Remembering Ford's Contributions on Veterans Day
Veterans of the world wars often drove, sailed, and flew Ford-built equipment into battle.
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New tanks awaiting shipment from Ford's Richmond, California plant in 1943.Ford Motor Co.
At a Glance
- Ford provided equipment for the Army during both world wars.
- Ford provided Model T ambulances for World War I and GPW "Jeeps" for WWII.
- The company built submarine-chaser ships and B-24 bomber aircraft.
Ford designed its River Rouge complex in Dearborn, Michigan to build Models Ts, but the first products to roll out of the plant weren't the company's ubiquitous Tin Lizzy, but Eagle boat submarine chasers for the US Navy in World War I.
The Model T also saw wartime service as an ambulance to carry wounded soldiers from the battlefield.
In World War II, Ford produced about half of all the light 4x4 GPW vehicles, along with Sherman tanks and B-24 LIberator bombers.
Click through our photo gallery for a look at these vehicles.
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