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Production. 105 mm. howitzers. Mrs. Mary Betchner inspecting one of the twenty-five cutters for burrs before inserting it in the inside of a 105 mm. howitzer in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin plant of Chain Belt Company. Her son is in the Army; her husband and daughter are in war work
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Credit lineProduction. 105 mm. howitzers. Mrs. Mary Betchner inspecting one of the twenty-five cutters for burrs before inserting it in the inside of a 105 mm. howitzer in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin plant of Chain. 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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