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From: pv04+@andrew.cmu.edu (Philip Verdieck)
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Subject: War ironies.
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Date: 5 Apr 89 02:19:42 GMT
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From: Philip Verdieck <pv04+@andrew.cmu.edu>

Here's a good one, that I don't think can be outdone...

We gave Japan scrap metal before WWII to use.

The used this in their airplanes, ships, etc...

>From the wreckage of zero's shot down, we used the hardened steel
in the propeller blades to redesign the contact pins in some of
our torpedos....