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Production. Willow Run bomber plant. Inspection of more than a thousand separate tubing pieces composing the fuel, hydraulic, de-icing and other systems in a bomber is a highly important job. This young employee at the giant Willow Run plant uses her tiny flashlight to discover any internal defects in the tubing. Ford plant, Willow Run

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01/01/1942

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Rosener, Ann, photographer

United States. Office of War Information.

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michigan

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Library of Congress

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http://www.loc.gov/

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