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Production. Subchasers. A farmer becomes a shipyard welder, and a good one, in a short time. The Southern yard at which he works on the building of subchasers taught him the trade. He later helped the yard to earn its Navy "E"
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Credit lineProduction. Subchasers. A farmer becomes a shipyard welder, and a good one, in a short time. The Southern yard at which he works on the building of subchasers taught him the trade. He later helped the. 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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