Just as Detroit symbolizes the U.S. automobile industry; during World War II it also came to stand for all American industryrsquo;s conversion from civilian goods to war material. The label ldquo;Arsenal of Democracyrdquo; was coined by Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt in a fireside chat radio broadcast on December 29; 1940; nearly a year before the United States formally entered the war. Here is the pictorial story of one Detroiterrsquo;s unique leadership in the miraculous speed Detroitrsquo;s mass-production capacity was shifted to output of tanks; trucks; guns; and airplanes to support Americarsquo;s victory and of the struggles of civilians on the home front.
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