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Lowering an engine in place in assembling a C-87 transport plane at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Lowering an engine in place in assembling a C-87 transport plane at th...

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B-25 bombers on the outdoor assembly line at North American Aviation, Incorporated, almost ready for their first test flight, Kansas City, Kansas

B-25 bombers on the outdoor assembly line at North American Aviation, ...

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United Nations Fight for Freedom : colored, white and Chinese Boy Scouts in front of Capitol, They help out by delivering poster to help the war effort

United Nations Fight for Freedom : colored, white and Chinese Boy Scou...

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Crowds of French patriots line the Champs Elysees to view Allied tanks and half tracks pass through the Arc du Triomphe, after Paris was liberated on August 25, 1944

Crowds of French patriots line the Champs Elysees to view Allied tanks...

Photo shows Free French tanks and half tracks of General Leclerc's 2nd Armored Division passing through the Arc du Triomphe in Paris, probably on August 26, 1944. Sign at left "De Gaulle au pouvoir" and sign at... More

Marine Sgt. at New Orleans, La.

Marine Sgt. at New Orleans, La.

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Marine lieutenant, pilot with the power towing plane at page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Marine lieutenant, pilot with the power towing plane at page Field, Pa...

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Children stage a patriotic demonstration, Southington, Conn.

Children stage a patriotic demonstration, Southington, Conn.

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In North American's modern machine shop, another aircraft part is finished on a huge turret lathe, N[orth] A[merican] Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif.

In North American's modern machine shop, another aircraft part is fini...

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Bowen, a riveter, and Olsen, her supervisor, in the Assembly and Repair Dept. at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Bowen, a riveter, and Olsen, her supervisor, in the Assembly and Repai...

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Member[s] of the experimental staff at the North American Aviation, Inc., plant, observe wind tunnel tests on an accurate scale model of the B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, Inglewood, Calif. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 Mustang fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Member[s] of the experimental staff at the North American Aviation, In...

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Cadet L. Deitz at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Cadet L. Deitz at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

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Marines finishing training at Parris Island, S.C.

Marines finishing training at Parris Island, S.C.

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Man of the Fort Story, Va., coastal defense

Man of the Fort Story, Va., coastal defense

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Bomb bay gasoline tanks for long flights of B-25 bombers await assembly in the plant of North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Bomb bay gasoline tanks for long flights of B-25 bombers await assembl...

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Marine Corps barrage balloon, Parris Island, S.C.

Marine Corps barrage balloon, Parris Island, S.C.

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Marine power plane which tows the training gliders at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Marine power plane which tows the training gliders at Page Field, Parr...

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Civil Air Patrol Base, Bar Harbor, Maine

Civil Air Patrol Base, Bar Harbor, Maine

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Barrage balloon, Parris Island, S.C., World War Two

Barrage balloon, Parris Island, S.C., World War Two

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Formerly an aircraft dock, this huge building -- thought to be the largest in the world with no interior supports -- is now the scene of many busy shops turning out aircraft sub-assembly parts, Goodyear Aircraft Corp., Akron, Ohio. Either new housing close to the plant or vastly improved public transportation will eventually have to be supplied, for the tires on the cars of the workers, and perhaps even the cars themselves, will in many instances give in before the end of the present emergency

Formerly an aircraft dock, this huge building -- thought to be the lar...

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Women are contributing their skills to the nation's needs by keeping our country's planes in top-notch fighting condition, Corpus Christi, Texas. Wife of a disabled World War I veteran, Mrs. Cora Ann Bowen (left) works as a cowler at the Naval Air Base. Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis is a senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs department

Women are contributing their skills to the nation's needs by keeping o...

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At the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

At the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

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Cadet L. Deitz(?) at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Cadet L. Deitz(?) at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

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Marine motor detachment, New River, N.C.

Marine motor detachment, New River, N.C.

Photo shows the Marine Corps Air Station New River, at Jacksonville, North Carolina. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training at Page Field, Parris Isla...

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Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, Meacham field, Fort Worth, Tex.

Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, ...

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Instructor explaining the operation of the parachute to students, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex.

Instructor explaining the operation of the parachute to students, Meac...

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View of the B-25 final assembly line at North American Aviation's Inglewood, California, plant

View of the B-25 final assembly line at North American Aviation's Ingl...

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Marine lieutenant, pilot with the power towplane for the training gliders at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Marine lieutenant, pilot with the power towplane for the training glid...

