William S. Knudsen and dignitaries at dedication ceremonies for production of Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines
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View of William S. Knudsen, M.M. Gilman, W.L. Shirer, Major General George H. Brett and Sir Henry Self at press conference during dedication ceremonies for production of Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines. Label on back: "Gathered for a press conference at the dedication were these distinguished personalities, reading left to right: W.S. Knudsen, Chief of the Office of Production Management; M.M. Gilman, host and President of the Packard Motor Car Company; W.L. Shirer, Berlin correspondent, Columbia Broadcasting System; Major General George H. Brett, Chief of the U.S. Army Air Corps; and Sir Henry Self, Chief of the British Purchasing Commission."
Part of a group of photographs depicting "a forty-week period wherein the Packard Motor Car Company brought the Rolls-Royce Merlin fighting engine from blue print to production."
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