The American Automobile Industry in World War Two
An American Auto Industry Heritage Tribute by David D Jackson

 Overview      Lansing Michigan in World War Two   The U.S. Auto Industry at the Normandy Invasion, June 6, 1944    The U.S. Auto Industry and the B-29 Bomber   U.S. Auto Industry Army-Navy "E" Award Winners   The Complete listing of All Army-Navy "E" Award Winners   Sherman Tanks of the American Auto Industry   Tank Destroyers of the American Auto Industry    M26 Pershing Tanks of the American Auto Industry   M36 Tank Destroyers of the American Auto Industry   Serial Numbers for WWII Tanks built by the American Auto Industry   Surviving LCVP Landing Craft    WWII Landing Craft Hull Numbers   Airborne Extra-Light Jeep Photos  The American Auto Industry vs. the German V-1 in WWII   American Auto Industry-Built Anti-Aircraft Guns in WWII   VT Proximity Manufacturers of WWII   World War One Era Motor Vehicles   National Museum of Military Vehicles   Revisions   Links

 Automobile and Body Manufacturers:  American Bantam Car Company   Briggs Manufacturing Company   Checker Car Company   Chrysler Corporation   Crosley Corporation   Ford Motor Car Company   General Motors Corporation   Graham-Paige Motors Corporation   Hudson Motor Car Company   Murray Corporation of America   Nash-Kelvinator   Packard Motor Car Company      Studebaker    Willys-Overland Motors

General Motors Divisions:  AC Spark Plug   Aeroproducts   Allison   Brown-Lipe-Chapin   Buick   Cadillac   Chevrolet   Cleveland Diesel   Delco Appliance   Delco Products   Delco Radio   Delco-Remy   Detroit Diesel   Detroit Transmission   Electro-Motive   Fisher Body   Frigidaire   GM Proving Grounds   GM of Canada   GMC   GMI   Guide Lamp   Harrison Radiator   Hyatt Bearings   Inland   Moraine Products   New Departure   Oldsmobile   Packard Electric   Pontiac   Saginaw Malleable Iron   Saginaw Steering Gear   Southern California Division   Rochester Products   Ternstedt Manufacturing Division   United Motors Service   Vauxhall Motors

 Indiana Companies:  Bailey Products Corporation   Chrysler Kokomo Plant   Continental Steel Corporation  Converto Manufacturing    Cummins Engine Company   Diamond Chain and Manufacturing Company   Delta Electric Company   Durham Manufacturing Company   Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation   General Electric Kokomo Plant   Haynes Stellite Company   Hercules Body Company   Horton Manufacturing Company   Howe Fire Apparatus   International Machine Tool Company   J.D. Adams Company   Kokomo Spring Company   Magnavox   Muncie Gear Works   Pierce Governor Company   Portland Forge and Foundry   Reliance Manufacturing Company-Kokomo Plant   Reliance Manufacturing Company-Washington Plant   Republic Aviation Corporation - Indiana Division   Ross Gear and Tool Company   S.F. Bowser & Co.   Sherrill Research Corporation   Tokheim Oil Tank and Pump Company   Warner Gear   Wayne Pump Company   Wayne Works

Commercial Truck and Fire Apparatus Manufacturers:  American LaFrance   Autocar   Biederman Motors Corporation   Brockway Motor Company   Detroit General   Diamond T   Duplex Truck Company   Federal Motor Truck   Four Wheel Drive Auto Company(FWD)   International Harvester   John Bean   Mack Truck   Marmon-Herrington Company   Michigan Power Shovel Company   Oshkosh Motor Truck Corporation   Pacific Car and Foundry   "Quick-Way" Truck Shovel Company  Reo Motor Car Company  Seagrave Fire Apparatus   Sterling Motor Truck Company    Ward LaFrance Truck Corporation   White Motor Company

Aviation Companies:  Abrams Instrument Corporation    Frankfort Sailplane Company   Hughes Aircraft Company   Kellett Aviation Corporation   Laister-Kauffman Aircraft Corporation   Naval Aircraft Factory   P-V Engineering Forum, Inc.    Rudolf Wurlitzer Company-DeKalb Division  Schweizer Aircraft Corporation   Sikorsky Division of United Aircraft Corporation   St. Louis Aircraft Corporation   Timm Aircraft Corporation

