Editing Milan, Tennessee (section)

===Attributed population growth===
The Milan Army Ammunition Plant employed over 10,000 during [[World War II]], dropping to 1,500 in 1947.  Employment rose again to over 8,000 during the [[Korean War]] before falling to less than 500 in 1959.  By 1968, employment had risen again to 7,000.  During the period 1940{{ndash}}1971 the population of Milan had increased from 3,000 to 7,000.  The growth was largely attributed to the Milan Army Ammunition Plant.<ref name="MAAP Hist" />

In a 1944 article, the ''[[Saturday Evening Post]]'', in discussing the boom created by the Milan Arsenal during World War II, predicted Milan would become a "[[ghost town]]" when the war was over.{{Citation needed|date=July 2012}}