Milestone CMP's: Canada's 500,000th military vehicle

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Richard Farrant

It appears to have Ford, Chev and Dodge badges on the grille, at least the other main manufacturers were recognised on the occasion.

Indeed, but strangely enough it is a Ford truck being rolled out of a General Motors plant

Apparently it was quite the gathering of people and vehicles. Some of the captions and pictures found at http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/a...t/index-e.html include:

"CANADA'S 500,000TH MILITARY VEHICLE - OSHAWA, JUNE 1943. Extensive ceremonies marked the delivery, June 19, of the half-millionth unit of motorized equipment produced in Canada during this war. A plant visit, a luncheon, a parade, a public ceremony, and demonstrations at proving grounds were the principal events of the day. Automotive workers, representing the three companies which built..."

"CANADA'S 500,000TH MILITARY VEHICLE - OSHAWA, JUNE 1943. Canada's half-millionth unit of motorized equipment, a battery charger lorry, was completed in Oshawa recently, and presented by Hon. C.D. Howe to Col. J.L. Ralston, Minister of National Defence. Ceremony was attended by many foreign representatives, high army officials and industrialists."

"Crowd gathered at the end of the assembly line to commemorate Canada's 500,000th military vehicle, a battery charger lorry."
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"Honourable C.D. Howe shakes the hand of an automotive worker at a ceremony to commemorate the production of Canada's 500,000th military vehicle, a battery charger lorry."
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"Workman drives an army vehicle marked, "Canada's 500,000th military vehicle" from the General Motors plant in Oshawa."
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"Canada's 500,000th military vehicle, a battery charger lorry, being test-driven in a field."
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