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The forging of a shell for the Army involves operations that skilled men, working with highly developed power equipment, take in stride. Both men and machines were quickly converted from peacetime workers in an automobile plant to wartime producers for America's arsenal of democracy. Oldsmobile, Lan
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Credit lineThe forging of a shell for the Army involves operations that skilled men, working with highly developed power equipment, take in stride. Both men and machines were quickly converted from peacetime wor. 1942-01-01. United States. Office For Emergency Management, Palmer, Alfred T.. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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