Salvage and reclamation activities of mess gear and gasoline cans in the European Theater during World War II. Battered canteens and cups are hammered and reshaped. Some are injected with pressurized air to reestablish their shape. A soldier working on the canteens and the cups. Men working on damaged gasoline cans. Remanufactured mess kits are stacked for re-issue after final cleaning.
Salvage and reclamation activities in the European Theater during World War II. Men working on damaged storage batteries. Battery cells are replaced. Buildings in the background. Dead cells are lifted from cases. Dead elements are removed from the cells. New elements are prepared and reinserted in the batteries. Totally unusable batteries are sold for scrap. Some of the parts are melted down and reused in other things.
Salvage and reclamation activities in the European Theater during World War II. Men working outside a tent. They work on reclamation of bullets and shells. Damaged shells are reclaimed. Shell cases are collected. The shell cases piled up on the ground. They are melted down and reused.
Salvage and reclamation activities in the United States during World War II. Damaged communication equipment are reclaimed. Switch boards, radio receivers and transmitters, walkie-talkies, microphones and other equipment are repaired. Men working on the reclamation of these equipment. The equipment are cannibalized. Women working on parts of the equipment.
Salvage and reclamation activities in the European Theater during World War II. Men working on the reclamation of equipment damaged during the war. A wrecked locomotive in a building. Men repairing the locomotive. They weld parts of the locomotive. Freight cars are repaired and wheels are changed.
U.S. factory workers repair and recondition used artillery left over from World War 2. Several heavy and small guns being repaired. A 90 mm anti aircraft gun, a 155 mm gun (Long Tom) and other guns being repaired.
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