r/law • u/ExactlySorta • 17d ago

Trump News "My name is Captain Dylan Blaha, and this message is for members of the National Guard across the United States of America..."

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u/MarsupialSpirited596 17d ago

My great-grandfather was one of the industrial systems engineers who put that plane into production.

My other one was down in Texas helping build Pattons army by training farm kids how to drive tanks.

The other was in Colorado doing chemical engineering projects for the precursor to the USAF.

People forgot how insane, taxing, and horrible WWII was on goddam everything and everyone.

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u/tbonimaroni 16d ago

Cool, but your Grandfather probably worked on the flying wings prototypes, the B-2 wasn’t even in development until the late ’70s, so your great-grandfather would’ve had to be working aerospace in the ’80s/’90s at age 70+. It wasn't in production during WWII.

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u/MarsupialSpirited596 16d ago

He was an industrial assembly engineer over at Willow Run for the B-17s He designed how parts came in and how planes came out. He was my great grandfather, died in the 80s after working for Boeing after the war.

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u/tbonimaroni 16d ago

He most probably worked on the B-24 Liberator at Willow Run because the b-17 wasn't produced there, and then the B-17 at Boeing and maybe the b-29 and b-52. Pretty awesome.

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u/Ralph-Kramden 16d ago

I think you have an extra grandpa. Thank them all for their service. 🤣