From: Glen Bedel (GBedel@designforum.com)
Date: Wed Aug 27 2003 - 06:35:03 PDT
My neighbor Dick had told me of pallets of brand new "NDTs" that were
dumped in the south pacific.
............I wonder if rubber ages under salt water?
-----Original Message-----
From: noel shelley [mailto:noel@shelley1722.freeserve.co.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 8:31 AM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: [MV] GOVERNMENT , WAR , AND WASTE . MV content buried
Well done Jack , 10 out of 10 , for the fable , go to the top of the
class .
During the last war { ww2 }Eastern England , and East Anglia in
particular became almost one large military base . East Anglia had well
over 100 air bases and many army camps , at most the same story is told
only the details change . Come the end of hostilities as the bases
closed HUGE holes were bulldozed in the ground and everything from
socket sets to whole vehicles and aircraft were buried . Talking to some
of the old boys in the villages around the bases will often reveal the
location , at least roughly . Most of the land in question has been
returned to farming , and from some who worked on the land I have heard
stories of small tools and other items coming to the surface. I have
never heard of anyone excavating a site , one can only guess at the
treasure trove hidden . There is little doubt that the story is true in
the case of the American military hospital at Snettisham Beach , and RAF
Massingham . An old work mate of mine , at the end of the war was
driving a Queen Mary { an aircraft transporter } taking refurbished
aircraft from the factory , to be loaded on ships , taken out into the
Atlantic and DUMPED , under the terms of lease lend . In the case of the
vehicles , to have released them would have caused considerable
unemployment and also a serious impact on the UK vehicle builders ,
bearing in mind all the men coming back from war and needing work .
Crushing HMMWV`s pales into insignificance compared to what was done
nearly sixty years ago , in our name and supposedly in our best interest
.
I don`t agree with it then or now , NOEL
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