Title: RFAAP Historical Project Dates: Comments: 40s VIDEO

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AUDIO The 1940s began with the country recovering from the depression. The dark clouds of Nazi and Japanese aggression were spreading through Europe

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and in the Pacific. The United States struggled to stay out of these conflicts but everything changed on December 7, 1941 with the Japanese attack at Pearl

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Harbor. (Nat sounds up)

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The country was now at war. A year earlier the government signed a contract with the Hercules Powder Company to

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create Radford Ordnance Works.

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More Radford stuff Construction

More than 10,000 construction

Radford workers

workers labored around the clock to complete this massive project. During World War II Radford employed over 23,000 people.

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The first smokeless powder was

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produced on April 5th, 1941, not a moment too soon.

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As President Franklin Roosevelt guided the country on the home front and General Eisenhower, General MacArthur and Admiral

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Nimitz were commanding our forces overseas, the Radford Ordnance Works was operating at break neck speed to support the war.

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In addition to making powder for

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various guns and cannons, Radford also produced powder

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for mortars and rockets.

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Designed to produce 300,000 pounds of powder per day, the

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facility actually produced 500,000 pounds a day at its peak and in

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total, produced over 590 million

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pounds of explosives to support the war effort.

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The end of the war marked the end of active manufacturing operations at Radford. In
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October, 1945 Radford Ordnance Works was officially re-named Radford Arsenal and was retained in stand-by status. In 1945 FDR passed away

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and vice President Harry Truman assumed the duties of Commander in Chief. Truman would lead the country throughout

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the rest of the decade, often referred to as The Golden Age.

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The 40s saw the invention the first computer, which weighed 30
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tons and stood 2 stories tall. A new invention called television

TV

came on scene and the cost of a gallon of gasoline was 17 cents. You could also purchase a brand

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new Ford for under $1400 dollars.

Radford provided entertainment

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for its dedicated employees. The recreation hall hosted fun events including popular singer Peggy Mann, with tickets selling for only $1.65 per couple.

Times were good, but just over the horizon loomed the

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threat of Communism , The Cold War, and the Korean Conflict. The Radford Arsenal would once again become critical in the

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defense of the Free World.

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