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Pearl Harbor’s Ford Island Control Tower Opens to Public with New View
The Shoen family of U-Haul funded the elevator that will lift visitors to the observation deck for a panorama of America’s WWII aviation battlefield The historic Ford Island...
U-Haul Sponsors “Living History” Veterans Event in New York
Co-founded by a WWII Navy veteran, U-Haul is proud to participate in events that honor members of the U.S. Armed Forces. U-Haul was recently privileged to serve as a Headline...
WWII Veterans Remembered: U-Haul Honors American Innovator and Co-Founder L.S. “Sam” Shoen
U-Haul® was born as World War II was coming to a close, with its first one-way trailers made available to the moving public on or about July 4, 1945. U-Haul co-founders L.S. Sam...
WWII Veterans Remembered: U-Haul Honors First Employee and Cherished Pioneer W.E. “Hap” Carty
U-Haul® was born as World War II was coming to a close, with its first one-way trailers made available to the moving public on or about July 4, 1945. Hap Carty, circa 1946 Just...
WWII Veterans Remembered: U-Haul Honors Virginia’s Willis Tallent
U-Haul® was born as World War II was coming to a close, with its first one-way trailers made available to the moving public on or about July 4, 1945. Just as U-Haul is...
WWII Veterans Remembered: U-Haul Honors Pennsylvania’s William G. “Bill” Kreckman
Bill Kreckman, circa 1957 U-Haul® was born as World War II was coming to a close, with its first one-way trailers made available to the moving public on or about July 4, 1945....
WWII Veterans Remembered: U-Haul Honors New York’s Warren S. Craig
Pacific Theater veteran and New Windsor native Warren Craig will be memorialized in the lobby of the renovated Ford Island Control Tower at Pearl Harbor U-Haul® was born as World...
WWII Veterans Remembered: U-Haul Honors Nebraska’s Warren D. Albers
Pacific Theater veteran and Wisner native Warren Albers will be memorialized in the lobby of the renovated Ford Island Control Tower at Pearl Harbor U-Haul® was born as World War...
WWII Veterans Remembered: U-Haul Honors Montana’s Thomas W. Safford
Pacific Theater veteran and Lewistown native Tom Safford will be memorialized in the lobby of the renovated Ford Island Control Tower at Pearl Harbor U-Haul® was born as World...
WWII Veterans Remembered: U-Haul Honors Pennsylvania’s Thomas E. Dudley
Pacific Theater veteran and Philadelphia native Tom Dudley will be memorialized in the lobby of the renovated Ford Island Control Tower at Pearl Harbor U-Haul® was born as World...
WWII Veterans Remembered: U-Haul Honors Pennsylvania’s Nelson M. Miller Jr.
Pacific Theater veteran and Philly native Nelson Miller will be memorialized in the lobby of the renovated Ford Island Control Tower at Pearl Harbor U-Haul® was born as World War...