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I'm trying to prove that a story told to me back in 1959 by William F. Moore is true.
When I was a kid in the 50's, I worked for William F. Moore in Lorain, Ohio. He did not tolk much about the war, but he did tell me this story. He said he was a warrant officer of some kind I think.
William said he was put incharge of adapting the DD tanks and after making a couple of them they ran out of babbitt. (a soft pliable metal used to make bushings) The babbitt was used to make the bushings that supported the propeller shaft that went from the tanks transmission through the hull to the propeller.After trying all resources to obtain more babbitt he gave up when he was told that there was no more babbitt in all of England. That weekend he took some time off because all work had stopped on the DD tanks. While walking around some small town William thought he would buy a gift for his nephew's birthday and send it to him in the U.S. He picked up a tin soldier and when he bent the arms and legs he realized that the tin soldiers were made of babbitt. He then bought all he could find and brought then back to base. There he told his commanding officer about the find. The commander then sent a squads of men all over England to buy all the tin soldiers they coud find. William said the tin soldiers were melted down and the babbitt which they were made of was used to make the bushing for the DD tanks