pv04+@andrew.cmu.edu (Philip Verdieck) (04/05/89)
From: Philip Verdieck <pv04+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Here's a good one, that I don't think can be outdone...
We gave Japan scrap metal before WWII to use.
The used this in their airplanes, ships, etc...
>From the wreckage of zero's shot down, we used the hardened steel
in the propeller blades to redesign the contact pins in some of
our torpedos....