Item 8690 - 108-millimeter howitzer shell production, ca. 1917

Item 8690 - 108-millimeter howitzer shell production, ca. 1917
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Item 8690
108-millimeter howitzer shell production, ca. 1917
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"The Portland Company made tens of thousands of these brass 108-millimeter howitzer shell casings for the war effort in 1917-1918. These men are machining the casings to government specifications in the machine shop." -- Fletcher, David H. 'The Portland Company 1846-1982.' Charleston, S.C. : Arcadia Pub., 2002. 114.

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