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During the Battle of the Bulge, soldiers used lace fabric found in homes as camouflage in the snow. 1944. It started as a joke, but they found it protected them quite well.






1962, President John F. Kennedy hosted foreign dignitaries aboard USS Enterprise to watch the Navy demonstrate the latest surface-to-air and air-to-air missiles against a drone. After the missiles failed to score a single hit, a dignitary asked if his country could buy the drone.


With the exception of USS Constitution and USS Pueblo (which remains an officially commissioned ship despite being held by North Korea), the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge is the oldest ship in the U.S. Navy. Commissioned in 1970, the Blue Ridge is expected to remain in service until 2039