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    Unhappy Million Dollar Point Luganville, Vanuatu

    Million Dollar Point - Luganville, Vanuatu
    The U.S. military dumped millions dollars worth of goods off a beach in Vanuatu, purely to spite the British and French.



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    WHEN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ABANDONED THE Vanuatuan island of Espiritu Santo after occupying it as a base during World War II, it left behind infrastructure works such as roads, buildings and runways. But its oddest legacy might be the millions of dollars of goods it dumped into the ocean — just so the French and British couldn’t have them.


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    https://www.amusingplanet.com/2016/1...f-vanuatu.html

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    hinthinthint......
    "I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." -- James Madison

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    Well $#@! the French but the British who cared?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Collateral Damage View Post
    hinthinthint......
    How hard would it have been to disable the big stuff (yank out vital electronic components) and burn the piles of Cash in Afghanistan?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RMNIXON View Post
    How hard would it have been to disable the big stuff (yank out vital electronic components) and burn the piles of Cash in Afghanistan?
    One little shaker of salt and the blood of a pig......
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    Didn't we trash all of our PT Boats after the war?
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