[ARC5] RAT and RAT-1: The Arizona Connection

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 9 Jan 2012 at 15:49, Todd, KA1KAQ wrote:

> No
> surprise that gov't inefficiency would show up in the military as
> well.

I also remember being told of a base in Alaska. At the end of WWII, 
there was a huge pile of material at the base. Blankets, food, etc. 
When the commander of the base asked his higher-ups what to do with 
it, he was told, "Throw it in the fire.".

So, he had a long, but not very wide, fire built down the center of 
his local runway, lined up all the "excess" material on one side of 
the fire with the necessary men to handle it, and had them throw it 
all "in the fire". 

Meanwhile, the locals on the OTHER side of the fire caught it and 
took it home.

In another instance, I was told of by one who was there, that many, 
many ships were simply unloaded into the Pacific ocean at the end of 
WWII.

There is supposed to be an entire shipload of AR-88s at the bottom of 
the ocean near Seattle, but that is most likely an apochryphal 
story...

Ken W7EKB