Other World War Two Manufacturers:  Air King Products   Allis-Chalmers   American Car and Foundry   American Locomotive   American Stove Company   Annapolis Yacht Yard   Andover Motors Company   B.F. Goodrich   Baker War Industries   Baldwin Locomotive Works   Blood Brothers Machine Company   Boyertown Auto Body Works   Briggs & Stratton   Burke Electric Company   Caterpillar   Cheney Bigelow Wire Works   Centrifugal Fusing   Chris-Craft   Clark Equipment Company   Cleaver-Brooks Company   Cleveland Tractor Company   Continental Motors   Cushman Motor Works   Crocker-Wheeler   Dail Steel Products   Detroit Wax Paper Company   Detrola   Engineering & Research Corporation   Farrand Optical Company   Federal Telephone and Radio Corp.   Firestone Tire and Rubber Company   Fruehauf Trailer Company   Fuller Manufacturing   Galvin Manufacturing   Gemmer Manufacturing Company   General Railway Signal Company   Gerstenslager Company   Gibson Guitar   Gibson Refrigerator Company   Goodyear   Hall-Scott   Hanson Clutch and Machinery Company   Harley-Davidson   Harris-Seybold-Potter   Herreshoff Manufacturing Company   Higgins Industries    Highway Traile    Hill Diesel Company   Holland Hitch Company   Homelite Company   Horace E. Dodge Boat and Plane Corporation   Huffman Manufacturing   Indian Motorcycle   Ingersoll Steel and Disk   Iron Fireman Manufacturing Company   John Deere   Johnson Automatics Manufacturing Company   Kimberly-Clark   Kohler Company   Kold-Hold Company   Landers, Frary & Clark  Lima Locomotive Works   Lundberg Screw Products   MacKenzie Muffler Company   Massey-Harris   Matthews Company   McCord Radiator & Mfg. Company   Metal Mouldings Corporation   Miller Printing Machinery Company   Morse Instrument Company   Motor Products Corporation   Motor Wheel Corporation   National Cash Resgister Company   Novo Engine Company   O'Keefe & Merritt Company   Olofsson Tool and Die Company   Oneida Ltd   Otis Elevator   Owens Yacht   Pressed Steel Car Company   Pressed Steel Tank Company   Queen City Manufacturing Company   R.G. LeTourneau   Richardson Boat Company   R.L. Drake Company   St. Clair Rubber Company   Samson United Corporation   Shakespeare Company   Sight Feed Generator Company   Simplex Manufacturing Company   Steel Products Engineering Company   St. Louis Car Company   Twin Disc Company   Victor Adding Machine Company   Vilter Manufacturing Company   Wells-Gardner   W.L. Maxson Corporation   W.W. Boes Company   Westfield Manufacturing Company   York-Hoover Body Company   York-Shipley, Inc.   Youngstown Steel Door Company  
   

 U.S. Automobile Industry Army-Navy "E" Award Winners

This page added 6-15-2016.

U.S. Auto Manufacturers Army-Navy "E" Award Winners
Company Location Number of Awards Dates - If Known Notes  
American Bantam Car Company Butler, PA 3      
           
Chrysler Corporation Airtemp Division, Dayton, OH 2      
  Amplex Division, Detroit, MI 2      
  Chrysler Motors of California, Los Angeles, CA 2      
  DeSoto, Wyoming Plant, Detroit, MI 3      
  Detroit Tank Arsenal, Centerline, MI 4      
  Dodge Plant, (Main and Forge), Detroit, MI 2      
  Evansville Ordnance Plant, Evansville, IN 1      
  Highland Park, MI 3      
  Jefferson Plant, Detroit, MI 3      
  Lynch Road Plant, Detroit, MI 3      
  New Castle Plant, IN 5      
  Plymouth Plant (Gun Arsenal), Detroit, MI 5      
  Tank Arsenal Proving Ground, Utica, MI 2      
Chrysler Total   37      
           
Ford Motor Company Aircraft Engine Plant, Dearborn, MI 1      
  Glider Plant, Iron Mountain, MI 3      
  Richmond Tank and Motor Vehicle Depot, Richmond, CA 4      
  Somerville Branch, Somerville, MA 2      
  Twin City Branch, St. Paul, MN 1      
  Willow Run Bomber Plant, Ypsilanti, MI 1      
  Ypsilanti Plant, Ypsilanti, MI 3      
Ford Total   14      
           
