guy pilots probably know it as something else. OK, let's say in visual range.

Not to complicate the scenario with weather conditions, day or night, desert or arctic, etc., etc., but you can only choose one plane to take into a dogfight. What is your choice? Any you would avoid at all cost?