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Show What Buy tlitti WAR BONDS J Our army spells and pronounces it ponton, not "pontoon", as you do. Ponton bridges cost all the way from $15,000 to $700,000. The smaller bridge using individual metal pontons is pictured here. The largest ponton bridge is 1,080 feet long and is made of rubber instead of aluminum. i J4 ii! cy One small bridge has a weight capacity of 25 tons, using about 2,000 individual metal pontons. The smallest small-est is used only to take troops over smaller streams. But whether our army uses the smaller or largest ponton, our engineers need plenty of them. If you and every American invests at least 10 percent of income in War Bonds vry pay day we can supply our fighling forces with these essentials to a victorious war. |