U.S. Army Cincinnati Ohio Hamilton County Ordnance Dept WW II First Year 1941 VG

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Bulletin.Cincinnati Ordnance District.1941 - January through December English Serial Publication : Monthly, 1941.8 1/2 by 10 1/2 inches in a red cloth binding with gilt printing to the spine -- the first year complete, January through December (monthly) of the Cincinnati Ordnance District Bulletin. Each issues runs 20 - 30 pages; includes an 11 page, "History of Cincinnati District Ordnance Office," by Col. A.H. Pugh. Concludes with a supplement post-Pearl Harbor which includes updates regarding Declaration of War, etc. Very Good, clean and complete.Shipping Anywhere In The United States Media Mail $4; International Shipping $35.Please Note: We accept PayPal, but also accept all credit cards. Everything we sell is Returnable for any reason.We only ask for prompt notification, within 14 days. We generally do try to "combine shipping" when you purchase more than one item--except in cases of large lots or very heavy shipments. ON INTERNATIONAL ORDERS, WE DO REFUND ON OVERCHARGES!! Don't hesitate to ask for more info/detail on any of our listings. HOFFMAN BOOKS, ABAA, IOBA (from the History of the US Army Ordnance Department)World War IIThe Ordnance Department swelled exponentially in WWII and applied the lessons it learned in WWI. The Ordnance Department was responsible for roughly half of all Army procurement during World War II, $ 34 billion dollars. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 'Arsenal of Democracy' depended on the Ordnance Department to become a reality.The number of civilians in the Ordnance Department grew during World War II from 27,088 to 262,000. Women Ordnance Workers (WOWs) like these accounted for approximately 85,000 of the civilian workforce.In January 1944, the Ordnance Department accounted for 7 manufacturing arsenals, 7 proving grounds, 45 depots, and 77 government-owned, contractor operated (GOCO) plants and works. Of the 77, all of them focused on ammunition and explosives except one. The Detroit Tank Arsenal was built in eight months while engineers simultaneously designed a new medium tank, the M3. By the end of the war, the Detroit Tank Arsenal built over 22,000 tanks, roughly 25 percent of the country's tank production during the war. The Arsenal continued to operate as the Detroit Army Tank Plant until 2001.Ordnance Department strength increased from 334 to 24,000 officers, 4,000 to 325,000 enlisted, and 27,088 to 262,000 civilians, all in an army of approximately 8 million. Women Ordnance Workers (WOWs) accounted for approximately 85,000 of all civilian employees. Ordnance soldiers and civilians worked across the globe, in places as diverse as Iceland, Iran, the Pacific Islands, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Aberdeen Proving Ground expanded exponentially and headquartered The Ordnance School, the Ordnance Replacement Training Center, the new Bomb Disposal School, and the Ordnance Unit Training Center.The Ordnance mission in the field operated on a scale never experienced previously by the Ordnance Department. During WWII, the Ordnance Branch gained its third core competency, Bomb Disposal (renamed Explosive Ordnance Disposal after WWII) added to its previous missions of ammunition handling and maintenance. By war's end, there were more than 2,200 Ordnance units of approximately 40 types, ranging in size from squads to regiments. The Ordnance Department applied the maintenance lessons it learned in WWI and devised a five-echelon maintenance system ranging from base shop maintenance to organizational maintenance, all in an effort to return materiel to operational status as near to the front line as possible. To complicate the maintenance mission, in 1942, the responsibility for motor transport was shifted from the Quartermaster Branch to the Ordnance Department. The complexity of maintenance for such a wide variety of vehicles spawned several innovations which continue to the present; a system of preventative maintenance and the publication of Army Motors, renamed PS Magazine in 1951. This maintenance challenge remained one of t... read more

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