Aberdeen Proving Ground - Yearbook (Aberdeen, MD)

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QHNIE SH-3163330 0 0 Precision . . . precision . . . precision . . . ThaT is The Bible of Ordnance. l-lere in The large machine shops aT Aberdeen, ordnance men are TaughT The uses oT many precision insTrumenTs. They learn how To Tigure Tolerances down To The ThousandTh oT an inch, how To operaTe machines in such a manner ThaT when The worlc is done The obiecT will TiT exacTly inTo iTs place. Upon The accuracy and abiliTy oT ordnance machinisTs depends The proper TuncTioninq oT The complicaTed implemenTs oT war ThaT make up a modern Army. Never before in The hisTory of warfare has The Technician in his shop been so essenTial To vicTory. -----J GENERAL VIEW MACHINE SHOP

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ln Jrhe welding shops al Aberdeen, Ord- nance men are laughl how lo make acely- lene and eleclric welds in order lhal lhey will be prepared lo make quick repairs on damaged ranks, lraclors, Trucks, and any olher equipmenl which may require lhis lype ol work. Welding is a highly skilled Trade even in civilian life, and The Ordnance welding classes are so conducled as lo Turn our masler welders lor our rapidly growing mechanized Army. ir