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- Aerial View of Ford Motor Company Branch in Iron Mountain, Michigan, January 4, 1944 - Ford Motor Company's Iron Mountain plant, located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, produced wood bodies for station wagons. During World War II, workers at the factory built wood CG-4A gliders for the U.S. Army. These light aircraft, which had no motors or propellers, were towed by airplanes to the battlefront where they landed with soldiers, supplies, or equipment.

- January 04, 1944
- Collections - Artifact
Aerial View of Ford Motor Company Branch in Iron Mountain, Michigan, January 4, 1944
Ford Motor Company's Iron Mountain plant, located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, produced wood bodies for station wagons. During World War II, workers at the factory built wood CG-4A gliders for the U.S. Army. These light aircraft, which had no motors or propellers, were towed by airplanes to the battlefront where they landed with soldiers, supplies, or equipment.