Postcard from the Manhattan civilian defense volunteer office to Max Bredig, 1943
- 1943-Mar-19
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Max Albert Bredig's (1902-1977) acknowledgment of enrollment as a volunteer in Civilian Defense. In 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) establishes the Office of Civilian Defense (OCD). By 1943 there were over 11 million volunteers for OCD. Volunteers could assist in fire protection, evacuation procedures, designing shelters and educating civilians on different types of bombs, distributing gas masks and were train in communication procedures.
The OCD also had volunteers that prepared to help bombing victims, keep watch for enemies in the skies, and restoring transportation. In 1945 the OCD official ceased operating, with the exception of the Civil Air Patrol.
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United States. Office of Civilian Defense. “Postcard from the Manhattan Civilian Defense Volunteer Office to Max Bredig, 1943,” March 19, 1943. Papers of Georg and Max Bredig, Box 8, Folder 33. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/y52mdg2.
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