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The Forgotten People: Deaf Americans’ Contributions during World War II. V-I-C-T-O-R-Y Barbara M. Kannapell, Ph.D. USA. GOALS. Goal #1 is to study how WWII strengthened the community of Deaf Americans during WWII.
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The Forgotten People:Deaf Americans’ Contributionsduring World War II V-I-C-T-O-R-Y Barbara M. Kannapell, Ph.D.USA
GOALS • Goal #1 is to study how WWII strengthened the community of Deaf Americans during WWII. • Goal #2 is to show that Deaf Americans were very satisfactory and efficient workers in defense plants.
GOALS (cont’d) • Goal #3 is to study the role of the National Association of the Deaf in WWII. • Goal #4 is to study Deaf people compared to other minorities who were overlooked in the history of WWII. • Goal #5 is to extend my study of Deaf Americans in WWII to other topics.
The Role of the National Association of the Deafin World War II
OHIO • (1,000) Goodyear Aircraft Co. and Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, Akron • (30) Jeep Willis Overland, Toledo • (15-20) Curtis Wright (Timken Bearing)(C-W airplanes), Columbus • (20) Champion Spark Plugs, Toledo • (8) Edwards Manufacturing Co., Cincinnati • (9) Univex Lens Co., Dayton
ALASKA • Kaiser Shipyard, Adak Island ALABAMA • Brookley Field, Mobile • Harless Company
CALIFORNIA • (100) Airsearch Manufacturing Company, Los Angeles • Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corporation, Los Angeles • Consolidated Steel Corporation, Long Beach • Douglas Aircraft plant, Long Bach • Eitel-McCullough Electronics Company, San Bruno
CALIFORNIA (cont’d) • (22) Interstate Aircraft and Engineering Corporation, El Segundo • Ford Assembling plant, Richmond • Hughes Aircraft Company, Carlsbad • Kaiser Shipyards • Lockheed Aviation Company, Los Angeles • (200) Shipyards, San Pedro • (15) Western Die Casting Company, Emeryville
COLORADO • Ordnance Plant, Denver • Samsonite Company
CONNECTICUT • (500) United Aircraft plant, Hartford (formerly the Pratt-Whitney Aircraft) • Barridon Corporation, Hartford • Colts' Patent Fire Arms Mfg Co., Hartford • (11) Hartford Machine Screw Co., Hartford
GEORGIA • Lockheed, Marietta • (9) Aircraft division of Pullman-Standard Manufacturing Co, Chicago • Nation-Wide Manufacturing Company, Pontiac ILLINOIS
IOWA • (14) Des Moines Ordnance Plant, US Rubber Company
KANSAS • Aero, Wichita • Beechcraft Airplane plant, Wichita • Cessna Aircraft plants, Hutchinson and Wichita • Culver Aircraft plant, Wichita • (17) Electrical assembly section of the Fairfax bomber plant • (20) North American Plant, Kansas City • Olathe Naval Base, Olathe • Pratt and Whitney Aircraft, Kansas City • Sanford Manufacturing Company, Kansas City • Sunflower Ordnance Works, DeSoto
KENTUCKY • (125) Reynolds Research Corporation, Louisville • Naval Ordnance Depot, Louisville
MARYLAND • (9 women) Bendix Radio Corporation’s Fort Avenue plant, Baltimore • (3 men) Bendix Radio Corporation’s Towson plant, Baltimore • Martin plant, Baltimore
MICHIGAN • AC (machine guns and bullets) • (15) American Corset Co. (parachutes), Detroit • (60) River Rouge plant, Ford Co., Detroit • (73) (200-300) Ford Motor Co., Dearborn (B-24 Liberator), Dearborn
MISSISSIPPI • (58) Onyx Knitting Mills, Moss Point MISSOURI • Whirlpool Corporation, St. Joseph • (4-5) Auto Specialist, St. Joseph NEBRASKA • (25) Mead Ordnance Plant, Mead (construction work)
NEW JERSEY • (6) Atlantic Casting & Engineering Corporation, Bloomfield • (1) Bendix Corporation, Teterboro • (12) Ford Corporation - Truck Army & Packer, Edgewater • (2) General Motors, Trenton • (5) National Rubber Corporation, Clifton • (1) REO Bling Pipe Corporation, Trenton
NEW JERSEY (cont’d) • (3) Switlek Parachute Corporation, Trenton • (3) Winner Mfg., Trenton • (9) Wright Aeronautical Corporation, Wood-ridge
NEW YORK • Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester • Davenport Tool and Dye Co., Rochester • Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester • General Motors Corp., Rochester • (17) Plastic factory, Brooklyn • Republican Aviation Corporation, Farmingdale, Long Island • Vogt Company, Rochester
NORTH CAROLINA • Gibson Mill, Cannon Mill Company, No.6, Concord • Drexel Furniture Company plant • Deaf Farmers
OKLAHOMA • (200) Douglas Company, Tulsa • (200) Douglas Company, Oklahoma City
OREGON/WASHINGTON • (20) Shipyards at Swan Island, Vancouver and Portland PENNSYLVANIA • (46) Finishing Department of the Scott Paper Company, Chester • (50) Ford Motor Co, Chester • Sylvania Electric Company
SOUTH DAKOTA • (12) Air Base, Sioux Falls TENNESSEE • (5 welders) Aircraft plant, Memphis TEXAS • (150) North American Aviation plant, Dallas
UTAH • (13) Arsenal, Odgen • Camp Kearns, Hallfield (Hill AFB) VERMONT • National Survey Company (Army maps), Chester VIRGINIA • Norfolk Navy Yard
WASHINGTON • (19) U.S. Naval Advance Base depot, Tacoma • (3) Western Gear Works, Seattle • (100) Boeing Aircraft Co, Seattle
WISCONSIN • (75 trades during W.W.II, according to the newspaper clipping, "Wisconsin Deaf In Industry") • (20) Bradley Mill, Delavan, division of the Geo. Borg Corporation • (9) Eau Claire Ordnance Plant • (4) Fairbanks Morse Co., Beloit • Gibb Tool Company
WISCONSIN (Cont’d) • Hamachek Motor Co., Manitowoc • Johnson Service Co. Milwaukee • (3) King Midas Flour Mill, Superior • Kipp plant, Madison • RoyVac Batteries, Madison • (20 welders) Sterling Wheelbarrow Co. Milwaukee
Thanks to: • Shannon Kennedy, Academic Technology, Gallaudet University for Power Point Presentation. • Mike Olson, Ulf Hedberg, Marguerite Glass-Englehart Archives Department, Gallaudet University for pictures and newspaper clippings • Jane Norman, Professor and Barry White, Production Manager, TV, Photography and Digital Media Department, Gallaudet University for the production of the pilot film