If you don't know how long the war will last...

Posted by chriscase on Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 23:07:30 :

In Reply to: Your tax dollars at work?????? posted by Dave Maher on Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 21:15:47 :

Dad was an ordnance handler on Tinian. So, straight from the horse's mouth, bombs were a dirty green. And practice bombs were blue, even then. Color coded, as well as coated.

Incendiaries were a different shape. Mines were black, with color coded salt washers that dissolved at differnt rates to arm the mines at different delays once they hit water.

I think white might have been Dress Uniform for parades and shows?

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• Re: If you don't know how long the war will last... - Dave Maher 08:24:43 08/18/2008
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