Name/Title
MagazineEntry/Object ID
1996.024.0001Scope and Content
Red and white cover with B/W photo and "155-mm Howitzer by Yuba" on front.
This publication is dedicated to the production of the howitzer by Yuba Manufacturing during World War II. There are articles and many photographs of the workers on the howitzer project (many of whom are women).
The Introduction by the President of Yuba reads:
This is a story of production, the home front, and how the men and women of the Yuba and twenty sub-contractors' plant learned to do things the Army's way. Their contribution to our country's struggle to hold and maintain the freedom which our forefathers founded, is the result of that freedom, exercised for many generations of living the American way. Inherent ability to learn new things, and to discard an old method in favor of an easier or better one, made it possible for a relatively few skilled workmen to extend their knowledge and craftsmanship to countless others, who in turn filled the blank spots in production lines throughout the country. In building 155-mm howitzers for the Army, we started from scratch. All of us faced new jobs and, at the start, with many misgivings. Thanks to team work and good coaching by the Army, we learnd rapidly and in time. This book is dedicated to the men and women who, putting personal wishes aside, learned how to build a howitzer. It is my privilege on behalf of the company to compliment all who participated in this essential war-production work.
46 pages - size: 8-1/4" x 11-1/4"Collection
Yuba Manufacturing Collection