the backpage of the AAA magazine Westways was very timely and well chosen, memorializing the ordinary hard working mechanics that kept the machinery going between wars

I do wish I'd had this yesterday to post, but, no matter. 

It's not when you think of, remember, or consider, the many who worked with so much effort between wars, and during the wars, for so long, not knowing what it would take to end WW1, or WW2, but that now and then you remember the many in the fight who weren't getting the glory, the headlines, the promotions to capt, the war bonds tours, or the moment to capture a squad of Nazis, or break out some POWs from a Japanese POW camp, just to remember that there were hundreds of thousands who were fighting the machines to get a little more run time, a bit more use, or just another  engine to start when the damn thing was cold, the timing was off, or the pugs were fouled. 

So here's to the mechanics. On the trains, planes, tanks, ships and subs, that kept them flying, floating, cruising, etc... not just in WW2, but WW1, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War 1 and 2, in Iraq, Afghanistan, during the Spanish American war, the chase of Pancho Villa, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and the trains, ships, and those ironclads in the Civil War - but also between the wars, not knowing when the next one would need those machines to operate fast and smooth, so some pilot could launch and put up a defense against a surprise attack, like on Dec 7th, 1941 in Pearl Harbor.