[Milsurplus] LM-18 and AC PS Questions.. More

[Hue Miller]

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From: "J Forster" <jfor at quik.com>

> I read somewhere that the aluminum drives were essentially propaganda exercises, designed to
> give the general populace the feeling of participating in the war effort.

Oh- almost forgot this, regarding metal drives: that book that entranced me lately (one of many),
"Italy at War", has a photo of a metal drive there. Among the old baby strollers, wagons, and such,
one person was turning in a display collection of military medals, mounted on a large display
panel, about maybe 4 by 3 foot, a couple score medals with their ribbons on it. Now, that  metal was
really crucial to Italy's war capacity,  wasn't it?
-Hue