During World War II, plant workers were employed mainly in the loading of 260-pound and 90 -pound fragmentation bombs, l,000-pound and 2,000-pound general demolition bombs, and 105 mm high explosive artillery shells.Īs Grand Island’s largest and most diverse industry during World War II, the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant employed some 15,000 workers during the Nov. The plant eventually sprawled over a twenty square mile area at its location five miles west of Grand Island.Ĭornhusker Ordnance Plant workers poured the first bomb on November 11, 1942, and loading operations continued until August 16, 1945, the day after Japan surrendered. Bombs and cannon shells were produced during World War II. On March 24, 1942, construction began on the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant near Grand Island.
Many plant workers during WWII were female.
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