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Production. Minesweepers. W.S. Neal, age seventy, came out of retirement to work in the blacksmith shop of an Eastern shipyard. He is shown forging a part to be used in the construction of a Navy minesweeper. Mr. Neal has three granddaughters and a son in war industry. "Why should I sit by at the ag
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Credit lineProduction. Minesweepers. W.S. Neal, age seventy, came out of retirement to work in the blacksmith shop of an Eastern shipyard. He is shown forging a part to be used in the construction of a Navy mine. 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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