[Milsurplus] Fwd: The History Daily - Ford Begins Building B-24s

[Bob Wilder]

Here is some WW2 Trivia you might find interesting
Bob, AF2HD/AFA2HD



>November 28, 2003 on this day:
>
>In 1942 the first production Ford bomber, the B-24 Liberator, 
>rolled off of the assembly line at Ford's Willow Run plant in 
>Michigan. Prior to America entering World War II, President 
>Franklin Roosevelt had pursued a less than neutral course with 
>such policies as Lend-Lease to Great Britain. Should America enter 
>the war, the President called on industry to become "the great 
>arsenal of democracy."  When war came, Roosevelt established the 
>Office of Production management to coordinate the war effort. The 
>government brought the automobile industry into the effort by 
>offering them guaranteed profits no matter what their costs, and by 
>spending $11 billion to build war plants. At the Willow Run 
>facility, Ford would produce 500 B-24 bombers a month and by July 
>1944 was turning out one every hour. In total the plant made over 
>8,500 bombers.
>
>Incoming mail is certified Virus Free.
>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
>Version: 6.0.543 / Virus Database: 337 - Release Date: 11/21/2003

Bob & Carole Wilder
6032 Idlemoore Court
Theodore, AL 36582-4117
251-653-5274
http://home.earthlink.net/~bwild
Asst USAF State MARS Director- Alabama
AF2HD/AFA2HD
All incoming and outgoing messages are
checked for virus using AVG version 6.0.543
and Virus database 337 updated 11/21/2003 
Get your FREE copy at
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php 


--- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts ---
multipart/mixed
  text/plain (text body -- kept)
The reason this message is shown is because the post was in HTML
or had an attachment.  Attachments are not allowed.  To learn how
to post in Plain-Text go to: http://www.expita.com/nomime.html  ---