Don675
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This series about 12 men and women during ww 2 was very thought provoking. They said there was 14 million men and women in the armed forces during ww 2. I believe the USA population was 100 million at that time. 400,000 americans were killed during ww 2. The air force in europe sufferred 33 % casualities. What sacrifice. The amount of ships built,aircraft,tanks,etc. was staggering. Also the war ships built during ww2 served long after wards.They were not just thrown together. At the BOSTON NAVY YARD in the late 1960s we repaired and overhauled numerous essex class carriers, destroyers,etc that were built during ww 2. DONK GULF COAST
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