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Marine Corps gliders in flight out of Parris Island, S.C.

Marine Corps gliders in flight out of Parris Island, S.C.

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Installing structural parts of a C-87 transport plane in the tunnel of a tail fuselage section at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Installing structural parts of a C-87 transport plane in the tunnel of...

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[Civilian training school], students and instructors, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex.

[Civilian training school], students and instructors, Meacham Field, F...

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As an NYA trainee working inside the nose of a PBY, Elmer J. Pace is learning the construction of Navy planes, Corpus Christi, Naval Air Base, Texas

As an NYA trainee working inside the nose of a PBY, Elmer J. Pace is l...

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Marine Lieutenant, glider pilot in training at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Marine Lieutenant, glider pilot in training at Page Field, Parris Isla...

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A good job in the air cleaner of an army truck, Fort Knox, Ky. This Negro soldier, who serves as truckdriver and mechanic, plays an important part in keeping army transport fleets in operation

A good job in the air cleaner of an army truck, Fort Knox, Ky. This Ne...

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Civil Air Patrol Base, Bar Harbor, Maine

Civil Air Patrol Base, Bar Harbor, Maine

Photograph shows the Stinson HW-75, or 105 Voyager airplane. The design was later modified to the L-5 Sentinel for the war. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

It's an intricate operation - installing a 30-calibre machine gun in a Navy PBY plane, but not too tricky for Jesse Rhodes Waller, Corpus Christi, Texas. He's a Georgia man who's been in the Navy 5-1/2 years. At the Naval Air Base he sees that the flying ships are kept in tip-top shape. Waller is an aviation ordnance mate

It's an intricate operation - installing a 30-calibre machine gun in a...

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Getting a nose door ready to put on a C-87 transport plane at the end of the assembly line at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Getting a nose door ready to put on a C-87 transport plane at the end ...

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United Nations exhibit by OWI in Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. View of entrance from 5th Avenue

United Nations exhibit by OWI in Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. Vie...

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Employees on the "Sunshine" assembly line at North American's plant put the finishing touches on another B-25 bomber, Inglewood, Calif. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Employees on the "Sunshine" assembly line at North American's plant pu...

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Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training, ready for take-off at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training, ready for take-off at Pag...

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Light tank, Ft. Knox, Ky., World War Two

Light tank, Ft. Knox, Ky., World War Two

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Good man, good gun: a private of the armored forces does some practice shooting with a 30-calibre Browning machine gun, Fort Knox, Ky. The gun is mounted on a pedestal for anti-aircraft work

Good man, good gun: a private of the armored forces does some practice...

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Crewman of an M-3 tank, Ft. Knox, Ky.

Crewman of an M-3 tank, Ft. Knox, Ky.

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Girl inspector confers with a worker as she makes a a careful check of center wings for C-47 transport planes, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Girl inspector confers with a worker as she makes a a careful check of...

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P-51 ("Mustang") fighter planes being prepared for test flight at the field of the North American Aviation, Inc., plant in Inglewood, Calif.

P-51 ("Mustang") fighter planes being prepared for test flight at the ...

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Coast Guardsman standing watch over 78-foot torpedo boat. Continual watch is kept. Higgins Industries, Inc., New Orleans, La.

Coast Guardsman standing watch over 78-foot torpedo boat. Continual wa...

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Helen Bray, who left school to become a mechanic at a western aircraft plant, is making an emplanage section on a new Consolidated transport, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas. This new ship, adapted from the B-24 bomber, is known as the C-87, carries one of the greatest human and cargo loads of any plane now in mass production

Helen Bray, who left school to become a mechanic at a western aircraft...

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Jesse Rhodes Waller, A.O.M., third class, tries out a 30-calibre machine gun he has just installed on a Navy plane, Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Jesse Rhodes Waller, A.O.M., third class, tries out a 30-calibre machi...

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Civil Air Patrol Base, Bar Harbor, Maine

Civil Air Patrol Base, Bar Harbor, Maine

Photograph shows men exercising on air field, next to the Stinson HW-75, or 105 Voyager airplane. The design was later modified to the L-5 Sentinel for the war. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) .

