The manufacturers managed to convince Congress to pass
legislation that prohibited the reintroduction of
those vehicles into the United States and mandated
their destruction in Europe.
In the article there were thousands of vehicles
stacked like firewood prior to them being burned as
scrap. It was sad to see trucks and aircraft waiting
for their destruction.
I will bet money that if someone would take the time
to conduct the research into the Congressional Record
of 1945/1944 that you will find similar legislation
for WWII, driven by the same parties as WWI.
As a practical matter, almost every transportation
resource available was being used to transport troops
back to the states. So I am sure that people had a
much higher priority than material. Hence the
unloading of the ships in open water and then the
returning and filling up with returning GI's bound for
home.
It is my guess that the majority of "collectable" WWII
vehicles were left in the inventory in units that were
not demobilized after the war, in Europe, Asia, and at
home.
At least the WWII vehicles remaining were not melted
down like the remaining WWI vehicles were for WWII.
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Joe Baker
Major, Cavalry
Formerly of the
1st Squadron, 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment (Germany)
and the 418th Med Co (AMB) RVN
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