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Uke


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https://archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.23086

We all pretty much know the hows and whys behind the United States becoming involved in WW-II, but a few of the really obscure details are lost to history.

Listening to a favorite Sunday program on the radio, outa Canada, that was recorded in Fort Saint Johns, British Columbia, which is at the northern terminus of the highway...

More of the story can be heard on the Vinyl Cafe on http://www.cbc.ca/vinylcafe/home.php?pageView=archive#thisweek




-- Edited by Uke on Sunday 10th of November 2013 03:00:05 PM

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Couple questions I'll ask ya, Uke.

Why was the Alaska Highway built.

Where is our old buddy TW5k?

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He could be in an overturned crew shuttle van on Highway 10 or 39 or 6.

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Snippy wrote:

Couple questions I'll ask ya, Uke.

Why was the Alaska Highway built.

Where is our old buddy TW5k?

 First off Snip, I'll hafta go with the answers provided in the video, from the US Gov't. They had it built...as a response ta Japan's invasion of Pearl Harbor. They were taking no further chances in allowing the Japanese to enter US air space again.

Secondly, I don't know where Thunderwagon5000 is at the moment. But I hope he's okay. His dad has been ailing, and TW5-K had been looking after his pop for a while now... Let's all hope pops is okay, and that a crew hauler hasn't met an icy road, and skidded off, trapping TW5-K.

Meanwhile we shall await...because there ain't nothin' else to do!



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TW5K wont leave us hanging for long. He lives near the Artic Circle
and is hip with everything today. Think it more a MIR problem and
if that is so, he will have all kinds of things to share with us very soon.

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