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The '''Army-Navy "E" Award''' was an honor presented to a company during [[World War II]] for excellence in production of war equipment. The award was also known as the Army-Navy Production Award. The award would consist of a [[Pennon|pennant]] for the plant and emblems for all employees in the plant at the time the award was made. The pennant was [[Swallowtail (flag)|triangular swallowtail]] with a white border, with a capital E within a yellow wreath of oak and laurel leaves on a vertical divided blue and red background. ARMY is on the red background and NAVY on the blue background. |
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Usually an Army officer and a Navy officer would be present at a ceremony when a company would assemble all the employees and a ceremony would ensue. After the award of the pennant to the plant (to be flown), the employees present would receive their pins. A total of 4,283 companies received the award in the course of the war.<ref>The Theatre Catalog, Published by J. Emanuel publications, inc., 1945, page xviii</ref> This amounted to about 4% of the companies engaged in war work. Plants with continuing excellent work were awarded stars to add to their pennant. A handful of plants earned up to six stars by the end of the war. The Army-Navy "E" Award program was terminated after the war ended. |
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== History == |
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Initially, the awards were created during [[Theodore Roosevelt]]'s administration.<ref name="Fuller">Michigan History By George Newman Fuller, Michigan Historical Commission, Lewis Beeson, Michigan State Historical Society, page 22</ref> The award was a Navy E-Award, which was to commend superior naval service. Later awards continued in World War I and until early in World War II were the Navy E, the Army A and the Army-Navy Star. |
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== World War II == |
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In order to encourage industrial [[mobilization]] an award was created to encourage production of war time materials. The Army-Navy E-Award came into existence in July 1942 when the Navy E and Army-Navy Munitions Board Award were merged.<ref>War Department Circular, 1942: Army-Navy Production Award, Circular No. 228, 1942</ref> Plants which had earned a Navy E Award previous to this date were permitted to continue with their earlier awards. |
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All plants engaged in war production were eligible to receive the award. Government as well as privately owned plants were eligible, as well as subcontractors or prime contractors. |
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Some factors which were considered in selecting recipients were: |
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* Quality and quantity of production |
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* Overcoming of production obstacles |
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* Avoidance of stoppages of work |
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* Maintaining of fair labor standards |
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* Training of additional labor forces |
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* Effective management |
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* Good records on accidents, health, sanitation and plant protection |
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* Utilization of subcontractors |
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District procurement officers would recommend plants to the Commanding General, Material Command, of the Army Air Forces. The recommendations would be accompanied by the reasons for such recommendations. |
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The Award Board would review the recommended plants. Other methods of nominations and recommendations were also allowed. |
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== Addition of stars == |
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Plants that maintained an outstanding record of performance for six months after |
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receiving their original Army-Navy E-Award were granted a star award. A white star was added to the pennant.<ref name="Fuller" /> |
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== End of the award program == |
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The program was terminated December 5, 1945. |
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== References == |
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{{reflist}} |
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== External links == |
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