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Production. Minesweepers. David L. Zimbough, age seventy, came out of retirement to operate a lathe to make parts for sweepers in an Eastern shipyard. He returned his last social security check, declaring that the money he made helping win the war was enough for him. Gibbs Cass Company
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Credit lineProduction. Minesweepers. David L. Zimbough, age seventy, came out of retirement to operate a lathe to make parts for sweepers in an Eastern shipyard. He returned his last social security check, decla. 1942-01-01. Hollem, Howard R., United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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