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Citations of individual production merit awarded. The first five citations of Individual Production Merit have been awarded to five workers, the Production Drive Headquarters has announced. The citation is the highest honor conferred for individual achievement. It is granted only for ideas or suggestions that have an outstanding effect on the entire war effort. Edwin Curtiss Tracy of Oaklyn, New Jersey, a field manager for RCA Manufacturing Co., Camden, New Jersey, suggested a new testing instrument for checking standard flight instruments without removing them from the planes, reducing the time planes are witheld from combat for tests to three minutes a plane, thus increasing the number of planes available for combat

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Citations of individual production merit awarded. The first five citations of Individual Production Merit have been awarded to five workers, the Production Drive Headquarters has announced. The citation is the highest honor conferred for individual achievement. It is granted only for ideas or suggestions that have an outstanding effect on the entire war effort. Edwin Curtiss Tracy of Oaklyn, New Jersey, a field manager for RCA Manufacturing Co., Camden, New Jersey, suggested a new testing instrument for checking standard flight instruments without removing them from the planes, reducing the time planes are witheld from combat for tests to three minutes a plane, thus increasing the number of planes available for combat

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Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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Date

01/01/1942
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Contributors

Danor, George, photographer
Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
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Location

Washington, District of Columbia, United States38.90719, -77.03687
Google Map of 38.9071923, -77.03687070000001
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Library of Congress
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