WWII and TWOT: 60 Years after VJ Day

On August 14, 1945, Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's surrender, 1,346 days after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The U.S. produced 270,000 airplanes in the years 1942 to 1945. (Photo: Air Force Historical Research Agency)
It has been 1,433 days since September 11, 2001, and we still have not yet furnished our troops with effective body armor:

The ceramic plates in vests worn by most personnel cannot withstand certain munitions the insurgents use. But more than a year after military officials initiated an effort to replace the armor with thicker, more resistant plates, tens of thousands of soldiers are still without the stronger protection because of a string of delays in the Pentagon's procurement system.