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Vol. 2 No. 12

Cover: Gunpower Hits the Japs 

Articles Inside:

Ships and Guns of the Fleet No. 17 – Relic Ships

Sting Pullers – Mine Disposal Units

Cradle of the Navy’s Guns – Naval Ordnance Plants

Gunpower Hits the Japs

Laundry at War – Laundries at Naval Ammunition Depots

Rockets Have the Stuff

Navy Quiz

NAVAL ORDNANCE WORKERS – Dahlgren WOW, Member of Fighting Family, Records Data on Gun-firing Tests at NPG ( Mary Snoddy )

Ex-Louisville NOW Fires Guns He Helped to Make ( John J. Lloyd GM2c )

Vet of Last War Backs Fighting Sons from NOP ( T/5 Wayne Knotts )

McAlester NAD Fireman Backs 7 Nephews, 3 Grandsons Serving in All War Theaters ( John Reynolds )

NOP’s First Welder Hasn’t Missed a Day or Been Late ( Marty Stern )

Handled Army Ordnance ( Flavil Via )

Perfect Attendance ( Mrs. Nora Russell )

Long or Short, Ordnance Workers Sped Victory( Gay Clements and “Shorty” Wymer )

NOW Named “Sweetheart” ( Allene Rheney )

Veteran Indian Head NOW In Charge of All Shipping ( Mrs. E. J. McWilliams )

Quarterman Has Served 42 Years at Naval Gun Factory ( Albert L. Waters )

ORDNANCE FRONTS – Twin Physicists Throw Double Punch from Naval Ordnance Laboratory ( Doctors Zaka and Milton Slawsky )

Merchant Mariner’s Suggestion “Carries On” ( Glen W. Hazen )

16-Year-Old Lawrence White Is Youngest Employee at NAD Crane; Mother Veteran WOW

Veteran NOW at Canton ( Edwin O. Miller )

Served Navy from 17 ( Harry J. Phelps )

Navy Yard NOW Wins High-School Diploma ( Palmer Mazzucco )

Guard Was Nazi Prisoner ( John C. Henry )

Trade Plow for Lathe ( Harry Spencer )

Torpedo Station NOWs Serve Navy in Peace, War ( Howard Asher and Herman Boldt )

Two World War II Vets Work in NOP Warehouse ( Harry Slaughter and Frank Walker )

82 1/2 Days Leave Awaits Faithful Hingham NOW ( Ernest “Hiram” Preston )