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Item
Title
D14237-5
Date(s)
- 1943-03-21 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
The auxiliary Civil Defense Fire Service battled a very real blaze during a March 21, 1943 drill. The drill simulated a bombing raid by enemy forces on Tacoma; but a real fire was set purposely in the industrial district to give the Fire Service some fire fighting experience.
World War, 1939-1945--Civil defense--Tacoma; Fire fighters--Tacoma--1940-1950;