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The Forgotten People: Deaf Americans’ Contributions during World War II

Explore the significant impact of Deaf Americans in World War II, uncovering their contributions as skilled workers in various defense plants and their community's strength during the war. Learn about the critical role played by the National Association of the Deaf and the overlooked history of Deaf people compared to other minorities in WWII. Discover first-hand accounts of Deaf workers in defense plants across different states.

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The Forgotten People: Deaf Americans’ Contributions during World War II

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  1. The Forgotten People:Deaf Americans’ Contributionsduring World War II V-I-C-T-O-R-Y Barbara M. Kannapell, Ph.D.USA

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. The Role of the National Association of the Deafin World War II

  5. Deaf Workers in Defense Plants

  6. 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

  7. Goodyear Aircraft Co.

  8. ALASKA • Kaiser Shipyard, Adak Island ALABAMA • Brookley Field, Mobile • Harless Company

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. COLORADO • Ordnance Plant, Denver • Samsonite Company

  12. 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

  13. GEORGIA • Lockheed, Marietta • (9) Aircraft division of Pullman-Standard Manufacturing Co, Chicago • Nation-Wide Manufacturing Company, Pontiac ILLINOIS

  14. IOWA • (14) Des Moines Ordnance Plant, US Rubber Company

  15. 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

  16. KENTUCKY • (125) Reynolds Research Corporation, Louisville • Naval Ordnance Depot, Louisville

  17. MARYLAND • (9 women) Bendix Radio Corporation’s Fort Avenue plant, Baltimore • (3 men) Bendix Radio Corporation’s Towson plant, Baltimore • Martin plant, Baltimore

  18. 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

  19. 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)

  20. 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

  21. NEW JERSEY (cont’d) • (3) Switlek Parachute Corporation, Trenton • (3) Winner Mfg., Trenton • (9) Wright Aeronautical Corporation, Wood-ridge

  22. 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

  23. NORTH CAROLINA • Gibson Mill, Cannon Mill Company, No.6, Concord • Drexel Furniture Company plant • Deaf Farmers

  24. OKLAHOMA • (200) Douglas Company, Tulsa • (200) Douglas Company, Oklahoma City

  25. 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

  26. SOUTH DAKOTA • (12) Air Base, Sioux Falls TENNESSEE • (5 welders) Aircraft plant, Memphis TEXAS • (150) North American Aviation plant, Dallas

  27. UTAH • (13) Arsenal, Odgen • Camp Kearns, Hallfield (Hill AFB) VERMONT • National Survey Company (Army maps), Chester VIRGINIA • Norfolk Navy Yard

  28. WASHINGTON • (19) U.S. Naval Advance Base depot, Tacoma • (3) Western Gear Works, Seattle • (100) Boeing Aircraft Co, Seattle

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. Schools for the Deaf

  32. 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

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