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Before interstate highways, before gas stations were common, when large swaths of the middle US were little more than tumbleweeds, the thought of trying to take your family across the US by automobile was downright insane. But that doesn’t mean it couldn’t be done.
I am very excited to be on this revival of the classic History Channel show Modern Marvels. This is a special three epsiode series on engineering of WWII. Episode 1 premiers tonight, Monday, July 27 at 10/9c.
There was an entire class of Navy ships- some thirty vessels- named after Army Generals. The largely forgotten General G.O. Squier class transports did yeomans' work in an unsung role, and have an interesting history that deserves to be remembered.
If asked, rather few people would guess that the deadliest day for America in WWII took place in October, 1944, 9 months before the end of the war.
