World War II Honoree

Bruce Bernard Godwin

Hometown

Minnesota

Honored By

Robert B. Godwin

Relationship

Son

MY FATHER STARTED HIS WAR WORK AT THE MINNEAPOLIS-MOLINE PLANT, MAKING SMALL ARMS MUNITIONS. THE FOLLOWING YEAR, LEAVING THE FAMILY AT HOME IN MINNEAPOLIS, HE WORKED AT THE ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL IN ILLINOIS, WHICH WAS A MAJOR HEAVY WEAPONS MANUFACTURING PLANT. LATER IN THE WAR, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE DUGWAY PROVING GROUNDS IN OGDEN, UTAH, THEN A TEST SITE FOR DEFENSIVE CBW EXPERIMENTS. THE FINAL WAR YEARS WERE SPENT AS A MACHINIST AT THE SAN FRANCISCO (HUNTERS POINT) NAVY YARD FACILITIES.