Remembering Hitler's Ford City 'headache'
The best-kept secret in Chicago history may be a World War II-era factory that churned out engines for the B-29 bomber airplane underneath what is now Ford City Mall on Chicago's Southwest Side. John Kudia, a Gage Park native, remembers being told as a child that his aunt, Mary Early, had worked at the factory.
The best-kept secret in Chicago history may be a World War II-era factory that churned out engines for the B-29 bomber airplane underneath what is now Ford City Mall on Chicago's Southwest Side. John Kudia, a Gage Park native, remembers being told as a child that his aunt, Mary Early, had worked at the factory.