The crew of an M-3 tank learn all the ways of causing trouble for the Axis with a 75-mm. gun, a 37-mm. gun and four machine guns, Fort Knox, Ky. The Fort Knox School for tank crews has graduated many men who are now ready to meet the enemy on our far flung battle lines -- and on more than equal terms. [Tank] commander

The crew of an M-3 tank learn all the ways of causing trouble for the ...

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A hydraulic mechanic greasing the landing gear of a transport, before the plane leaves the last station on the assembly line at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

A hydraulic mechanic greasing the landing gear of a transport, before ...

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NYA employees receiving training in the Assembly and Repair Dept., U.S. Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

NYA employees receiving training in the Assembly and Repair Dept., U.S...

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Marine Corps lieutenant studying glider piloting at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Marine Corps lieutenant studying glider piloting at Page Field, Parris...

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Marine Lieutenant, glider pilot in training at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Marine Lieutenant, glider pilot in training at Page Field, Parris Isla...

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A young soldier of the armored forces holds and sights his Garand rifle like an old timer, Fort Knox, Ky. He likes the piece for its fine firing qualities and its rugged, dependable mechanism. Infantryman with halftrack

A young soldier of the armored forces holds and sights his Garand rifl...

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A fast, hard-hitting new A-20 [i.e., B-25] attack bomber is brought for a test hop to the flight line at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company

A fast, hard-hitting new A-20 [i.e., B-25] attack bomber is brought fo...

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A Coast Guard sentry stands watch over a new torpedo boat under construction at a southern shipyard. In addition to wooden torpedo boats, the yard also turns out many steel boats for the Navy. Higgins Industries, Inc., New Orleans, La.

A Coast Guard sentry stands watch over a new torpedo boat under constr...

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Assembling Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Assembling Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, ...

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Lowering an engine in place in assembling a transport plane in a Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Lowering an engine in place in assembling a transport plane in a Conso...

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Preparing for take-off at the glider pilot training program, Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Preparing for take-off at the glider pilot training program, Page Fiel...

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Man of the Fort Story, Va. coastal defense

Man of the Fort Story, Va. coastal defense

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Sheet metal parts are numbered with this pneumatic numbering machine in North American's sheet metal department, N[orth] A[merican] Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif.

Sheet metal parts are numbered with this pneumatic numbering machine i...

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Civil Air Patrol Base, Bar Harbor, Maine. The hangar of Coastal Patrol #20

Civil Air Patrol Base, Bar Harbor, Maine. The hangar of Coastal Patrol...

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Mrs. Cora Ann Bowen (left) works as a cowler at the Naval Air Base; Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis is a senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department, Corpus Christi, Texas

Mrs. Cora Ann Bowen (left) works as a cowler at the Naval Air Base; Mr...

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Marine lieutenants studying glider piloting at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Marine lieutenants studying glider piloting at Page Field, Parris Isla...

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U.S. Marine Corps, bedding down a big barrage balloon, Parris Island, S.C.

U.S. Marine Corps, bedding down a big barrage balloon, Parris Island, ...

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[Civilian pilot training school], returning from practice flight, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex.

[Civilian pilot training school], returning from practice flight, Meac...

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An M-3 tank in action, Ft. Knox, Ky.

An M-3 tank in action, Ft. Knox, Ky.

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Annette del Sur publicizing salvage campaign in yard of Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Annette del Sur publicizing salvage campaign in yard of Douglas Aircra...

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Marine Sgt. at New Orleans, La.

Marine Sgt. at New Orleans, La.

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Parris Island, S.C., barrage balloon, World War Two

Parris Island, S.C., barrage balloon, World War Two

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Girl inspectors at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company make a careful check of center wings for C-47 transport planes

Girl inspectors at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft C...

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Part of the cowling for one of the motors for a B-25 bomber is assembled in the engine department of North American [Aviation, Inc.]'s Inglewood, Calif., plant

Part of the cowling for one of the motors for a B-25 bomber is assembl...

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United Nations exhibit by OWI in Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. View of entrance from 5th Avenue

United Nations exhibit by OWI in Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. Vie...

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Fitting the tail of a transport plane to the wing center section in the fuselage mating fixture at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Fitting the tail of a transport plane to the wing center section in th...

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Color guard of Negro engineers, Ft. Belvoir(?), [Va.]

Color guard of Negro engineers, Ft. Belvoir(?), [Va.]

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[Servicing an A-20 bomber, Langley Field, Va.]

[Servicing an A-20 bomber, Langley Field, Va.]

