Western Cartridge Company

St. Louis Globe-Democrat

1943-01-29

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Equipment. Weapons. Plants
United States Cartridge Company
United States Army and World War II

Saint Louis (Mo.)

1940-1949

"Ammunition produced in the St. Louis area is uncrated in January 1946 on Guadalcanal in the Solomons. Lettering on cases reads 'Western Cartridge Company,' which was located at Alton, Ill. The soldiers are getting bandoliers of ammunition for their rifles and machine guns... Reports have been received previously from as far as the Middle East that bullets from the St. Louis area are being fired on the enemy, but this is the first actual proof that such material is being used in the Solomons. Soldiers are shown at a supply depot on Guadalcanal."

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