Skipper,

It boggles the mind to consider all the preparations that were needed and accomplished over the whole country in the time available. The acquisition of items, development, and production requirements, building the factories, and facilities, training all the personnel.

Imagine just the common place items like shoe laces, belt buckles, uniforms, blankets, spark plugs, anchor chains, light fixtures, flashlights, field glasses, shaving kits, etc. How many feet of dock line, or steel cable did just the Navy require?

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All the Best
Jack