You're an order of magnitude off: $1M in 1943 is ~$19.5M today.
https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
Crap, today is not my day for reading comprehension I guess (combined with overcorrection for my anticipated error). Too late for me to edit, but thank you for pointing this out.
Crap, today is not my day for reading comprehension I guess (combined with overcorrection for my anticipated error). Too late for me to edit, but thank you for pointing this out.