In '67, we SAC B-52 alert crewmen did very quick "wax/polish" of several
drab Air Force blue alert vehicles ( 4-door crew cab pickups) with mixture
of Diesel fuel and water.
Wilton
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From: "Gerry Archer" <arche...@embarqmail.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] To ejamacat woger WAS:Ages
Darn! Wish I'd known that back then when I drove a '35 Chevy. The only
thing I remember using kerosene for was "car polish" when mixed with motor
oil. If those of us who had the use of a car had a Saturday night date,
we would often go over the car with that mixture which made it nice and
shiny. But if we took our date down the dusty dirt road to lovers lane,
the car was an awful looking sight by the time we got back.
Gerry
From: "WILTON" <wilt...@nc.rr.com>
Oh, yes, we also grew a big "Victory" garden.
For fuel in the '37 Ford, we used 5 gallons of gasoline "stretched" with
about a gallon and a half of kerosene. 'Didn't remember the ratio, so I
just called my brother who was the family driver at that time to remind
me.
We went down the road laying a thin smoke screen behind us.
Wilton
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From: "Dieselhead" <126die...@gmail.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 12:40 AM
Subject: [MBZ] To ejamacat woger WAS:Ages
>..The WWII generations, my parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles
and millions like them, Gerry and Wilton did amazing things from 1941
to 1946. Let us, and younger generations learn from the mistakes
made in the early 1900s, and the 1930s and never repeat them...
Weren't both of them in elementary school during those years?
RLE
>
I know... futile, because the first element of learning is a willing
student....
Read this: http://www.qconline.com/progress99/2ration2.shtml
It details many of the war effort contributions of kids, Scrap drives
for tin, aluminum, steel, iron, rubber and other things. Collecting
cooking grease for ammunition. Collecting and mending clothing items.
Remember the GI was not outfitted for extreme cold, so socks, scarves,
longjohns and other stuff was appreciated by the soldiers.
The article does not mention the penny drives where kids raised
significant amounts of money
From
http://www.nationalww2museum.org/learn/education/for-students/ww2-history/america-goes-to-war.html
""Save Waste Fat for Explosives"
Ammunition for rifles, artillery, mortars, and other weapons was one of
the most important manufacturing priorities of World War II. A key
ingredient needed to make the explosives in much ammunition was
glycerine.
To help produce more ammunition, Americans were encouraged to save
household waste fat, which was used to make glycerine. Other household
goods,including rags, paper, silk, and string,were also recycled. This
was a home front project that all Americans could join."
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