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The practical methodologies evolved over many years, and were largely the work of John Hall, a gunsmith from Portland, Maine, and inventor of the “Hall carbine” that became notorious when muckrakers dug into the youthful Pierpont Morgan’s dealings with Civil War procurement authorities.

In early 1947, he was approached by a Palmach commander named Dov Zayces, who asked him whether he knew anything about torpedoes, self-propelled weapons with explosive warheads. Sharon answered that all he knew about torpedoes was based on what he had seen in movies and read in books. Zayces gave him five pounds sterling and instructed him to

Uzi Sharon was a pioneer in the development of a propelled weapon. As early as 1947, he was asked to design a torpedo to damage British destroyers that were taking part in expelling “illegal” Jewish immigrants.”

One of the most fascinating chapters in the history of the State of Israel concerns the contribution of young Israeli scientists to the security of the newly established State. The term Cheil Mada (the Science Corps)—or HEMED, as it was known—remains largely unknown. Only a handful of members of today’s generation are aware that David Ben-Gurion

Once again, however, the opportunity for financial innovation was provided by war.

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Bush’s new organization, eventually called the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), would create the opportunity Bush sought for scientists, engineers, and inventors at universities and private labs to explore the bizarre.

On November 24, the day the battle for Tarawa ended, Turner’s staff forwarded a training syllabus to Lieutenant Thomas Crist, the commanding officer of the coral-blasting Seabee unit back in Hawaii, calling for the creation of two provisional units capable of dealing with underwater obstacles—something called the “underwater demolition teams,” or