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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Dracon" data-source="post: 3285002" data-attributes="member: 14799">O.N.  What we call history is really no more than a continuum of happenings, some nature caused and some man caused.  I can recall reading science texts saying to students, "Someday man may go to the moon."  We laugh at that now, but how many little "steps" did it take before Neil Armstrong actually planted his feet on the moon?The Japanese understood the value of binoculars it seems primarily from a military standpoint.  I had no idea that U-Boats transported optical glass to Japanese in the early stages of WW2.  I also didn't understand the rigorous quality control the Japanese put into place when they started to export large quantities of binoculars world wide.  These and other facts shown in the written materials you have provided should be basic reading for those of us who understand that quality optics just didn't "happen" by accident. To me, anyway, it make owning and using binoculars much more meaningful.Keep referencing materials you come across.  I think most of us appreciate the historical facts behind all this.John</blockquote>