Memoirs of D.F. Ustinov are devoted to the heroic work on the creation of weapons and the provision of them to the front during the Great Patriotic War. Through personal memories and reflections, the author shows a broad panorama of pre-war life, with great warmth talks about workers and engineers, scientists and designers, production commanders and party workers - about people who selflessly worked at the enterprises of the People's Commissariat of Armaments in the name of Victory.