The Scranton Army Ammunition Plant machinery rumbles, hums, sparks and sprays as it churns out a major weapon of war. Just a short walk from Scranton s downtown, the plant produces more than 11,000 pressure-tested, thoroughly inspected, 155 millimeter shells a month.
Probably the most dramatic and significant moment at the Pine Bluff Arsenal's 80th birthday celebration was the cutting of the cake with a U.S. Army saber. It took three hands, military and civilian, to get it done Wednesday morning.