Carl Vinson said, “The most expensive thing in the world is a cheap Army and Navy.” How did this belief affect the state of Georgia? Vinson’s efforts to shift funding to the military contributed to the expansion of aircraft and ship manufacturing in the state.

Vinson’s public insistence that the United States was unprepared for an invasion caused people to move away from the state’s coast.

Vinson’s public insistence that the United States was unprepared to fight a foreign war led the state’s population to oppose entering WWII.

Vinson’s efforts to shift funding to the military led the government to cut programs that helped struggling Georgians during the Great Depression.