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Date Posted: 17:27:37 02/15/19 Fri
Author: graeylin
Author Host/IP: 72.171.tvwireless.net / 207.151.171.72
Subject: Graeylin's Military Trivia

Hey, we got the answer for my dad's trivia question... Seabees loved to get their hands on the BAR. It was a better palm tree cutter than a chainsaw (as anyone that has ever tried to cut a palm tree can attest), because the BAR simply blasted through the fibrous trunk of the tree, rather than having to clear your saw blade of palm fibers every second cut. Good job!

As a bonus, my dad also told me that scraps of rubber, from life boats, were much sought after in the Pacific as well, to help give the GI's a better grip on the wood stocks of their weapons in the moist, wet/humid tropical combat they faced. Especially the automatic weapons, like the Thompson... a scrap of boat rubber in the foregrip hand might mean you could keep hold of the slick wood, rather than having it rise out of your wet hand.


We are still looking for the answer to the German tank count of WWI, but we have a close answer (a bit low, but not too far off).

Today's question, for the weekend:

What was the US Coast Guard’s most northerly patrol area in WWII?

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