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    Quote Originally Posted by Henry Whalley View Post
    Speaking of fifth columnists, Ford supported Hitler and didn't unionize until June 20, 1941.

    Meanwhile, the UAW's policy was zero strikes during the war.
    ^Personal insults removed^

    This must be how Ford supported Hitler: I looked up Ford's WWII record. Ford broke ground in 1940 to build aircraft engines at Rouge. The Rouge plant also provided amphibious jeeps, armor plating and superchargers. In addition to building aircraft, other Ford plants built over 277,000 vehicles for the war effort including 32 ton M-4 tanks, anti tank destroyers, armored vehicles, and general purpose Willys vehicles, and 13,000 amphibious reconnaissance vehicles. By September 1942, Ford had begun flying off planes and produced over 87,000 by the end of the war including B-24's built in Ypsilanti and over 57,000 airplane engines. The American Legion gave its Distinguished Service award to Ford for its contributions to the rehabilitation of service veterans.

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    Quote Originally Posted by oladub View Post
    ...This must be how Ford supported Hitler:
    Notwithstanding your claims, it's well-established fact that Henry Ford and Hitler were a mutual admiration society. Ford probably was an honorary grand dragon of the Amerika Deutscher Bund. All production at Willow Run was under the auspices of the War Production Board. The FBI surely kept close tabs on Ford throughout the war effort. He may have had his good qualities, such as opposing American involvement in the family squabble that was the First World War.

    P.S. A year after he received the Nobel Peace Prize, the notorious war criminal Henry Kissinger also received the American Legion's Distinguished Service Medal.
    Last edited by Henry Whalley; May-03-24 at 07:19 AM.

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