John A. Thompson photograph albums, 1943-1945.

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as the 34th vice president in early 1945. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain communist expansion. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the Conservative Coalition that dominated Congres...

Vandenberg, Hoyt Sanford, 1899-1954

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Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg (January 24, 1899 – April 2, 1954) was a United States Air Force general. He served as the second Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the second Director of Central Intelligence. Vandenberg was born at Milwaukee, Wis., in 1899. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy June 12, 1923, and commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Service. He graduated from the Air Service Flying School at Brooks Field, Texas, in February 1924, and from the Air Service Advanced F...

Thompson, John A.

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Resident of Jefferson Co., Va. (now W. Va.). From the description of Letters, 1846 Mar. 19 and Dec. 8. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39670098 Lt. Colonel John A. Thompson was the Army-Air Corps liaison to Ford Motor Company while the B-24 bomber was under construction at the Willow Run Bomber Plant. From the description of John A. Thompson photograph albums, 1943-1945. (The Henry Ford). WorldCat record id: 57735092 ...

Ford, Henry, 1863-1947

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Industrialist and philanthropist Henry Ford, born July 30, 1863, grew up on a farm in what is now Dearborn, Michigan. Mechanically inclined from an early age, he worked in Detroit machine shops as a young man and became an engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company in 1891. Henry and Clara Jane Bryant, married in 1888, had one child, Edsel, born in 1893. In that same year, Henry tested his first internal combustion engine, and by 1896 completed his first car, the Quadricycle. Ford partnered in ...

Ford, Henry, II, 1917-1987

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For information on the Fords, see an encyclopedia. For information on Cumming see his papers at the Clarke. A copy of the book by Bennett is also available at the Clarke. From the description of Correspondence, 1967. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 43884289 ...

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Ford Motor Company. Willow Run Bomber Plant.

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Keller, Kaufman Thuma, 1885-1966

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Government official and president of the Chrysler Corporation. From the description of Papers, 1947-1954. (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70959646 K. T. (Kaufman Thuma) Keller was born in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania on November 27, 1885. In 1911 the General Motors Company employed him, and from 1916 to 1919 he was a general master mechanic for the Buick Motor Company. From 1921 to 1924 he was Vice President of Chevrolet Motor Company, and from 1926 to 1935 he was V...

Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943

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Edsel Ford's interests beyond automobiles and the automobile industry were broad and varied. He was president of the Arts Commission of the Detroit Institute of Arts, a trustee of the Museum of Modern Art, and a trustee for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc. He was a member of the Isle Royal National Park Commission, chairman of the board of the Detroit University School, and a director of the Manufacturers National Bank of Detroit. He was active in Ford Motor Company educatio...