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

[J. Forster]

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-John

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> I remember having been told the reason for collecting
> the milweek pods was to make parachutes!
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> Hey! What does a six or seven year old kid know?
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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
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