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may 28, 2012
186 Pounds of Blueprints Needed
To Develop Chrysler’s First Tank
THIS WEEK IN PRINT
by Gerald Scott
Local historian Charlie Hyde, who has a book coming out about the auto industry’s contributions to the Arsenal of Democracy during World War II, briefed an
audience in Eastpointe last week about the particulars of the project.
Speaking at the new Military Museum on Stephens in Eastpointe, Hyde’s research sheds new light on two major projects that Chrysler was involved in
during the big war: the Dodge Chicago plant, which built B-29 bomber engines,
as well as the Warren tank plant, which built thousands of Army tanks between
1941 and 1945.
“I’m in the middle of publishing a very broad history of the auto industry’s role
Five parallel tank assembly lines at the Chrysler Tank Plant in Warren, circa
1943.
MORE STORIES ON THE PAGES BELOW
page 2
GM Heritage Center Hosts Michigan St. Police
kickoff of 2012 ‘Click It or Ticket’ safety event
page 3
GM’s A World in Motion program gives students
at Warren St. Anne Catholic School inspiration
page 4
Is Kokomo’s 100-year-old auto plant haunted?
‘Ghost tours’ of aging factory to give answers
page 5
SAE Foundation celebrates its 25th anniversary
with salute to auto executive Edsel B. Ford II
page 6
AAA Michigan, Detroit Tigers and State Police
combine to host Teen Driver Safety gathering
page 7
Since Chevrolet Volt came to market in 2010,
drivers saved enough gas to fill a supertanker
page 8
Chevrolet NASCAR driver Ryan Newman makes
personal appearance at go-kart shop in Detroit
