Thread: Louisiana Maneuvers (1940-1941)
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Old February 7th, 2009, 07:13 AM
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Default Re: Louisiana Maneuvers (1940-1941)
I found this interesting too about the manuvers.

"The 1941 maneuvers helped the nation prepare for war; for the first time in the nation's history there existed a field tested nearly combat-ready Army before a declaration of war. Sixty one soldiers lost their lives in the Louisiana and Carolinas maneuvers and which cost the nation $20.6 million in expenses incurred. Additional compensation went out for damage claims for stolen melons, rutted yards, wrecked barrooms, drowned sheep, buildings damaged by tanks and fatal accidents involving Army and civilian vehicles."
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