A BIT OF HISTORY WITH A STARTLING QUESTION
Ron
Kalenuik
Here is an interesting fact for my American friends:
During the 3-1/2 years of World War 2 that started with the Japanese bombing of
Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and
ended with the Surrender of Germany and Japan in 1945, "The People of the
U.S.A." produced the following:
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.
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, invaded 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, that during the
almost exact amount of time, the Obama Administration couldn't even build a web
site that
worked.
Pastor Lee asks: And now he claims he can gain re-election...Could he?
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