Jeffersonville, Indiana

==== World War II ====
Having acquired the [[Howard Shipyards]] in 1925, the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] awarded the Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Company (later known as [[Jeffboat]]) a contract to build boats during [[World War II]]. Jeffboat built landing vessels such as the [[Landing Ship, Tank|LST]], and swelled in number of employees from 200 to 13,000 people. After the war ended, the Navy sold the Howard Shipyard to Jeffboat.<ref name="Grady" />

Also during [[World War II]], the Quartermaster Depot, in conjunction with [[Fort Knox, Kentucky|Fort Knox]], Kentucky, housed [[Germany|German]] [[prisoners of war]] until 1945.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qmfound.com/jeffersonville.htm |title=Jeffersonville Quartermaster Intermediate Depot - History and Functions |publisher=Qmfound.com |access-date=July 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100802012558/http://www.qmfound.com/jeffersonville.htm |archive-date=August 2, 2010  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianamilitary.org/CA%20POWs/POW-GERMAN/Camp%20Austin%20Report/Camp%20Austin%20Rpt.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525050517/http://www.indianamilitary.org/CA%20POWs/POW-GERMAN/Camp%20Austin%20Report/Camp%20Austin%20Rpt.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 25, 2011 |title=The German Prisoner of war camp in Indiana }}</ref>