Everybody Worked Harder Than Ever
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Although the scale of American manpower involved in the two-front war the nation fought with Germany and Japan was unprecedented, American industrial production had to step up beyond its usual capacity to meet the war effort’s material needs.
As such, the nation’s women found themselves working in vehicle and munitions factories like those working on these airplanes at a Douglas assembly plant. Although this photo doesn’t have a specific date, these women were likely busy for years at a time.