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Gauging shells for big guns. New, shiny shells for the Army's 155 mm guns being gauged during production at a large eastern arsenal
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Credit lineGauging shells for big guns. New, shiny shells for the Army's 155 mm guns being gauged during production at a large eastern arsenal. 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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