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Friday, October 24, 2025

How Engineers Designed Marston Mats to Build Airfields in Jungles Within 48 Hours

This WW2 Secrets documentary details the urgent need for all-weather airfields in the Pacific. Engineers overcame muddy conditions with Marston Mats, innovative interlocking steel planks. Witness the ingenious design and rapid construction under fire, transforming warfare logistics.

VIDEO HERE  (34 minutes)
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  1. JeremyROctober 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM

    One of my brothers in law was an Air Force construction engineer. He built the runway on the Sinai after the peace accord was signed. Took them less than a day. I believe they were using the aluminum version called AM2..

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  2. AnonymousOctober 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM

    Marston mat was created before we entered ww2.

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    1. AnonymousOctober 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM

      Carnegie Steel Dec 1941

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    2. AnonymousOctober 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM

      My grandpa had a couple and for a 10 year old kid they were heavy.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM

    When I lived in Japan I met an old guy who said: "America won the war for two reasons - Every American soldier carried a machine gun, and the Americans could build an airport in one day."

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