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By the end of the war the War Indus
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planning. Responsibility for procur
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Despite shortfalls, when the threat
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companies in the U.S. with experien
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were made in the reverse nitration
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expansion set by Washington. He was
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Ammunition Other than Heavy Field B
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first budget supplemental and U.S.
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could be sold on the open market. T
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