[ARC5] Blackout ; Lend Lease and ARC-5's

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

I remember having been told the reason for collecting 
the milweek pods was to make parachutes! 
 
Hey! What does a six or seven year old kid know? 
 
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* 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 * 
* (Since 30 Nov 53) * 
* k2gkk at hotmail.com *  
* Oklahoma City, OK * 
* USAF, Ret (61-81) * 
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> Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2012 16:40:50 -0400
> From: gewhite at crosslink.net
> To: jfor at quikus.com
> CC: arc5 at mailman.qth.net; k2gkk at hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Blackout ; Lend Lease and ARC-5's
> 
> At one time kapok was supposedly in short supply for life jackets and we 
> were asked to collect milkweed pods -
> 
> - Gordon White