Nebraska Ordnance Plant
1942 – 1945 17,250 acres Mead, Nebraska one of Nebraska’s 5 major ammunition plants 1942-1945 Nebraska Defense Corporation operated the site for the Army – Ammunition was loaded 1950-1956 reactivated for the Korean War 1959 transferred to GSA – National Guard & Army Reserve retained roughly 1,000 acres – 12 acres as a Nike Missile maintenance area 1960 … Read more