Senator Harry S. Truman and Ford Executive Charles Sorensen with B-24 Liberator at Willow Run Bomber Plant, 1942
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Missouri Senator Harry S. Truman visited Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant in April 1942. Truman headed the Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program, which probed waste and profiteering in United States war production work. Ford production head Charles Sorensen was largely responsible for Willow Run's success. At its peak, the plant built one bomber every 63 minutes.
Missouri Senator Harry S. Truman visited Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant in April 1942. Truman headed the Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program, which probed waste and profiteering in United States war production work. Ford production head Charles Sorensen was largely responsible for Willow Run's success. At its peak, the plant built one bomber every 63 minutes.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
30 April 1942
Creators
Unknown
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Charter Township of Ypsilanti
Sorensen, Charles E. (Charles Emil), 1881-1968
Ford Motor Company. Airplane Division
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.O.2176
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10 in
Width: 8.25 in
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