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Title
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KCK Craft 'Did Its Part' on Beaches on Normandy: Navy's LCT 856 Largely Lost to History
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Description
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Photos and article about the transportation of military vehicles and equipment on the Missouri River during World War II involving the Darby Corporation (military boat and bomb casing manufacturers in Kansas City, Kansas) and high levels of the river allowing for passage to Europe. Story partly told through D-Day veteran Joe Alexander of Kansas City.
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Date
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2001-06-06
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Ford Wings for the B-47 Jet Bomber
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Description
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Photos and article about "the first shipment of bomber wings built at Ford Motor Company's Claycomo plant" with speeches here by company president Henry Ford II, B. W. Rose ("Kansas city Aircraft Plant Manager"), and military generals, et al.
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Date
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1953
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
