WWII Aid

ID: 1283 ~ Source: Minnesota Historical Society

This file appears in: “Scotch” Tape to the Rescue of General Gray

3M provided packaging tapes for military shipments during World War II.

This file appears in: “Scotch” Tape to the Rescue of General Gray

“Scotch” Tape to the Rescue of General Gray

By Marjorie Pearson, Summit Envirosolutions, Inc.

On May 5, 1943, Brig. Gen. Carl R. Gray, Jr., head of U.S. Army railroad operations in North Africa, sent a request to President William L. McKnight: "[Please send] your Scotch Cellulose Tape, 3/4 x…