Records of the War Production Board. 1918 - 1947. Motion Picture Films. 1940 - 1944. BEHIND THE WINNING PUNCH!

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Records of the War Production Board. 1918 - 1947. Motion Picture Films. 1940 - 1944. BEHIND THE WINNING PUNCH!

1944

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Explains the need for scrap metal to produce war equipment. Shows ships, tanks, trucks, bulldozers, ammunition, wire and other steel products used in war. Scrap, including obsolete military equipment, is cut up for smelting. Includes views of steel plants in operation. Donald Nelson, General L. D. Clay, and Admiral E. L. Cochrane speak on the value of scrap. The invasion fleet sails for Italy. A naval barrage precedes the landing. Germans build and man coastal defenses. German and U.S. artillery exchange fire.

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Cochrane, E. L. (Edward Lull), 1892-

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Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy. From the description of Papers, 1914-1960. (Navy Department Library, Naval History & Heritage Command). WorldCat record id: 50233202 ...

Clay, Lucius D. (Lucius Dubignon), 1897-1978

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Lucius DuBignon Clay (1897-1978) was born in Marietta, Georgia, the son of U.S. Senator Alexander Stephen and Sarah (Francis) Clay. After graduating from West Point in 1918, he commissioned in the Army Corps of Engineers. From 1937 to 1938, he was chief engineer under General Douglas MacArthur in the Philippines. During his tenure with the War Department General Staff, he made brigadier general in March 1942 and major general nine months later. From 1944 to 1945, he served as deputy director for...