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Turn swords into plowshares - or Fuel Tanks into boats
"...clever Vietnamese farmers saw an opportunity to repurpose some of the thousands of huge metal tanks that were scattered throughout the land. With a little outside the box thinking, these scraps of metal were transformed into fully functional canoes"
More pixs and article at:
http://www.guns.com/2014/01/16/fuel-tanks-jettisoned-u-s-fighter-jets-vietnam-repurposed-canoes/
Very practical - Makes a nice canoe
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According to several people replying to the Aviationist blog post, fuel tanks jettisoned from planes in combat likely ended up as scrap metal.
The Daily Mail also published this story:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2612962/Ingenious-farmers-build-vital-river-boats-fuel-tanks-jettisoned-U-S-planes-Vietnam-War.html
I found a site that has many excellent photos of repurposed war wreckage:
http://www.laosgpsmap.com/tag/ho-chi-minh-trail-tours/
Here's a fence made of drop tanks:
Here's a more sophisticated canoe being built from scrap:
