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Shaving the inside of a torpedo. At work on the inside of a torpedo airflask in an eastern arsenal. The expanded two-ocean fleet will need large stores of ammunition
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Credit lineShaving the inside of a torpedo. At work on the inside of a torpedo airflask in an eastern arsenal. The expanded two-ocean fleet will need large stores of ammunition. 1942-01-01. United States. Office Of War Information, Palmer, Alfred T.. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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