Nevada, WW2 During World War Essay

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Magnesium was in great demand during World War II. It was described as the wonder metal and used for incendiary munitions casings and airplane engines, frames, and other parts. The processing of magnesium is multi-step task using significant amounts of energy. In the June 1944 issue of the Desert, Lelande Quick provides the following pictorial of how magnesium is processed:

Several employees of Basic Magnesium spent much time in England learning the skills required for the above process. Ironically, the Germans assisted England in building the plant prior to war. Locating the processing plant near Hoover Dam resulted in low cost energy. When the facility was at full capacity it produced over five million pounds of magnesium nuggets per day and employed over 13,500 people. This made BMI bigger than the employee base of the Hoover Dam and BMI's weekly payroll was greater than a month's payroll at the dam.

Below is a series of photographs taken inside the factory, which were found at the website: http://www.

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BMI Plant Bundling Magnesium Ingots for Shipping

October 1, 1943

BMI Plant Casting Magnesium Ingots

June 11, 1943

BMI Plant Crew Members of the Army Air Force Bomber Memphis Belle with Plant Workers

July 13, 1943

The last photo brings together the two major contributes Nevada was able to provide to the war effort. Nevada's natural resources and landscape provided for two very valuable contributions to winning the war: the metal from which planes and bullet/bomb casing were made and the pilots who learned how to fly the airplanes, which dropped the bombs.

The most valuable resource Nevada contributed to the war was its soldiers. Of the 416,800 military causalities, 592 came from Nevada. The United States lost 0.32% of its population in the war, Nevada represents less than one percent of the total losses. No matter how small the numbers each soldier was irreplaceable and we will never know what great contributions they may have made to the state of Nevada......

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