Incredible color photos show the women railroad workers who mobilized the American war effort, 1943

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During World War II, America’s railroads were an important part of the war effort and it’s estimated that from 1941 to 1945 trains transported close to 44 million American troops. Between the war years of 1942 and 1944, trains carried 98 percent of military personnel and more than 90 percent of freight for the military. […]

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