Show Battlefield Salvage Scrap Reclaimed Made l Into New Nev U. U S. S Fighting Weapons Thousands of tons of battlefield salvage and scrap are being returned to the United States the war department nt has revealed As much as possible ble is repaired in war plants and scrap crap iron is disposed of through normal trade channels for return to the war effort the ht Japs have hu hurled against Americans Americans- in the Pacific theater of war and Nazi planes and tanks which fell into Allied hands in North Africa and Sicily are included in the growing scrap pile which is turned into new and improved ons The number of items and the volume volume volume vol vol- vol- vol ume of this battle scrap anc salvage are increasing by such proportions proportions'S S 'S 4 f S 4 t du I Wrecked Japanese Zeros at a I Brooklyn salvage depot are examined examined exam exam- ined med by U. U S. S army officers This material will be reclaimed and eventually fil fired d back at the country from wh which cb it earn cam came that the army found it practical to establish a segregation yard at a aport aport aport port of embarkation In May ships docking at a single port deposited 1500 gross tons of ferrous scrap and pounds of no non ferrous ferrous scrap In June the salvage salvage salvage sal sal- vage from battlefields received at this port included 2700 tons ferrous ferrous ferrous fer fer- rous scrap and tons of nonferrous nonferrous non fer nonferrous rous scrap The salvage also included included in in- eluded pounds of scrap rub rub- ber Hundreds of boxes of repairable airplane engines are included in ther the r returned turned cargoes Tons of oxygen and acetylene cylinders many thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand ammunition containers and many more thousands of items for different technical services are being being being be be- ing returned and sent through the proper channels for reprocessing the army announced In May it was added the items for repair and eventual reissue received received re re- re- re at one port included 55 gallon steel drums tons of half track pounds of shoes pounds of clothing pounds of I webbing and pounds of canvas can can- vas Scrap is returned to this country for reprocessing as only one phase of the army's s salvage program The story of assembly lines near battle areas and repair shops of every conceivable type in the war zones makes another dramatic chapter in irs the history of this global war |