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In August of 1943, the U.S. Army visited several Michigan cities with a traveling cavalcade of military vehicles, weapons and equipment billed as a Salute to Michigan Agriculture, Labor and Industry.
On a cold February day in 1944, two Michigan airmen rolled an experimental aircraft out of a hanger in Northern Ireland.
It has been seventy years since the “Day of Infamy” – December 7, 1941.
On June 6, 1944, Charles “Chuck” Westie prepared for the Normandy invasion. In Lansing, Michigan, his wife Ardith waited for news.
During World War II, Judge Glenn Allen served as an assistant Judge Advocate and as a legal adviser to General George S. Patton.
In 1943, Robert (“Bob”) Craig experienced Naval training on the U.S.S. Prairie State. The Archives of Michigan houses about a dozen letters that he wrote to Selma Bandemer, who lived in East Lansing.
The origins of airplane nose art go back at least as far as World War I. It is World War II, however, that is the true “Golden Age” of the form.
As the United States entered World War II, the US military needed weapons. Already well known for expertise in manufacturing, Michigan seemed the logical place to begin mass production of defense products.
Next spring, when your annual special issue of Michigan History magazine arrives in the mail, what would you like to see inside? This year, we’re inviting you to weigh in on the topic.
