| The Wenatchee (WA) River Park features a Whitcomb 65T on display; the unit is ex American Silicon Technologies (ASTX) 11, and is from the Rock Island WA plant It's one of 169 similar units cranked out by Whitcomb during WWII for service overseas; This one was originally Army 8450 and saw service in North Africa and France before coming home. Surplus for stateside Army duty, it, along with a lot of similar units, were sold to industries. |