Benicia Arsenal
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The Benicia Arsenal and Benicia Barracks were part of a large military reservation located next to Suisun Bay in Benicia, California. For over 100 years, the arsenal was the primary US Army Ordnance f
Benicia Arsenal, California Mount Diablo in the Distance (watercolor by Joseph Basil Girard, Huntington Museum)
Benicia Arsenal in 1928
Workers loading cartridges for big guns at the arsenal
Guardhouse
The Ordnance Corps, known as the Ordnance Department from 1812 to 1950, is a sustainment branch of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Lee, Virginia. The broad mission of the Ordnance Corps i
Benicia Arsenal
…1852–66) were part of a large military reservation located next to Suisun Bay in Benicia, California. For over 100 years, the arsenal was the primary US Army Ordnance facility for the West Coast of the United States. In 1847 a 252-acre (102 ha) parcel of land adjoining the Benicia city limits on the east was acquired…
Operation Paperclip scientists of the Ordnance Rocket Center
Ordnance Corps regimental insignia
A safety campaign around ordnance by U.S. Army published during the height of World War II (c. 1942–1943) by the War Production Board