As Buick blows out 110 candles, it looks back at its younger years, to a time where its facilities answered the call of duty, and swapped tires for tank treads, drive shafts for cannon barrels.

Over its 110 years as an automaker, Buick has been through a lot -- Prohibition, the Great Depression, oil embargos, bankruptcy, and even two World Wars. Like many Americans and American companies ...