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Weapons from waste. Shells, tractors, steel cable, pipes, whatever it is, if it's metal our steel mills need it. They need it today as they've never needed it before. They need it to provide the "ring of steel" which will protect this country from any possible enemy
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Credit lineWeapons from waste. Shells, tractors, steel cable, pipes, whatever it is, if it's metal our steel mills need it. They need it today as they've never needed it before. They need it to provide the "ring. 1941-01-01. United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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