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War Time Labor Drives Volunteers From All Walks
Wartime efforts pull professionals and trades into factory work. Lawyers, bankers, real estate brokers, and even school pupils join plants across New Jersey New York and beyond. Volunteer groups form from Mamaroneck to Chicago to staff armament plants, with pay directed to USO, while holidays and limited hours test wartime productivity and public sacrifice.
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Sam Houston
Bon Jacinta
Chionap
Bar Association
Chicago
Mamaroneck
N.Y
Volunteer Factory War
Meakon.armaments
New Rolle
N. Y
Greenwich
USO
Patriguam