Day 18

First used in March of 1943 to land U.S. Army troops on the shores of Noumea, New Caledonia, later mounted with 4.5-inch rockets for the beaches of Normandy. More than 60 years later, they saved lives in the flooded streets of New Orleans, rescuing and evacuating environmental refugees from places inaccessible by other large water craft. I vote to dispatch more ducks and less bombs.