President Franklin D. Roosevelt visiting Willow Run, September 1942
Year
1942
Month
September
Description
One month after its opening in August 1942, Ford's Willow Run manufacturing plant was toured by President Roosevelt. Willow Run was constructed for the sole purpose of building B-24 Liberator bomber planes, one the the United States's major weapons during WWII. Read more about President Roosevelt's visit andthe Willow Run manufacturing plant in Ypsilanti Gleanings.
Rights Held By
Ypsilanti Historical Society
Copyright
Creative Commons (Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share-alike)
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Subjects
Ypsilanti Gleanings