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Forged steel to make the lungs of a torpedo. Smoothing down the outside of torpedo air flasks is this man's job. Production is going at top speed at the eastern Navy arsenal in which this equipment is produced
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Credit lineForged steel to make the lungs of a torpedo. Smoothing down the outside of torpedo air flasks is this man's job. Production is going at top speed at the eastern Navy arsenal in which this equipment is. 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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