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.

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