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TIL that during WWII, Ford's mile-long ‘Willow Run Liberator Bomber Assembly Line” produced B-24’s at a rate of one every hour. A symbol of American wartime industrial might, it exemplified how industry (and millions of women) pivoted to support the war effort, a vital part of the Allied victory:

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