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Yes, they were. Back in WWII, pretty much every companies were in the war effort. IBM made rifles and Ford made bombers (B-24s).
by aynyc 4y ago
Yes, they were. Back in WWII, pretty much every companies were in the war effort. IBM made rifles and Ford made bombers (B-24s).
- whitemary 4y agoThose were "public" as in state-controlled. These are "public" as in publicly traded. Very big difference.
- yunohn 4y agoWW2: 1939-1945 IPO years per my research - Raytheon: 1952 Boeing: 1962 Lockheed Martin: 1994 Northrop Grumman (pre merger): 1939 Hard to find clear sources on this, but doesn’t seem like the major defense contractors we’re talking about were public during WW2.