The Pre-Missile Era, 1941 - 1949


The establishment of the installation before World War II and post-war activities


Introduction


Huntsville Times headline - Huntsville gets chemical war plant 40 million

This section contains the Redstone Arsenal chronology for the period from 1941 to 1949. The various entries have been extracted from arsenal records from the 1940-49 time frame, newspapers of that period, personal recollections, and various other sources found in the Secretary of the General Staff historical function's archives. Many of the photographs included in this volume correspond to a particular event described in an entry. Others are representative of the various activities that occurred.

Proceed to 1941.




The Pre-Missile Era: Introduction,  194119421943194419451946 & 19471948 & 1949