WLA General Information Motorcycle, Chain Drive, Solo (Harley Davidson Model 42WLA) Ordnance Supply Catalog G523 dated 15 September 1944 Harley-Davidson produced about 70.000 WLA and WLC military motorcycles for the US Army and their Allies during WW2. Spare parts for an additional 30.000 bikes were also produced. WLAs were used extensively by US Troops for messenger and Military Police duties and thousands were supplied to other countries thru Lend Lease Agreements. Free Download Program Spinoza Ethics Curley Pdf Writer more. These bikes were nicknamed 'Liberators' in Europe since they were ridden by troops liber ating their towns and countries from German occupation. The name has stuck ever since.

One of Belgium's most remembered 'Liberators' is commemorated every year in the Belgian town of Peruwelz where James Carroll of the 628th Tank Destroyer was the first GI to enter the village on 3rd September 1944 after 4 long years of German occupation. Photo from an unknown source James Carroll's WLA surrounded by overjoyed locals in Peruwelz, Belgium, on September 3rd, 1944. This Liberator Story was published in the November 1998 edition of the 'American Motorcyclist' magazine. Read the complete story:! 42WLA Origin & Production During the first half of the 20th century, the Motorcycle was a common means of transport for both civil and government use. The US Army had fielded motorcycles since the Great War and had continued to use them as the ideal transport for messenger, reconnaissance and traffic control purposes.