Trivia

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The only nation that Germany declared war on was the USA.

The German submarine U-1206 was sunk by a malfunctioning toilet.


That's not true.

The story I heard about U1206 is that the submarine took water because of a toilet problem. Water got into the engine room, getting the engines wet and releasing chlorine gases.

The U-Boat commander ordered the boat to surface, so that ventilation could occur.

When they surfaced, they opened hatches, and the U-boat was ventilated.

When they were surfaced, a British Aircraft spotted them and attacked their position, sinking the ship.

* When the US Army landed in North Africa, among the equipment brought ashore were 3 complete Coca-Cola bottling plants. Why? Because the water was disgusting. Imagine drinking water that tasted much like that of your local swimming pool. Soldiers simply favored drinking Coca-Cola. In 1939, Coca Cola only had 5 overseas bottling plants. By 1945, they had 64.

* During World War II the military production of the Ford Motor Company exceeded that of the whole of Italy. . During 1942, Ford Motor Company halted its civilian car output and shifted to total military production."

All car makers were ordered to stop civilian car production not long after Pearl Harbor (I don't have the date). The initial order wasn't so much to cause the conversion to war production, but because the access to rubber from S.E. Asia was cut off by the Japanese advance. No rubber, no tire production, and the military knew it was going to need all the rubber it could lay its hands on for tires to support the military vehicles. The automakers appealed to Roosevelt not to close down their industry, offering to make new cars without tires, arguing that the buyers could then take the tires off their old vehicles and transfer them to the new cars. Roosevelt knew, however, that once new cars started coming off the assembly line without tires, there would be tremendous political pressure to lift the ban on civilian tire production. So he didn't relent.

* The youngest U.S. serviceman was 12-year-old Calvin Graham, USN. He was wounded and given a Dishonorable Discharge for lying about his age. (His benefits were later restored by act of Congress).

* To conserve metal during World War II the Academy Awards of Merit - also known as the Oscars - were made out of wood.

* In the US in 1943, to conserve metal, the production of blades to make sliced bread was ended.

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Trivia that we usually forget and should not . In Loving Memory...

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I was with Force Recon at the time this happened. I was the Company armorer for them and was on duty the day this happened. It was a horrible accident and they will never be forgotten. Here is a link for names/info if anyone is curious. Semper Fi. http://www.forcerecon.com/ch46accident.htm ...
Submitted by: WOMBAT01 at 5/20/2005 6:06:19 AM This happened in 99. Pilot got caught in the fence when he tried to power out the bird flipped. I dont remember the exact number but I believe 9 died and 11 survived. I know the pilot lived because i remember him attending one of the funerals with a broken leg. All who perished were Marines, and I believe one Navy Corpsman, cant remember is the corpsman lived or not though. Semper Fi ...
Submitted by: DAVII at 5/9/2005 138 AM This crash on on the USNS Pecos with Military Sealift Command, a part of the Dept of the Navy. Its a refueling ship. It happened in the late 90s, not sure of the date, They were conducting training for the seals to board ships at sea. The pilot came in too fast and lost control. They got most of the guys in the helo out but did lose a couple. By the way excelent web site... ...
Submitted by: AJKWA at 4/16/2005 3:48:57 PM and from my old base in Scotland http://holyloch.com/album/slideshow....r&currentPic=2