Henry Davis Ward, Jr.

part of ward 6, Charlotte Township, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
525 Louise Avenue

Henry D. Ward, head, rents home for $75/month; Does not live on a farm; white male; age 44; married at age 29; has not attended school in the last year and can read and write; born in MD; parents born MD; occupation: salesman for Surety Company; currently employed; not a veteran of the U.S. military

Isabelle Ward; wife; white female age 37; married at age 22; has not attended school in the last year and can read and write; born MD and parents born MD; no occupation

Wiliam F. Ward, son, white male age 11, single; attended school this year since 9/1/1929 and can read and write; born MD and parents born MD; no occupation

John P. Ward, son white male age 8 single; attended school since 9/1/1929; born MD and parents born MD

Henry D. Ward Jr. son; white male age 4 single; has not attended school since 9/1/1929; born Tennessee; parents born MD

The largest World War II officer training program was a partnership between the U.S. Navy & 131 American colleges & universities. These schools supplied 60,000 Navy & Marine Corps officers during periods of national crises.

The Naval V-12 program was established by the War Department on university campuses during World War II to provide the Navy with a continuous supply of officers. Northwestern's V-12 unit was formed in July, 1943. The course for pre-officer candidates who entered as freshmen consisted of four terms of sixteen weeks each. As freshmen, the students were required to take classes in math, English, physics, engineering, naval organization, physical training, and historical backgrounds of the war. After the first year, they specialized in one of five areas: engineering, deck, supply, medical or dental officers. Students obtained the equivalent of two years of college work in one and one-half years. Graduates of the program were sent to midshipman's school for 120 days, after which they were commissioned ensigns in the Naval Reserve.

Martin State Airport began in 1929 as an airplane production facility built by Glenn L. Martin, an aviation designer and constructor.

Glenn L. Martin began manufacturing aircraft in the early days of aviation at the beginning of the 20th century and went on to become one of the leading military airplane manufacturers in the United States. He retained control of the company for 40 years, hiring skilled engineers along the way, including some who would establish their own successful aircraft companies—Donald Douglas, William Boeing, and James McDonnell among them.

Before and during World War II, the Glen L. Martin Aircraft Company produced the B-10 and B-26 bombers, the China Clipper, and the Martin Mars planes at the facility. Runways also were added during the war period.

From 1941 to 1945, the Glen L. Martin Aircraft Co. built the Mars aircraft for the U.S. Navy to be used for long-range reconnaissance or cargo transport. The planes, known as flying boats, were propeller driven and capable of landing and taking off on water.

In 1961, the Martin Company merged with the American Marietta Corporation to form the Martin Marietta Corporation. The State of Maryland purchased 747 acres of the Airport in 1975 from the Martin Marietta Corporation.