11. CIVIL DEFENSE DURING WORLD WAR TWO

CIVIL DEFENSE ROLES

• Volunteers worked for the military
• trained to drive ambulances
• Trained to control fires and provide emergency aid

CIVIL DEFENSE CHALLENGES

• Driving an ambulance and wounded people would be in the back
• Military girls would risk their lives

IMAPCTS

• Women served as preflight pilots
• And also technical support
• Made up a huge portion of the civil defense

FACTS ABOUT THE CIVIL DEFENSE

• Roosevelt took out the Council of National Defense during WW1
• Replaced it with the Office of Civil Defense, OCD
• OCD hoped it would gain public support

THE CIVILIAN VOLUNTARY SERVICE

• Scrap drives
• Victory speakers
• Victory gardens
• Neighborhood block leaders

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