Production. 105 millimeter shells.
Carefully stacked prior to shipment, thousands of shining shells await shipment to the fighting fronts. These 105 millimeter shells were made in a Midwest plant, where plumbing fixtures were manufactured in peace time (Manitowac Shipyards)
- Date
- 1942-10
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- FSA/OWI
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- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
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- 747 × 1,024 pixels
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