LST Shipyard Collection : Materials from or related to the Shipyards which built LSTs during World War II
Title:
The Invader Vol.3, No.6
Object ID:
2017.055.14
Object Name:
Newsletter
Date:
0/1945
Scope & Content:
Vol.3 No.6 of The Invader, the monthly magazine produced for the Evansville Shipyard during World War II. This issue was published in March of 1945. The issue features a front cover with 4 photographs showing Red Cross efforts arranged around a red cross at the center with the newsletter's title set on a red splash at the bottom and a small graphic of the Army-Navy "E" Award banner (with two stars) in the lower right corner. The interior features pages feature various articles and photospreads including pages dedicated to the various "little-known" companies and organizations in Evansville, IN and some of the remaining employees at the Evansville Shipard that were part of the first 100 hired.

The shipyard was owned and operated by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Company from its construction in 1942 until its closing in 1945.
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