"From Discarded Cigar Boxes to Floating Piers" Topic
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 ColCampbell  | 21 May 2024 5:59 a.m. PST |
I thought this was an intriguing article -- how discarded cigar boxes in the Pentagon in pre-WW2 days turned into floating piers used throughout the WW2 theaters, in Korea and Vietnam, and even into the humanitarian relief operation in today's Gaza Strip. link Jim |
| robert piepenbrink | 21 May 2024 8:23 a.m. PST |
Excellent. Thank you. Please note, though, and the article agrees, NOT "The Pentagon." Navy HQ was on the Mall in those days. The Pentagon was an Army wartime construction, and I don't think the Navy got a floor until the creation of the Defense Department. I'd love to see a DoD concept the size of the Pentagon turned into reality in a year, but such was the United States, once. |
| Bismarck | 21 May 2024 10:59 a.m. PST |
Saw that earlier today. Awesome article. Good old Seabees.
God bless them. Always kid a friend of mine that they were
Marine Combat Engineers assigned to the Navy. Of course
he always replies in kind. They sure took good care of us. |
| Stryderg | 21 May 2024 5:04 p.m. PST |
One of the links in the article lead to a PDF:
link That's some impressive work! |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 22 May 2024 9:55 p.m. PST |
I'm going to show it to my wife to remind her not to be too hasty to throw things away! |
| wardog | 26 May 2024 11:59 a.m. PST |
going to do couple of these as models .what color were they painted |
| Joe Legan | 16 Jun 2024 4:57 a.m. PST |
Interesting indeed. Another unsung hero.
Thanks |
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examines another pre-painted building for WWII.
