On this episode of Our American Stories, Tony Maglica was born in New York but spent much of his childhood in Croatia, where World War II brought foreign occupation, hunger, and the constant threat of violence. When he returned to the United States in 1950, he arrived with little money, a limited command of English, and no clear path forward. He took whatever work he could find, eventually discovering a gift for machining that carried him from New York to Colorado and finally California. There, with just $125 in savings and a determination to work for himself, he opened a small machine shop that would grow into Mag Instrument, the company behind the world-famous Maglite flashlight.
Tony Maglica shares his extraordinary journey from war-torn Europe to the heights of American manufacturing, explaining how he built one of America's most recognizable brands and why he has remained so determined to keep his flashlights made in the USA.
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