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4 unusual facts about War Assets Administration


Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport

Plant 5C was returned to Mack Trucks and the remainder of the facility was declared surplus by the War Assets Administration.

Challenger Airlines

On January 27, 1947, Summit Challenger purchased a C-47, at Hill Air Force Base, Ogden, Utah, from the War Assets Administration which brought Challenger’s fleet to four DC-3s.

Harry Kemelman

During the war, Kemelman worked as wage administrator for the United States Army Transportation Corps in Boston and later for the War Assets Administration.

Thomas E. Drumm

After his discharge, Drumm obtained a job at the War Assets Administration, an agency responsible for disposing of surplus property acquired by the U.S. government during World War II.


William L. Clayton

Disagreements between them led Clayton to resign in January 1944, only to return to government service a month later as Surplus War Property Administrator under James F. Byrnes in the Office of War Mobilization.


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