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Fingers of destruction. Gauging and weighing 50-caliber ball cartridges in an endless row. Production for war is geared up to top speed at this eastern Army arsenal
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Credit lineFingers of destruction. Gauging and weighing 50-caliber ball cartridges in an endless row. Production for war is geared up to top speed at this eastern Army 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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