Ypsilanti – WILLOW RUN

Vicki Croston, daughter of Rose “Rosie” Monroe, interviewed today!

We had the great pleasure to meet and interview Vicki Croston today. She is the daughter of Rose Will Monroe who was an employee at Willow Run during the war and can lay claim to being one of the original “Rosie the Riveter”s. Vicki shared some wonderful stories about her mother – a single mom, coming from Kentucky to work at Willow Run from 1942 to 1944, where she was discovered by actor Walter Pigeon, and eventually starred with him in several wartime films. Watch for clips of Vicki’s interview coming soon!

July 20, 2015January 4, 2016 by willowrundoc Categories: aircraft, aviation, documentary, film, history, museum, Public TV, storytelling, Uncategorized, willow run, WWIITags: B24 Bomber Plant, history, Michigan, National Museum of Aviation and Technology, rosie the riveter, Yankee Air Museum, Ypsilanti 2 Comments

Principal Photography Begins

May 18, 2015, marks the beginning of principal photography for the Willow Run documentary. Interviewees included Charles K. Hyde, Judith Knudsen Christie, and Marion Gentz. Each contributed valuable stories and memories of those days before and during WWII.

May 22, 2015January 4, 2016 by willowrundoc Categories: aircraft, Aircraft Manufacturing, Architecture, Auto Manufacturing, aviation, documentary, film, history, museum, Public TV, storytelling, Uncategorized, willow run, WWIITags: aircraft, arsenal of democracy, Author, B24, b24 bomber, Bill Knudsen, bomber plant, Charles K Hyde, Edsel Ford, Henry Ford, history, Home Front, Michigan, rosie the riveter, storytelling, William Knudsen, Willow Run, WW2, WWII, Ypsilanti Leave a comment