Uploaded November 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In the 1930s, the United States imported four-fifths of the world’s silk and 90% of it came from Japan. And 75-80% of that was used for women’s hosiery — specifically, silk stockings. But all of that would change after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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