Just finished The Arsenal Of Democracy by A.J. Baime. Subtitle is "FDR, Detroit, And An Epic Quest To Arm
An America At War".
About the successful effort to arm the U.S. forces with four-engine B24 Liberator bombers. Other things that
were built in Detroit, and environs, were aircraft engines, bomb sights, jeeps, trucks and
other more esoteric stuff. Many of the planes were built at the Willow Run plant. Some were used on the raids
on Ploesti, Rumania.
My late mother in law worked there during the war. She was good at math and did some
esoteric measurements on her job. Not Rosie The Riveter but she probably ate lunch
with her in the plant cafeteria. My late father-in law worked on the line at a car factory in Detroit
on the last run of cars before it started making tanks. Then he joined the Army.
Good read. Covered lots of things I didn't hear about from my in-laws.