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Posted by hemimech on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 23:25:35 :
In Reply to: Re: What was the other option??? posted by Dave Horvath on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 17:44:08 :
Isn’t it nice that Americans now happily support former Japanese military equipment manufactures. My Brother in-law is an ex Navy pilot who drives a Toyota with a GO Navy bumper sticker. Apparently history class is very brief at Annapolis Naval Academy. Certainly the fallen solders of WWII would be just delighted.
Subaru Aircraft:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Aircraft_Company
Mitsubishi Aircraft:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Zero
Toyota/ Toyoda Ground support vehicles:
http://www.yamasa.org/japan/english/destinations/aichi/toyota.html
Datsun changed to Nissan to avoid WWII image:
http://www.zcca.org/pages/ZCarsZhistoryDatsuntoNissan.htm