War Wagon: The Story of The WWI Liberty Truck

About this episode

This episode explores the history and significance of the WWI Liberty Truck and its development during a time of national crisis.

This is the story of the WWI Liberty Truck and how it came to exist in one of the great national crash engineering programs of all time. A nation totally unprepared for war, an industry ready to support the cause, and the best minds in the trucking world did the job.

People in this episode

Host: Brian Lohnes

Topics covered

• automotive history
• military vehicles
• engineering
• national defense
• trucking industry

Keywords

• Liberty Truck
• WWI
• automotive engineering
• military history
• trucking

Mentioned in this episode

Products: WWI Liberty Truck

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