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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ordnance facilities reports, 1941-1944.

Title: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ordnance facilities reports, 1941-1944.

Contains the following type of materials: reports. Contains information pertaining to the following war: World War II (WWII). Contains information pertaining to the following military organization: United States (U.S.) Army Corps of Engineers. General description of the collection: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ordnance facilities reports were prepared during the wartime expansion program of 1940s when the Ordnance Department (Dept.) (under the Quartermaster Corps) created an interlocking network of ordnance facilities that were owned by the government and operated by private industry as government-owned, contractor-operated (GOCO) facilities. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers selected the contractors and supervised the on-site construction. This collection consists of field progress reports or completion reports written by the Area Engineer on twenty-six ordnance facilities between 1941 and 1944. Most of the reports (which were filed at the appropriate district office) contain a detailed description of the local topography, transportation infrastructure, manufacturing and living facilities, ordnance manufactured, utilities and communications, sources of water and power, sewage and industrial waste disposal systems, soil conditions, results of soil and water analyses, sources of labor, and names of the prime as well as subcontractors. Also documented in the reports are conditions existing at the start of the job, problems encountered during construction, and lessons learned. Several reports contain copies of record drawings of the general layout of the buildings. Also included is a report entitled: REPORT ON PROPOSED FACILITIES FOR PRODUCTION OF TANK ARMOR.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50858786 View

Grenzow, Morris V., 1916-. Oral history interview with Morris V. Grenzow [sound recording], 2002.

Title: Oral history interview with Morris V. Grenzow [sound recording], 2002.

Morris V. Grenzow, a Juda, Wisconsin native, discusses his World War II service with the 50th Seabee Battalion in the Pacific theater. While working at the Badger Ordnance Plant near Baraboo (Wisconsin), Grenzow comments on being recruited as a carpenter's mate first class. He speaks of conditions at boot camp at Norfolk (Virginia), assignment to the 50th Battalion, and transport via California and Hawaii to his first assignment at Midway Island. Grenzow talks about dredging the harbor and building airfields at Midway Submarine Base, having five months of R&R at Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), and constructing a harbor and airfield at Tinian Atoll. He discusses the high skill level of the men in the Seabees, living in Quonset huts, and drinking bad beer, and he touches on the food and mail service. Grenzow addresses attending 50th Battalion reunions and making limited use of a VA hospital for skin cancer. He talks about his marriages and children. After being discharged from the Navy, he discusses getting a job as a construction foreman in Arizona, but soon returning to Wisconsin to run his own residential construction business. Grenzow recalls an accident on Tinian when some men were killed by a mine explosion.

ArchivalResource: Sound recording : 1 sound cassette (ca. 20 min.) : analog, 1 7/8 ips.Videorecording : 1 videocassette (ca. 20 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in.Master sound recording : 1 sound cassette (ca. 20 min.) : analog, 1 7/8 ips.Transcript : 15 p.Military Papers : 0.1 linear ft. (1 folder).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57146781 View