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1 online resource (128 pages) |
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| Summary |
With the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan on December 7, 1941, and the United States' entry into World War II, our nation turned to Connecticut--as it did during World War I--for munitions, clothing, and other goods. And Connecticut answered the call: Manchester Mills increased silk production, Waterbury brass producers altered their manufacturing lines, and Bridgeport's Remington Arms--which had produced 50 percent of the US Army's small arms cartridges in World War I -- increased its mass production capabilities. By the time Electric Boat, Hamilton Propellers, Pratt & Whitney, and many other Connecticut companies tallied up their production back in 1945, it amounted to over $8 billion in war contracts. |
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Publisher metadata. |
| Subject |
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| ISBN |
9781439663264 (e-pub) |
| Standard No. |
9781439663264 |
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