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board allocated all production of nylon for military use. during the war, nylon replaced asian silk in parachutes. it also found use in tires, tents, ropes, ponchos, and other military supplies, and even was used in the production of a high-grade paper for u.s. currency. at the outset of the war, cotton
was king of fibers, accounting for more than % of all fibers used. manufactured and wool fibers shared the remaining %. august by the end of the war cotton stood at % of the fiber market. manufactured fibers had risen to %. after the war, gi's came home, families were reunited, industrial america gathered...
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