Lone_Star_Army_Ammunition_Plant
Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant
Military unit
The Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant was a 15,546-acre (62.91 km2) government-owned, contractor-operated (GOCO) facility 12 miles west of Texarkana, Texas that was established in 1942. The land was purchased from local citizens through Eminent Domain by the United States Department of Defense. The Lone Star Defense Corporation, a subsidiary of the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Corporation, won the contract on July 23, 1941 to produce artillery shells, bombs, fuses, boosters, and other auxiliary munitions at the site.[1] The plant produced ammunition throughout World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.[2] The plant was last operated by Day & Zimmermann.