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United States Government Printing Office, War Production Drive Headquarters. Twice a Patriot!

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09646 Author/Creator: United States Government Printing Office, War Production Drive Headquarters. Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Poster Date: 1943 Pagination: 1 poster ; 87.5 x 115.7 cm. Order a Copy

Poster reads, "Twice a patriot! ex-private Obie Bartlett lost left arm -- Pearl Harbor -- released Dec., 1941 -- now at work welding in a west coast shipyard." Shows a photograph of Obie Bartlett holding a welding torch and wearing an uplifted welder's mask with a shipyard visible behind him. On the bottom of the poster is a quote that reads, "Sometimes I feel my job here is as important as the one I had to leave."

Obie, Bartlett, fl. 1943

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