And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The only aircraft that returned to the States were ones hauling military service members. Otherwise, they were forbidden to return to CONUS. This was the agreement with the manufacturers and metal producers at the start of the war, as they didn't want to see their markets disappear with all that military gear going to salvage. On the Pacific islands they dug pits and pushed aircraft into them and than ran bulldozers over them to ensure destruction. THAT is why there are virtually no combat historical warbirds here in the US. A few came back for War Bond publicity use. Aircraft carriers pushed their aircraft over the side to make room for returning vets, in some cases. Here in the states, you could buy military aircraft for the cost of the fuel they contained, pretty much.
Essentially, the Democrats threw away our military after the war. Wasn't much left when the Korean War started.
95% of those planes probably went straight to scrap.
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ReplyDeleteThe only aircraft that returned to the States were ones hauling military service members. Otherwise, they were forbidden to return to CONUS. This was the agreement with the manufacturers and metal producers at the start of the war, as they didn't want to see their markets disappear with all that military gear going to salvage. On the Pacific islands they dug pits and pushed aircraft into them and than ran bulldozers over them to ensure destruction. THAT is why there are virtually no combat historical warbirds here in the US. A few came back for War Bond publicity use. Aircraft carriers pushed their aircraft over the side to make room for returning vets, in some cases. Here in the states, you could buy military aircraft for the cost of the fuel they contained, pretty much.
ReplyDeleteEssentially, the Democrats threw away our military after the war. Wasn't much left when the Korean War started.
The legendary Million Dollar Point, in the Pacific.
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