Millions of bombs used on Japan made in Texas
DALLAS Sept 24 Fires gutted Tokyo and crippled Japanese war industry long before the atomic bomb came on the scene. Texas workers at the Austin Bridge Company of Dallas produced 29,524,975 magnesium incendiary bombs between 1943 and the last retreat, turning to peace time gear like cotton harvesters and root cutters.
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From Wartime Visit to Amarillo Air Corps School Request
Washington, D C May war department announced plans after a visit by Acting Secretary of War Robert B Patterson. The delegation from Amarillo led by Major Joe Menkins urged restoration in peacetime of the Air Corps Technical School at Amarillo and sought a meeting with Major General Norman Kirk Surgeon General and Commander.
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