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U.S. Army Cpt. Joseph Lewandowski, Defense POW/MIA

Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class William Porges, assigned to the Bulls of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 37, performs maintenance on the struts of an F/A-18C Hornet.

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information

A man without legs can learn to be happy, useful and self supporting. Basket weaving is one of the many trades taught to such war cripples, in an excellent French school on the Ave. de Tokio, Paris

Pilot Training Next, US Air Force Photo

Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Jaclyn Ward, left, and

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Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. In a sea of silk, this woman worker is making parachutes for America's paratroopers. She is one of many Negro employees in the aircraft factory of an Eastern navy yard

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. So that America's paratroopers may write history in this new field of modern warfare, these women workers in the aircraft factory of an Eastern navy yard are turning miles of silk into parachutes for our armed forces

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. So that America's paratroopers may write history in this new field of modern warfare, these women workers in the aircraft factory of an Eastern navy yard are turning miles of silk into parachutes for our armed forces

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. American women of many racial groups are furnishing manpower for war production. This Negro girl is a machine operator in the aircraft factory of an Eastern navy yard. She is turning out small parts for assembly in another part of the plant

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. American women of many racial groups are furnishing manpower for war production. This Negro girl is a machine operator in the aircraft factory of an Eastern navy yard. She is turning out small parts for assembly in another part of the plant

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. American manpower builds America's fighting ships. This giant propeller, which will grace an American fighting ship, is receiving a pneumatic chipping operation from a Negro worker in a large navy yard on the East Coast

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. American manpower builds America's fighting ships. This giant propeller, which will grace an American fighting ship, is receiving a pneumatic chipping operation from a Negro worker in a large navy yard on the East Coast

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. Anna C. Marchand is one of the hundreds of young Negro women who have been given jobs in war production plants in recent months. She is shown undersizing bushing in the aircraft factory of a large Eastern navy yard

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. Anna C. Marchand is one of the hundreds of young Negro women who have been given jobs in war production plants in recent months. She is shown undersizing bushing in the aircraft factory of a large Eastern navy yard

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. In a sea of silk, this woman worker is making parachutes for America's paratroopers. She is one of many Negro employees in the aircraft factory of an Eastern navy yard

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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Boardwalk crew at Silex Spring - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Transformer manufacture. Welding is an intrinsic part of the manufacture of transformers. This welder is employed by a large Eastern electrical company whose power transformers are needed by many factories engaged in war Production. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass. Boston, MA. 19th Century Stereoscope Card.

Canning plant employees grading beans. Dania, Florida. Many of these workers are migrants

Scene in a shop where high school boys help the workers after school hours to relieve the manpower shortage

David F. Olby interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-10-29

Rags. Collection and processing. A portion of the sorting room in a large Eastern rag processing plant. In this room new rag remnants, consisting chiefly of cuttings received from clothing factories, are sorted. The rags are classified and separated according to the type of cloth; colored rags are graded according to the ease with which they can be bleached. The baskets in back of the women are filled with rags that have been sorted and classified. The women work in teams of two; it takes a team about two hours to sort the rags in one full bale. In another part of the plant, a room of the same size and general appearance as this is used for sorting used rags. Shapiro Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Cylinder heads for R-1340 Wasp planes are inspected in a large Eastern plant now producing a huge number of fine American engines for our fighting air forces. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Transformer manufacture. Welding is an intrinsic part of the manufacture of transformers. This welder is employed by a large Eastern electrical company whose power transformers are needed by many factories engaged in war production. He's welding cover flanges for steel transformer tanks. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Gulf Oil Corporation, Waddell Gasoline Corporation, West Texas

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. Normally used in manufacture of floor waxers, as shown here, this five-spindle drill press is now used full-time on defense orders for which this small Eastern plant is under subcontract. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Woman volunteer checking and posting ceiling prices for the U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA)

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