Seeking information about an Ordnance Award

Robert,

Found an article from a few years ago. Please follow link and paste in your web browser.

https://www.thebrillionnews.com/post/ariens-museum-shows-off-company-s-history

Elliot Schneider

Dear Mr. Denor,

Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!

We searched the National Archives Catalog and located General Correspondence, 3/1943 - 11/1945 in the Records of the Office of the Secretary of War (Record Group 107); Unclassified General Administrative Correspondence, 1940 - 1945 in the Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance (Record Group 156); and General Correspondence, 1942 - 1945 of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, Detroit in Record Group 156). These series could potentially have files on this award in records filed under War Department Decimal Classification Numbers 004.03 - Commercial firms, awards for efficiency and 095 - Industrial production awards. We also located Records Relating to the Army - Navy Production Awards, 1942 - 1945 and Minutes of Meetings and Other Records, 1942 - 1945 in Record Group 107 which related to “E” awards. For more information about these records, please email the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) at Archives2reference@nara.gov.

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