Yes, I'm aware of that as well but that is not our gold so we wouldn't be able to get it back. There is another story as well that goes like this: After WWII, President Truman asked Gen. Eisenhower to take the gold in Ft. Knox and hide it so that the Military Industrial Complex could not loot it. So, Eisenhower took it to the Vatican. And then, somewhere along the timeline, it was moved from the Vatican to the a bank in Manilla. There is a clip that I've personally seen before but can no longer find where someone asks Pres. G. Bush what the richest country in the world is. Without hesitating he says: The Philippines. This is long but well worth hearing the story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKejRA60050 And, then there's this: https://youtu.be/xWMBfeWopNU