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11-16-2012, 04:16 PM
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11-16-2012, 06:39 PM
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 "It is better to be feared than loved" - Nicolo Machiavelli
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11-17-2012, 06:58 AM
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Only once in nearly a century has bean soup not appeared on the menu of the Senate dining room in Washington DC. On Setember 14, 1943, as a result of wartime shortages, the supply of white Michigan beans ran out.
The ensuing senatorial uproar was sufficient to insure that there were beans enough the next day and on every subsequent day thereafter. "Dirty Little Secrets of WWII" And now you know the source of all the hot air on the Hill!!!! 
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The reason that the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis.
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11-17-2012, 07:03 AM
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In World War II, US soldiers were the highest paid with enlisted personnel earning (in 1994 dollars) an average of 750.00 a month and offers earning 2,200.00 a month. Soldiers in other armies received token amounts, or, at most, 2-300 dollars a month. US soldiers were qucik to note that not only were they better paid, but the also received "trade goods" as part of their normal rations. Cigarettes and candy were particularly valuable.
This in turn led the British soldiers to refer to the GIs as "oversexed, overpaid and over here!' This led the GIs to crack back that the Tommies were "undersexed, underpaid and under Eisenhower!" "Dirty Little Secrets of WWII"
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The reason that the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis.
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11-17-2012, 07:05 AM
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By mid-1843, 35% of the soldats in the German Army had been wounded at least once, 11% at least twice, 6% three times, 2% percent four times and 2% more than four times. During the war, the average officer slot had to be refilled 9.2 times.
Sourse is "Dirty Little Secrets of WWII"
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The reason that the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis.
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11-17-2012, 07:11 AM
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Venereal disease has long been recoginzed as a major cause of non-battle military noneffectiveness.
During World War One, the VD rate for the US Army was 87 cases per 1,000 men per year (far higher than the French Army rate). During World War Two, the VD rate decreased to 49 cases per 1,000 men per year. During the Korean War, the VD rate increased to 146 cases per 1,000 men per year. During the Vietnam War, the VD rate increased to 325 cases per 1,000 men per year. Hmmmmmm "Dirty Little Secrets of WWII"
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The reason that the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis.
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11-17-2012, 07:16 AM
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In World War Two, aces (those who shot down more than five enemy aircraft in air-to-air kills) tended to have blue or light colored eyes (over two thirds), were shorter than average and had more daughters than sons. This may mean something, but as of 1994, no one has figured out what.
"Dirty Little Secrets of WWII"
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The reason that the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis.
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11-19-2012, 11:33 AM
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11-17-2012, 05:12 PM
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