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Default Re: Lesser known details of WW2 part four

AL CAPONE'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE WAR EFFORT

Soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Secret Service wanted to acquire an armored car for President Roosevelt. The only one available on such short notice was one that had been owned by Al Capone. Capone was in jail at the time. Source: "Washington Goes to War" by David Brinkley

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