Worker in a suit points to perfect efficiency rating in production at the Procter & Gamble Defense Corporation, Aberdeen, Mississippi.
Gift of Jean Young
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Photograph. Male factory manager wearing suit and identification badge points to plant's chalkboard. Chalkboard features the plant's production numbers and efficiency percentages for the day of January 18, 1945. Gulf Ordnance Plant, Procter & Gamble Defense Corporation, Aberdeen, Mississippi. Photographer: William J. Young III. 18 January 1945
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1944,1944,1944,
01/18/1945
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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