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- 1942-04-10
Part of Richards Studio Photographs
Father Gordon Toner, S.J. of Bellarmine High School and "wounded" Don Spurgin attend an unidentified victim as they practise for a possible Japanese attack on Tacoma in the emergency aid center at Bellarmine. By April of 1942, Tacoma had made extensive plans in case we became the target of Japanese bombers. Emergency hospitals were set up in each of the city's three high schools, six junior high schools and the College of Puget Sound. Funds were raised in the areas that the hospitals would serve to purchase medical supplies and equipment. (T. Times 4/25/1942, pg. 3)
World War, 1939-1945--Civil defense--Tacoma; Emergency medical services; Disaster relief; Bellarmine High School (Tacoma); War casualties; World War, 1939-1945--Medical aspects--Tacoma; Toner, Gordon; Spurgin, Don; Priests--Tacoma--1940-1950;