Description

40TH ORDNANCE COMPANY
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland • World War II •
108 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

This is a digital download of a scanned copy of the 1943 yearbook of the 40th Ordnance Company (Training), published by the Army and Navy Publishing Co. It documents the company’s enlisted instructors and administrative personnel who staffed the Ordnance School at Aberdeen Proving Ground, covering the unit’s history since its 1921 activation, its company officers and past commanders, and its automotive, artillery, small arms, fire control, ammunition, welding, and machine shop training sections.

Campaigns: Ordnance School Enlisted Instruction, Aberdeen Proving Ground (1921–1943)

Commanders: Capt. John P. Kottcamp, Jr. (Commanding Officer), 1st Lt. G. H. Stanton, 1st Lt. G. B. Howell, 2nd Lt. J. V. Jacks, 2nd Lt. J. C. Roark (Company Officers); prior commanders include Capt. George Caldwell, 1st Lt. A. C. Cleveland, Capt. C. F. Hofstetter, Capt. R. B. Libby, Capt. S. R. Kimble, 1st Lt. J. B. Pierce, Capt. C. E. Hart, 1st Lt. A. C. Perrin, 1st Lt. E. W. Smith, 1st Lt. George D. Rogers, Capt. J. Worthen Procter, Capt. Clarence Bernard, 1st Lt. E. P. Mechling, Capt. J. D. Billingsley, 1st Lt. W. A. Call, Capt. T. W. Cooke, and 1st Lt. P. E. Johnson, Jr.

Base publication: The Aberdeen Proving Ground

Table of Contents

Company History
Administrative Division
Officer Student and Officer Candidate Division
Automotive Units
Fire Control
Welding Section
Ordnance School Supply Office Personnel
Ammunition Section
Heavy Artillery Section
Machine Shop
Small Arms
Instrument Repair
Wrecker Crew
Constructing a Hutment
Keeping Fit

“Precision . . . precision . . . precision . . . that is the Bible of Ordnance.”
— 40th Ordnance Company (Tng.), Aberdeen Proving Ground