The Evolution of Harley-Davidson

Most of the 20,000 motorcycles used by the U.S. Army in the first World War were Harley-Davidsons
(c) Harley-Davidson; Courtesy Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Archives

World War I
Most of the 20,000 motorcycles used by the U.S. Army in the first World War were Harley-Davidsons, including the one in the photo above, ridden by Corporal Roy Holtz of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, the first American to enter Germany after the signing of Armistice.

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