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Title
D14237-28
Date(s)
- 1943-03-26 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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A long line of Civil Defense vehicles parked on Tacoma Ave. So. in front of the Mellinger Company Funeral Home and the Florence Apartments were captured on film during the March 21, 1943 Civil Defense drill. The ambulances belonged to a medical team from Fort Lewis that was assigned to Tacoma in the case of an emergency, such as a bombing.
World War, 1939-1945--Ambulances--Tacoma; Morgues & mortuaries--Tacoma; World War, 1939-1945--Civil defense--Tacoma;