National Archives at Atlanta

National Archives at Atlanta

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ORDNANCE,
RECORD GROUP 156

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Developed, tested, maintained, repaired, procured, and distributed army ordnance and ordnance equipment.

Augusta Arsenal Women ca. 1944 View	During World War II, the Augusta Arsenal in Augusta, GA employed over 1000 people, many of them female workers who performed... Tags: Georgia \| Ordnance Facilities \| Women \| World War II
Alabama Ordnance January 27, 1942 View	No project represents the focused and determined effort that government and private contractors dedicated to war-related infrastructure... Tags: Alabama \| Ordnance Facilities \| World War II
Holston Ordnance August 1943 View	A Holston Ordnance Works employee operating filter tanks in "E" building in area B... Tags: Ordnance Facilities \| Tennessee \| World War II
Manpower map December 1943 View	Like most military production facilities during the war, Holston Ordnance Works in Kingsport, Tennessee, employed male and female workers... Tags: Labor \| Map \| Ordnance Facilities \| Tennessee \| World War II
Workers on Strike March 5, 1945 View	To protest schedule changes, African American cafeteria workers at the Atlanta Ordnance Depot went on strike in March of 1945... Tags: African Americans \| Georgia \| Labor \| Prisoners of War \| Strike \| World War II
Women at Milan Arsenal 1943 View	The Milan Ordnance Depot and the Wolf Creek Ordnance Plant merged in 1943 to form the Milan Ordnance Center. In 1945... Tags: African Americans \| Ordnance Facilities \| Tennessee \| Women \| World War II
Health Hazards with RDX(B) September 28, 1944 View	In September 1944, the Office of Scientific Research and Development published a 113-page report titled "Hazards to the Health of Individuals... Tags: Health \| Tennessee \| World War II
Gadsden Ordnance Plant ca. 1942 View	Two workers at the Gadsden Ordnance Plant manufacture artillery shells... Tags: African Americans \| Alabama \| Ammunition \| Ordnance Facilities \| World War II
Augusta Arsenal 1942-1945 View	Photograph shows both African American and white workers laboring on same factory line in Augusta, Georgia during WWII... Tags: African Americans \| Georgia \| Ordnance Facilities \| World War II
"Salute" Newsletter May 14, 1943 View	Many military installations published their own newsletters during the war in order to inform and entertain their civilian... Tags: Georgia \| Newsletters \| World War II

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