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I inherited from my dad an ashtray made from the end if a three inch artillery shell. As an ensign in the US Navy in 1960, he had a machinists mate make one for
by JackFr 4y ago
I inherited from my dad an ashtray made from the end if a three inch artillery shell. As an ensign in the US Navy in 1960, he had a machinists mate make one for him by cutting the end of the shell down and then welding bent pennies onto it for the cigarette holder portion.
My favorite detail was that it was stamped 1944 on the bottom.
“But dad, you were in the Navy in the 1960’s?”
“They made a LOT of shells in 1944”
- TylerE 4y agoOn a morbid note, they made so many Purple Hearts for the planned invasion of Japan in 1945 that they haven’t needed to make more since.
- endominus 4y agoI don't see how that's morbid. They thought a lot more people would be injured or killed than actually were. Isn't that the opposite of morbid?
- arlort 4y agoI think what's implied to be morbid isn't the fact that they haven't made them since, it's them making so many in the first place
- defrost 4y agoNot exactly true, more were made in 1976, in 2000, and in 2008. What is true is they still have a fair few left over ready to issue from WWII .. they misplaced 125,000 from that time and rediscovered them in that enormous Raiders of the Lost Ark warehouse. See: https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/176762 https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/176762
- moffkalast 4y agoThey belong in a museum!