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16-inch coast artillery gun stamped "Watervliet Arsenal 1921," Ft. Story, Va.

16-inch coast artillery gun stamped "Watervliet Arsenal 1921," Ft. Sto...

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On North American's outdoor assembly line, employees rush a B-25 to completion, N[orth] A[merican] Aviation, Inglewood, Calif.

On North American's outdoor assembly line, employees rush a B-25 to co...

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Annette del Sur publicizing salvage campaign in yard of Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Annette del Sur publicizing salvage campaign in yard of Douglas Aircra...

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Making wiring assemblies at a junction box on the fire wall for the right engine of a B-25 bomber, North American Aviation, Inc., [Inglewood], Calif. Forward of this wall will be mounted one of the two 1,700-horsepower Wright Whirlwind engines which carry the B-25 through performances up to Altitudes of 25,000 feet

Making wiring assemblies at a junction box on the fire wall for the ri...

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Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex.

Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, ...

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Marine Corps gliders in flight out of Parris Island, S.C.

Marine Corps gliders in flight out of Parris Island, S.C.

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A marine glider pilot in training, a lieutenant, at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

A marine glider pilot in training, a lieutenant, at Page Field, Parris...

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M-3 tanks in action, Ft. Knox., Ky.

M-3 tanks in action, Ft. Knox., Ky.

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At Beecher Street School, whose student body consists of half Americans of Italian descent and half of Americans of Polish descent, Southington, Conn. The Queen of the May was Emily Schwak, of Polish extraction; the King, Philip D'Agostino, of Italian

At Beecher Street School, whose student body consists of half American...

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Lieutenant "Mike" Hunter, Army pilot assigned to Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Lieutenant "Mike" Hunter, Army pilot assigned to Douglas Aircraft Comp...

Photo shows an A-20B Havoc attack aircraft. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

Lorena Craig is a cowler under civil service at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Lorena Craig is a cowler under civil service at the Naval Air Base, Co...

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Marine lieutenants, pilots, by the power tow-plane for the training gliders at Parris Island's Page Field, S.C.

Marine lieutenants, pilots, by the power tow-plane for the training gl...

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Ens[ign] Noressey and Cadet Thenics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Ens[ign] Noressey and Cadet Thenics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Chri...

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Learning to work a cutting machine, these two NYA employees receive training to fit them for important work, Corpus Christi, Texas. After eight weeks they will be eligible for civil service jobs at the Naval Air Base

Learning to work a cutting machine, these two NYA employees receive tr...

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United Nations Fight for Freedom: Boy Scout in front of Capitol. They help out by delivering posters to help the war effort

United Nations Fight for Freedom: Boy Scout in front of Capitol. They ...

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Women workers install fixtures and assemblies to a tail fuselage section of a B-17F bomber at the Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of the B-17 which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude heavy bomber, with a crew of seven to nine men, and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

Women workers install fixtures and assemblies to a tail fuselage secti...

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New River Marine Base, motor detachment, North Carolina

New River Marine Base, motor detachment, North Carolina

Photo shows the Marine Corps Air Station New River, at Jacksonville, North Carolina. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

Plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

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Women from all fields have joined the production army, Corpus Christi, Texas. Miss Grace Weaver, a civil service worker at the Naval Air Base, and a school teacher before the war, is doing her part for victory along with her brother who is a flying instructor in the Army. Miss Weaver paints the American insignia on repaired Navy plane wings

Women from all fields have joined the production army, Corpus Christi,...

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Working on wing of Consolidated Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Working on wing of Consolidated Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraf...

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Inspecting of landing wheel of the transport planes at Willow Run

Inspecting of landing wheel of the transport planes at Willow Run

Photo shows the Willow Run manufacturing plant, run by the Ford Motor Company near Ypsilanti, Michigan, which made the B-24 Liberator bombers during World War II. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

An A-20 bomber being riveted by a woman worker at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant at Long Beach, Calif.

An A-20 bomber being riveted by a woman worker at the Douglas Aircraft...

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Riveting team working on the cockpit shell of a B-25 [i.e. C-47] bomber at the plant of North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood [i.e. Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach], Calif.

Riveting team working on the cockpit shell of a B-25 [i.e. C-47] bombe...

Photo shows a woman and man working on a Douglas Aircraft Company cockpit shell identified as a C-47 based on the window outline. Although sometimes called a 'biscuit bomber,' the plane was for transport. (Sour... More

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