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Gist inspector, Mrs. Mary Betchner inspecting one of the 25 cutters for burrs before inserting it in the inside of a 105mm. howitzer at the Milwaukee, Wis. plant of the Chain Belt Co. Her son is in the army; her husband is in war work

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

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

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

A man standing in front of a bunch of pipes. Office of War Information Photograph

Production. 105 mm. howitzers. Adolph Pranewicz of Milwaukee, who has a son in the Marines, checking off rough material with a gauge after the first turning on a lathe of a 105 mm. howitzer at the plant of Chain Belt Company, Milwauke, Wisconsin

Production. 105 mm. howitzers. Lillian Goritschnig with two sons in the service, one overseas, and a husband ready to go into the service, inspecting the inside of a 105 mm. howitzer on a lathe at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin plant of Chain Belt Company, with microbrand and also shot-changing the honing stone for finished inside operation of 105 mm. howitzers

Production. 105 mm. howitzers. Dorothy Conger, whose husband is in the Army, inspecting 105 mm. howitzers in the Chain Belt Company plant, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Production. 105 mm. howitzers. Adolph Pranewicz of Milwaukee, who has a son in the Marines, checking off rough material with a gauge after the first turning on a lathe of a 105 mm. howitzer at the plant of Chain Belt Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Gist inspector, Mrs. Mary Betchner inspecting one of the 25 cutters for burrs before inserting it in the inside of a 105mm. howitzer at the Milwaukee, Wis. plant of the Chain Belt Co. Her son is in the army; her husband is in war work

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12002-22.

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Production. 105 mm. howitzers. Norma K. Jones used to be a high school teacher and now teaches two nights a week. She inspects 105 mm. howitzers at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin plant of Chain Belt Company

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