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Title
D13977-2
Date(s)
- 1943-01-13 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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On January 13, 1943, Tacoma took part in the first unexploded bomb civil defense drill in the Pacific Northwest. Mock unexploded and gas "bombs" fell in each of the city's civil defense zones. At 9th & Broadway, facing the Winthrop Hotel, a genuine 500 pound bomb was planted in a manhole. Civil Defense workers blocked off the area, placing signs reading "UXB" and "Do Not Enter" on a Police Department folding barricade."UXB" stands for unexploded bomb. Man in a light colored military-type uniform stands by a Fire Truck in background. (T. Times 1/14/1943, pg. 1)
World War, 1939-1945--Civil defense--Tacoma;