Worker during fabrication of shells at Procter & Gamble Defense Corporation, Aberdeen, Mississippi.
Gift of Jean Young
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Photograph. Female factory worker wearing dress, visor and identification badge operating machine, possibly a machine finishing shell cones. Gulf Ordnance Plant, Procter & Gamble Defense Corporation, Aberdeen, Mississippi. Photographer: William J. Young III. 1944-45
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1944,1944,1944,1944,1944,1944,1944
1945,1945,1945,1945,1945,,
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Material form the service of William J. Young III, who served overseas with the Navy and during stateside duty photographed production at the Gulf Ordnance Plant, Procter & Gamble Defense Corporation, Aberdeen, Mississippi. The Gulf Ordnance Plant opened in November 1942 and remained in operation through 1945. The factory employed more than 10,000 people and produced a varierty of ordnance including 20mm, 40mm, 57mm, 67mm, and 75mm shells, 100-pound bombs and naval tracer ammunition. The collection consists of photographs of the Gulf Ordnance Plant, Procter & Gamble Defense Corporation, Aberdeen, Mississippi.
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Aberdeen
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33.817
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-88.533