[ARC5] historical note

[J. Forster]

Maybe they listened to Patton...  "We can still lose this war". Wise, IMO.

-John

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>     One of the reasons there was so much new, never-used Command gear in
> surplus is that the production contracts were not canceled until 1 p.m.
> of V-J Day.
>
>      There had been a stab at canceling contracts in the fall of 1944
> when it appeared Germany was about to collapse and Japan seemed to be on
> the ropes. The Japanese fleet had beenpretty much destroyed in the fight
> for the Philippines.
>
>      But in November, 1944, the Japanese effectively deployed their
> Kamakase weapon and in December Germany struck back with their Bulge
> counterattack, indicating the war was not going to "be over by
> Christmas." The A.R.C. contracts were immediately reinstated and not
> halted until Japan surrendered.
>
>   - Gordon White
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