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"Firepower for Eisenhower": Visit of Eisenhower Gun Crew To Weirton Steel Company

Description: Photo album compiled by the Weirton Steel Company to document the visit by a crew of World War II soldiers and combat veterans who met with steel workers and toured the facilities in Weirton and Steubenville where the factories were producing ammunition. Each image is followed by a description, with identifications of the persons who are pictured.
Date: 1945~
Creator: Weirton Steel Company. Industrial Relations Department.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Heritage Association of Frisco

[Letter from Weirton Steel Company to Harry Gaby - July 2, 1945]

Description: Letter from the manager of the Industrial Relations Department at Weirton Steel Company to Pfc. Harry Gaby describing an enclosed bound volume of photos documenting a visit by Gaby and other World War II soldiers to Weirton facilities to see factories producing ammunition.
Date: July 2, 1945
Creator: Weirton Steel Company. Industrial Relations Department.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Heritage Association of Frisco

[Memorial Certificate for H. T. Gaby]

Description: Certificate signed by president Ronald Reagan, that has a gold, presidential seal at the top and the text: "The United States of America honors the memory of Harry T. Gaby. This certificate is awarded by a grateful nation in recognition of devoted and selfless consecration to the service of our country in the Armed Forces of the United States."
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Heritage Association of Frisco

Facts & Faces, January 1945

Description: Newsletter for the employees of The Yoder Company in Cleveland, Ohio, including news, events, and other updates of interest to workers. This issue includes a feature about a visit from soldiers sent by General Eisenhower to tour ammunition manufacturers. This copy was sent to Pfc. H. T. Gaby, who was part of the tour, in an envelope that has the company logo on the front and and illustration of soldiers jumping out of a truck on the back.
Date: January 1945
Creator: Yoder Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Heritage Association of Frisco

Labor and Management News (Washington D.C.), Vol. 4, No. 5, Ed. 1, December 16, 1944

Description: Bi-weekly newspaper published by United States War Production Board. The headlining story is titled "Somervell Cities Imperative Need for Upsurge of War Production." The newspaper is composed of stories discussing the need for domestic war production; a letter from a soldier on the front lines; stories encouraging Americans to keep war jobs; challenges to management and labor; government propaganda; and photographs from war scenes. This issue includes a feature about a visit from soldiers sent … more
Date: December 16, 1944
Creator: United States. War Production Board.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Newspaper
Partner: Heritage Association of Frisco

[Army Soldiers on Boulder]

Description: Photograph of four men wearing light-colored army uniforms posing on top of a large boulder. One man is seated in the front and the other three are standing behind him. Other rocks and mountain terrain are visible on either side.
Date: 1939~/1945~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Heritage Association of Frisco

[Clipping: Eisenhower's "Envoys" Promised More Weapons]

Description: Newspaper clipping with a story titled "Eisenhower's 'Envoys' Promised More Weapons." President Eisenhower, General Eisenhower at the time of the publication, sent soldiers across the United States to bolster domestic support and production. The story discusses the need for ammunition on the front lines. Six soldiers went to Cincinnati to plead to workers and Cincinnati promised to raise production by 35 percent.
Date: 1944-11~
Creator: Fulbright, Freeman
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Heritage Association of Frisco

[Soldier Climbing Rocky Hill #2]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified uniformed soldier standing on the side of a rocky hillside, looking down toward the camera. Scrub and brush are growing among the rocks and the soldier's shadow is visible along the rocks at right.
Date: 1939~/1945~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Heritage Association of Frisco

[Soldiers Posing on Top of Armored Vehicle]

Description: Photograph of two uniformed soldiers posing near a large mounted artillery gun, likely on the top of a half-track armored vehicle. One man is standing up, straddling the gun and holding up a rifle, looking down the barrel toward the right side of the image. The second man is seated in front of him, holding up a square flag over his head, parallel to the ground, which has a diagonal design.
Date: 1939~/1945~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Heritage Association of Frisco

[Soldiers Posing with Mounted Weaponry]

Description: Photograph of three soldiers who appear to be in the back of an open, half-track armored vehicle. Two of them are standing on either side of a partially-visible large mounted artillery gun and a third soldier is standing behind a smaller machine gun in the back of the vehicle. They are parked next to a large tree and other trucks are partially visible in the background.
Date: 1939~/1945~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Heritage Association of Frisco

[Soldiers in Bed of Armored Vehicle]

Description: Photograph of two uniformed soldiers who appear to be in the bed of an open, half-track armored vehicle between padded bench seats. One man is lying down with his head propped on a bundle and his arms crossed over his chest; the other is seated next to him at left. A third man is partially visible behind them, at the edge or just outside the vehicle. A mounted machine gun is visible above them, as well as the track for a larger artillery gun.
Date: 1939~/1945~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Heritage Association of Frisco

[Soldier Signing Photograph]

Description: Photograph of several men looking at an extremely large, framed, photographic print on a table during a visit at the Yoder Manufacturing Plant. Two uniformed soldiers are in the center of the photo including Louis Cocozza seated at left, who appears to be writing on the photo and Leo Crivello at center, who has his arm around Crivello. A man wearing a dark-colored suit is standing at right, looking down at the image and other men are partially visible in the background, as well as large, meta… more
Date: December 22, 1944
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Heritage Association of Frisco

[Soldiers Eating at Yoder Company]

Description: Photograph of a group of roughly thirteen men seated around a long table eating a meal during a visit at the Yoder Company plant. The visiting soldiers are wearing military uniforms and the men at the foreground end of the table are wearing dark-colored suits, including a man seated at the head of the table, facing the opposite direction. Various dishes, cutlery, and pitchers are visible on the table, which is covered with light-colored cloth or paper. A map and several posters are visible o… more
Date: December 22, 1944
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Heritage Association of Frisco

[Leo Crivello and Worker Looking at Shells]

Description: Photograph of Pfc. Leo Crivello standing next to an unidentified female worker at the Yoder Company plant; both of them are looking down at a series of large metal shells on a table and the worker is holding hose suspended from the ceiling in her right hand. A man wearing work gloves is standing directly behind Crivello, laughing and looking toward the left side of the image; another worker is visible on the right side of the image, looking at mechanical equipment, which is visible in the back… more
Date: December 22, 1944
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Heritage Association of Frisco

[Gordon Sympson Holding a Microphone]

Description: Photograph of Captain Gordon Sympson, viewed from his left side, standing in front of a piece of equipment during a visit to the Yoder Company plant, holding up a microphone. Alexis is wearing a military uniform and several other uniformed men are seated on the left side of the image, in front of several workers who appear to be watching the speech. Part of the factory structure and catwalks are visible in the background.
Date: December 22, 1944
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Heritage Association of Frisco

[76th Field Artillery Unit Portrait]

Description: Photograph of a large group of soldiers wearing military uniforms posing ins several lines on the stairs outside an unidentified building. Two men near the center of the front row are holding up a swallowtail flag that has crossed cannons in the center between "76" at the top and "A" at the bottom.
Date: 1939~/1945~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Heritage Association of Frisco
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