I would go with penicillin and anti-biotics, because they (along with radar, electronics, computers, modularized construction, 100 octane fuel, jeeps, landing craft, and combined operations) were one of the few World War II innovations that had a positive effect on humanity.
Penicillin and anti-biotics saved millions of lives, and turned once-fatal epidemic diseases into minor nuisances.
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"My intensity is intense." -- Roger Clemens
"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender." -- Winston Churchill.
"I am not a hero. The heroes are all dead. I am a survivor." -- Sgt. William Guarnere, Easy Company, 506th Parachute Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.
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