Identification badge for Walter O'Malley who provided service for the United States during World War II as a Board of Director for Todd and Brown, Inc., the firm hired in 1940 to build the Kingsbury Ordnance Plant. The plant manufactured ammunition for the U.S. In 1942, there were close to 21,000 personnel working in the plant 24 hours a day.
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Winning The War
During World War II, Walter O’Malley was named to the board of directors for Todd & Brown, Inc. The civil engineering firm built and operated the Kingsbury Ordnance Plant in La Porte, Indiana, which assembled and produced all types of ammunition during the war effort. O’Malley was presented with an I.D. badge for his trips to Kingsbury Ordnance Plant. He also traveled to Washington, D.C. for meetings.
Todd & Brown supervised the building of New York’s Rockefeller Center and Virginia’s Old Williamsburg. In 1928, Webster Todd formed Todd & Brown, Inc. along with Joseph Brown. Webster and his wife Eleanor were good friends of Kay and Walter O’Malley.
Walter O’Malley served on the board of directors for Todd and Brown, Inc. during World War II. Todd and Brown was hired to build Kingsbury Ordnance Plant in La Porte, Indiana during the war effort. On August 28, 1943, O’Malley received this certificate for Kingsbury Ordnance Plant’s achievement in producing war equipment.