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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Office of Defense Transportation
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Office of Defense Transportation

American, 1941 - 1945
BiographyEstablished: In the Office for Emergency Management by EO 8989, December 18, 1941.

Predecessor Agencies: Transportation Division, Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense (1940-41)

Functions: Coordinated and directed the utilization of domestic transportation facilities during World War II. Alleviated postwar freight car shortages, operated seized transportation properties, and handled unsettled claims.

Abolished: Effective July 1, 1949, by EO 10065, July 6, 1949, pursuant to the Second Decontrol Act of 1947, as amended (62 Stat. 342), June 4, 1948.

For more information: https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/219.html