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Need help with a rocket motor ID
Henry_H@Q wrote:
"William R Thompson" wrote: [snip] That's what I was taught when getting my degrees in hysteria, er, history. My favorite example has to do with the "Nuts!" event at Bastogne. There are several accounts of exactly what was said; the accounts come from people who were there--and they don't match up. After my first reply to this message I did some Googleing. I still can't find any mention of the "Nuts" document. However, I did find this on wiki: The 1947-1949 Freedom Train was proposed by Attorney General Tom C. Clark as a way to reawaken Americans to their taken-for-granted principles of liberty in the post-war years. The idea soon got the approval of President Harry S. Truman and everything else fell into place. Top Marines were selected to attend to the train and its famous documents. The Marine contingent was led by Col. Robert F. Scott. Well-armed and alert, I trust. The Liberty Bell had been sent on an earlier tour (in the Twenties, I think--details escape me) during which tour bits and pieces were hacked off the rim as souvenirs. I am very sceptical of authority in reference sources, I certainly don't think the EB is very authorative. "Trust everyone, but cut the cards, anyway." The history department's attitude was "multiple references, please, and even then we may laugh." But, as a friend use to say "Even a blind pig finds some nuts." There are a LOT of nuts on wiki. Both metric and SAE. --Bill Thompson |
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