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Trench Mortar Bomb Production

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  1. Jim

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    One million trench mortar bombs had been produced in such record time by a small West Country arms firm that the men and women who made them had been invited to visit the practice range, where they saw their work in action.

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    1, A director reads the Ministry of Supply’s telegram congratulating the workers on their millionth bomb. 2, A soldier loads a bomb into one of the mortars preparatory to discharging it. 3, Women operatives riding to the range in Bren-gun-carriers . . .
     

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