Ground was broken on the Des Moines Ordnance Plant in Ankeny on July 28, 1941, months before the Imperial Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor pulled the country into the war that had already been ...

The Iowa Army Ammunition Plant near Burlington is slated for $1.2 billion in upgrades; The sprawling complex is a top U.S. military source of 155 mm shells, the most commonly used artillery ordnance ...