Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Closeup photograph shows balloon room worker applying rubber cement to large fabric area which will become the bottom of the boat as assembly progresses. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio Creator(s): Palmer, Alfred T., photographer Related N

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Coat of rubber cement is applied wherever fixtures are to be attached and method of applying them is quite similar to applying a repair patch to an automobile inner tube. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio Creator(s): Palmer, Alfred T., photo

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Women workers apply preservative waterproof paint to bottom of boat which is nearing completion. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio Creator(s): Palmer, Alfred T., photographer Related Names: United States. Office for Emergency Management. Dat

Loseup of woman worker applying rubberized fabric attachements

Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. by women workers.

Self-sealing fuel tanks. Not only as nurses behind the battle lines, but as workers in the factory producing important war goods, women are doing much to win this war and to spare the lives of the men doing the actual fighting. These women are working on building forms used in the manufacture of sel

Self-sealing fuel tanks. Not only as nurses behind the battle lines, but as workers in the factories producing important war goods, women are doing much to win this war and to spare the lives of the men doing the actual fighting. These women are doing the final finishing work on bullet-sealing fuel

The building of assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps

Woman worker applying the finishing touches to a flotation bag used to support airplanes forced down at sea.