# Ww Ii R&d

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww-ii-r-d/118981>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 15, 2002, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww-ii-r-d/118981 "2002-07-15T02:01:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![BigBeaverBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@BigBeaverBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBeaverBill)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww-ii-r-d/118981/1 "2002-07-15T02:01:41Z")

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What was the name of the project to mass produce penicillin during WWII?

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww-ii-r-d/118981/2 "2002-07-15T02:18:50Z")

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there’s plenty about the wartime production of penicillin on [http://www.google.com](http://www.google.com)  
with searches for _Produce penicillin WWII project_ and _Produce penicillin WWII_, but I didn’t find a Project name.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww-ii-r-d/118981/3 "2002-07-15T12:04:16Z")

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It was called _The Las Vegas Project_.

…cause, y’know, there are a lot of hookers there…

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww-ii-r-d/118981/4 "2002-07-15T12:16:38Z")

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> [@](#):
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> …cause, y’know, there are a lot of hookers there…

_Oh, there are no fighter pilots down in hell  
Oh, there are no fighter pilots down in hell  
They’re all off on foreign shores  
Making mothers out of whores  
Oh, there are no fighter pilots down in hell_