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Production. Minesweepers. F.M. Webb, age seventy, came out of retirement to return to his old job of machinist in an Eastern shipyard building minesweepers. "If my son can fight, I can work," he said. Gibbs Cass Company
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Production. Minesweepers. F.M. Webb, age seventy, came out of retirement to return to his old job of machinist in an Eastern shipyard building minesweepers. "If my son can fight, I can work," he said. Gibbs Cass Company

Hollem, Howard R., United States. Office Of War Information · 1942-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineProduction. Minesweepers. F.M. Webb, age seventy, came out of retirement to return to his old job of machinist in an Eastern shipyard building minesweepers. "If my son can fight, I can work," he said.. 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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