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Top ten popular consumables for the army during the Second World War!
Jul 9, 2007 02:40 GMT-6
KEVIN0518 Points: 4645 Join Date: Mar 13, 2007 Status: offline	Top ten popular consumables for the army during the Second World War! Do you agree that the war can produce much wealth? During the Second War, some consumables became very popular. Those producers sold their products directly to the army and gained a lot of money and made their brands famous all over the world. For example, the Zippo lighters. Almost everyone hears it. Now let's have a look at those popular consumables. No.1 Zippo lighter. In 1940s, Zippo lighters became the military supply of US troops. When the Second World War broke out, US soldiers liked this cute lighter because of its high quality.

Jul 9, 2007 02:43 GMT-6	#1
KEVIN0518 Points: 4645 Join Date: Mar 13, 2007 Status: Offline	No.2 Swiss saber. Everyone is familiar with it.

Jul 9, 2007 02:47 GMT-6	#2
KEVIN0518 Points: 4645 Join Date: Mar 13, 2007 Status: Offline	No. 3 Camel filters. A famous brand in US. During the Second World War, it had the meaning of freedom. Later on, it was popular among those movie stars in Hollywood.

Jul 9, 2007 02:55 GMT-6	#3
KEVIN0518 Points: 4645 Join Date: Mar 13, 2007 Status: Offline	No.4 Rolex watch. As everyone knows, Swiss watch is famous all over the world. Rolex is the most outstanding among them. In 1926, Rolex watch had the functions of water proof, dust proof and quakeproof. In 1931, it made its first automatic watch.

Jul 9, 2007 03:05 GMT-6	#4
KEVIN0518 Points: 4645 Join Date: Mar 13, 2007 Status: Offline	No.5 Parker Pen. Jorge Parker was the inventor of the pen. In 1888, he founded his own company. At the end of the Second War, US general MacArthur used Parker pen to sign his name on the paper which declared Japan surrendered.

Jul 9, 2007 03:12 GMT-6	#5
KEVIN0518 Points: 4645 Join Date: Mar 13, 2007 Status: Offline	No.6 Cocacola. No matter where US soldiers headed toward, Cocacola would offter them Cocacola five pennies per cup. That is the best advertisement for Cocacola.

Jul 9, 2007 03:17 GMT-6	#6
KEVIN0518 Points: 4645 Join Date: Mar 13, 2007 Status: Offline	No.7 Motorola. For us, Motorola is mianly the producer of the cellphones. However, few people know that it also produces walkie-talkies.

Jul 9, 2007 03:22 GMT-6	#7
KEVIN0518 Points: 4645 Join Date: Mar 13, 2007 Status: Offline	No. 8 Nylon. In 1935, Nylon was made by Du Pont. During the Second World War, it was included in the military supplies. After the Second World War, Nylon socks became very popular. The young women were crazy about it and stood in a line to buy it.

Jul 9, 2007 03:25 GMT-6	#8
KEVIN0518 Points: 4645 Join Date: Mar 13, 2007 Status: Offline	No.9 Jeep. In 1941, the first jeep was made in US. It was a small, durable, general-purpose motor vehicle with four-wheel drive and a quarter-ton capacity. During the Second World War, it was used by the U.S. Army.

Jul 9, 2007 03:30 GMT-6	#9
KEVIN0518 Points: 4645 Join Date: Mar 13, 2007 Status: Offline	No.10 Ray-Ban Sunglasses. In 1930, a company was commissioned by US Land Forces to make a kind of glasses to protect the pilots' eyes. In 1937, the company produced its sunglasses on large scales and changed its name to Ray-Ben.

Jul 9, 2007 16:18 GMT-6	#10
PETERSEA... Points: 296 Join Date: Mar 10, 2007 Status: Offline	what about chewing gum - ever seen a yankie soldier without gum - in the movies that is

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