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