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Getting workers to and from Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant, 35 miles west of Detroit, was a significant challenge -- especially when wartime gas and tire rationing discouraged commuting by car. Buses offered a practical solution. Public…

Ford's Willow Run Bomber Plant, designed by Albert Kahn and constructed in 1941, undoubtedly contributed to the outcome of World War II. With 3.5 million square feet of factory space, 650 B-24 Liberators rolled off the line every month by the end of…

Gives troop positions, batteries, names of commanders, roads, R.F. & P Railroad and the unfinished railroad, houses and names of residents, street pattern of Fredericksburg, drainage, vegetation, and relief by hachures.

Part of an Interview with Pritam Kaur from the Punjab Times

Photograph of Fr. Leo Steinbach, MM, and Maryknoll Sisters Bernadette and Susanna with a group of children. They stand in front of a tar paper building. There are three small trees behind them.

The Akamine and Fuchita Family Papers include letters, certificates, photographs, scrapbooks, high school yearbooks, and other materials related to the Akamine, Fuchita, and Yasumura families. Subjects in the collection include the Manzanar and…

This image is a map with labels of buildings that are in and that surround the Golden Temple Complex in Amritsar Punjab.

An interview that Lt Gen K S Brar gave to rediff.com on the 20th anniversary of Operation Bluestar, where he talks at length about how the operation was planned and carried out.

Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated today by two gunmen who opened fire on her near her home.