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It has to be right. Gauging the diameter of the barrel of a Garand rifle following grinding. An eastern armory is turning out these rifles for the war program

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It has to be right. Gauging the diameter of the barrel of a Garand rifle following grinding. An eastern armory is turning out these rifles for the war program

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Date

01/01/1942

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Contributors

Palmer, Alfred T., photographer

United States. Office of War Information.

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Location

East Springfield, 42.14176, -72.56203

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Library of Congress

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http://www.loc.gov/

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