[Milsurplus] Post War Surplus

[J. Forster]

> I have seen a lot of stuff that was obviously produced late in World War
> II, too late to be utilized and probably stored until the Korean War
> effort, when it was re-packaged. Maybe somebody can tell us if the
> original manufacturer repackaged this stuff or if the military inspected
> and repackaged it.

I've seen a bunch of stuff like that. Repackaging was generally contracted
out to specialist companies AFAIK.

> I know for a fact that a lot of WW II stuff was given to the public school
> system because we had big transmitters, meters, tubes, and so on donated
> to our Electric Shop in the early 1960's.
>
> In the next valley over the hills from us (in Southwest Arizona) was a big
> camp at which General Patton trained troops for Africa. I can't
> substantiate the rumor, but local legend says that the military dug a huge
> pit and topped it with concrete, then covered it carefully with dirt. In
> the pit, as the story goes, are vehicles, ammunition, and communications
> gear.

Let's go treasure hunting! It should be easy to fing with Ground
Penetrating RADAR.

-John

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