Women Working In Utah
Ogden Arsenal
Designed as a reserve depot.But with the war it turned into a factory of war arsenalBomb casings and black powder
Hill Air Force Base
Served as a manufacturing and storage facility
Air Corps sent damaged, broken, or defective airplanes to be repaired
Served as a garrison- air corps came to protect and train for new jobs- SPECIFICALLY PILOTS
Storage Facilities
Stored bombs and ammunition Salt Lake City, Ogden, Clearfield, and Tooele
Wendover Air Force Base
Trained the pilots who dropped the atomic bomb
Dugway Proving Groundsand Deseret Chemical
Depot
Handled chemical warfare materials
Standard Parachute Company
In Manti they manufactured parachutes until after the war
UTAH was part of the war effort more than most states. These facilities brought jobs to Utahans as well as PROSPERITY
Why Utah? Utah was inland, from the coasts so safer
Utah had open spaces for training Utah had a good transportation system
Utah is rich in natural resources Utah had a well-educated labor force Utah already had defense facilities
Navajo Code-talkers Remained a secret till 1980s Used the Navajo language to pass information
Only code the Japanese couldn’t break.
POWs in UTAH!!! German and Italian POWs were sent to Ogden
While in camp they constructed, repaired building, worked in warehouses, prepared food in kitchens, farmed, built ski runs