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On a freezing February morning in 1941, Red Hausmann tossed his bag into the back of his topless ride and fired up the engine. From Toledo, Ohio, where he worked for Willys-Overland Motors, he made the jaunt to the seat of American power in just under 13 hours, seemingly unbothered by the freezing wind whipping through his hair all the way.
When he got to DC, Hausmann headed over to the Capitol building, stopped long enough to let three uniformed GIs and two elected men from the…
