Yes they were, hence the gap in American automobile production. They didn't
produce cars for 1943, 1944, and 1945, for sure. I was around then, myself.
Len (my AT&T mailserver is down so I have to use my Hotmail account)
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>From: "Eric Lawton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: OT: Americans rewriting history
>Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 13:28:54 -0600
>
>I would have a hard time believing this. Without digging into the history
>books I know for a fact that Ford produced gliders during WWII in a factory
>here in my small town in the UP of Michigan. I have always been under the
>impression that the Detroit automoblile assembly lines were, to a large
>extent, converted to support the war effort.
>
>Eric
>
>>From: "Lewis, Gerald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>>You can add Ford Motor Company to the list. Henry Ford was a fan of
>>Hitler.
>>I don't remember the details but Henry refused to make trucks, or
>>something
>>like that, to be used against Hitler.
>>
>>Jerry in Houston
>>
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