General Motors A.C. Spark Plug Division, Flint, MI 5      
  A.C. Spark Plug Division, Ionia, MI 2      
  Allison Division, Indianapolis, IN 4      
  Brown-Lipe-Chapin Division, Syracuse, NY 3      
  Buick Motor Division, Flint, MI 3      
  Buick Motor Division, Melrose Park, IL 5      
  Cadillac Motor Car Division, Detroit, MI 4      
  Chevrolet Motor Division, Aviation Engine Plant #2, Tonawanda, NY 5      
  Chevrolet Motor Division, Aviation Engine Plant #1, Buffalo, NY 5      
  Chevrolet Motor Division, Motor and Axle Plant, Tonawanda, NY 5      
  Chevrolet, Bay City, MI 2      
  Chevrolet, Commercial Body Division, Indianapolis, IN 3      
  Chevrolet Gear and Axle Division, Detroit, MI 4      
  Cleveland Diesel Engine Division, Cleveland, OH 6      
  Delco Appliance Division, Rochester, NY 4      
  Delco Products Division, Dayton, OH 5      
  Delco Radio Division, Kokomo, IN 3   Includes Terra Haute, IN Plant 4  
  Delco-Remy Division, Anderson, IN 4   Includes Muncie and Bedford, IN and Antioch and Kings Mill, OH  
  Detroit Diesel Division, Detroit, MI 1      
  Detroit Transmission Division, Detroit, MI 2      
  Eastern Aircraft Division, Baltimore Division, Baltimore, MD 2      
  Eastern Aircraft Division, Bloomfield Division, Ampere, NJ 2      
  Eastern Aircraft Division, Bloomfield Division, Bloomfield, NJ 2      
  Eastern Aircraft Division, Linden Division, Linden Plant 2      
  Eastern Aircraft Division, Trenton Division, Trenton, NJ 2      
  Eastern Aircraft Division, North Tarrytown Division, Tarrytown, NY 2      
  Electro-Motive Division, LaGrange, IL 5      
  Fisher Body Division, Aircraft Unit, Plant #21, Detroit, MI 4      
  Fisher Body Division, Central Development and Experimental Unit, Plant #21, Detroit, MI 2      
  Fisher Body Cleveland Division, Plant 1, Cleveland, OH 1      
  Fisher Body Cleveland Aircraft Division, Plant 2, Cleveland, OH 1      
  Fisher Body Division, Fleetwood Plant, Detroit, MI 4      
  Fisher Body Division, Stamping Unit #37, Detroit, MI 2      
  Fisher Body Division, Ternstedt Manufacturing Division, Division #9, Detroit, MI 2      
  Fisher Body Division, Ternstedt Manufacturing Division, Main Plant, Division #3, and Plant 15, Detroit, MI 1      
  Fisher Body Division, Die and Machine Unit, Detroit, MI 7   This plant won the Navy "E" Award previous to July, 1942, and elected not to convert to the Army-Navy "E" Award.  
  Fisher Body Division, Flint #1, MI 5      
  Fisher Body Division, Grand Blanc Tank Plant, Grand Blanc, MI 5      
  Fisher Body Division, Grand Rapids Stamping Plant, MI 1      
  Fisher Body Division, Lansing , MI 1      
  Fisher Body Division, Memphis Aircraft Plant, Memphis, TN 4      
  Fisher Body Division, Pontiac, MI 1      
  Frigidaire Division, Dayton, OH 5      
  GMC Truck and Coach, Pontiac, MI 2      
  General Motors Proving Grounds, Milford, MI 5      
  Guide-Lamp Division, Anderson, IN 5      
  Harrison Radiator Division, Lockport, NY 5      
  Hyatt Bearings Division, Clark Township Plant, Rahway, NJ 2      
  Hyatt Bearings Division, Harrison Plant, Harrison, NJ 5      
  Inland Division, Dayton, OH 5      
  Oldsmobile Division, Lansing, MI 4      
  Oldsmobile Division, Kansas City, MO 4      
  Oldsmobile Division, Janesville, WI 3      
  Moraine Products Division, Dayton, OH 3      
  New Departure Division, Plant A, Bristol, CT 4      
  New Departure Division, Plant D, Meriden, CT 4      
  Packard Electric Division, Warren, OH 4      
  Packard Electric Division, Plant 4, Warren, OH 3   This had been the Sunlight Electrical Division of GM before being combined with Packard Electric.  
  Pontiac Motor Car Division, Plant #4, Pontiac, MI 6   This plant won the Navy "E" Award previous to July, 1942, and elected not to convert to the Army-Navy "E" Award.  
  Pontiac Motor Car Division, Plant #11 (Torpedo), Pontiac, MI 1      
  Pontiac Motor Car Division, Plant #14, Pontiac, MI 1      
  Research Laboratories Division, Detroit, MI 4      
  Rochester Products Division, Rochester, NY 5      
  Saginaw Steering Gear Division, Plant #1, Saginaw, MI 3      
  Saginaw Steering Gear Division, Plant #2, Saginaw, MI 3      
  United Motors Service Division, Lima Tank Depot, Lima, OH 1      
General Motors Total   220      
           
Graham-Paige Motors Company Detroit, MI 1      
           
Hudson Motor Car Company Airplane Division, Main Plant, Detroit, MI 2      
           
Nash-Kelvinator Corp. Propeller Division, Lansing, Mi 1      
           
Packard Motor Car Company Marine Engine Division, Detroit, MI 4      
           
Studebaker Aviation Division, South Bend, IN 4      
  Aviation Division, Fort Wayne, IN 4      
  Aviation Division, Chicago, IL 3      
  Automotive Division, South Bend, IN 3      
  Studebaker Pacific Corporation 3   This was a Studebaker Assembly plant built in 1938 and was located at 4530 Loma Vista Avenue, Los Angeles, CA.  Today it is the Saint Regis Paper Company.  
Studebaker Total   17      
           
Willys-Overland Motors, Inc Toledo, OH 2      


 

 

 

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