[ARC5] Re: ARC-5 production data

[Gordon White]

    At one time I estimated from the contract data I had that about 
1,000,000 individual receivers, transmitters and modulators of all types 
had been produced from 1939 through 1945. This was an educated guess 
after looking at the contracts, taking into account the stop-orders that 
went out in early November 1944 and the re-start orders that went out in 
December 1944 after 1) the advent in the Pacific of the Kamikases and  
2) the Battle of the Bulge, that indicated the war was not going to be 
over by Christmas '44. I tried to take into account the cancellations 
sent out on VJ-Day. Obviously this was an only somewhat educated guess 
in 1965 (or so). Maybe it is high. It included A.R.C., Western Electric, 
Stromberg-Carlson,  Llewyt, Colonial Radio and possibly one other 
sub-contract producer of everything that was associated with  Type K, 
GT/RBD, ATA/ARA, AN/ARC-5, etc.

    Unfortunately, I learned when I tried to go back into the Signal 
Corps' and Navy archives that after I looked at a lot of the files they 
had been shredded. The federal Archives may (probably does) still have 
some of the Army stuff. I don't know if any Navy files survived. So I 
doubt any more definitive count can now be made. Possibly a review of 
what I wrote in CQ would be in order. Dave and Mike have scrutinized 
that data pretty well.

    I think I know where my notes are and I will try to revisit them 
when I get a chance.

- Gordon White