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Hundreds of women were hired to assemble and finish parts for the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 18-cylinder air-cooled aircraft engine during World War II. Most of them had to relinquish their positions when servicemen returned to their old jobs at the plant after the war ended. Courtesy Brian McMahon
Posted on January 1, 1942January 8, 2019 by Geoff Myers

1942

TCAP converts to war production; many women recruited; Ford gets order to make M-8 armored vehicle (more than 6,000 would be produced here by 1945)

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“Made in St. Paul: Stories from the Ford plant” is a TPT partnerships co-production with Highland District Council. Produced by Myers Communications Group.

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