"Firepower for Eisenhower": Visit of Eisenhower Gun Crew To Weirton Steel Company

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Photo album compiled by the Weirton Steel Company to document the visit by a crew of World War II soldiers and combat veterans who met with steel workers and toured the facilities in Weirton and Steubenville where the factories were producing ammunition. Each image is followed by a description, with identifications of the persons who are pictured.

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[154] p. : ill. ; 26 x 36 cm.

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Weirton Steel Company. Industrial Relations Department. 1945~.

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  • Main Title: "Firepower for Eisenhower": Visit of Eisenhower Gun Crew To Weirton Steel Company
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Photo album compiled by the Weirton Steel Company to document the visit by a crew of World War II soldiers and combat veterans who met with steel workers and toured the facilities in Weirton and Steubenville where the factories were producing ammunition. Each image is followed by a description, with identifications of the persons who are pictured.

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[154] p. : ill. ; 26 x 36 cm.

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[Letter from Weirton Steel Company to Harry Gaby - July 2, 1945] (Letter)

[Letter from Weirton Steel Company to Harry Gaby - July 2, 1945]

Letter from the manager of the Industrial Relations Department at Weirton Steel Company to Pfc. Harry Gaby describing an enclosed bound volume of photos documenting a visit by Gaby and other World War II soldiers to Weirton facilities to see factories producing ammunition.

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Weirton Steel Company. Industrial Relations Department. "Firepower for Eisenhower": Visit of Eisenhower Gun Crew To Weirton Steel Company, book, 1945~; Weirton, West Virginia. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1560344/: accessed May 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Heritage Association of Frisco.

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