Messanger
During the 1940s, the Office of Civilian Defense (OCD) put millions of volunteers to work in dozens of jobs like the four represented by the insignias above. Specifically, the OCD was a United States federal emergency war agency set up in 1941 by executive order to coordinate state and federal measures for protection of civilians in case of war emergency. It had 2 branches which supervised protective functions such as blackouts and special fire protection plus war service functions such as childcare, health, housing and transportation. It also created the Civil Air Patrol. The OCD was terminated in 1945.[1]
(During the early days of WWII)… President Franklin D. Roosevelt described America as being in “…a state of unlimited emergency” and as a result he advised each city to organize its own “Civil Defense” system to plan and prepare for the dangers looming on the horizon. Of course the dangers of the era that concerned Americans came not in the form of floods and tornadoes, but in the form of sneak attacks from the Axis powers. On May 20, 1941 President Roosevelt created the Office of Civilian Defense to oversee and assist America’s communities with this daunting task.
Any trepidation caused by these developments came to fruition on Sunday, December 7, 1941 when the Japanese attacked the American naval fleet as it sat quietly docked at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. America went to war, and the concept of Civil Defense now took on an ominous reality.
Americans everywhere immersed themselves in the war effort. People were standing in line to enlist in the military to satisfy their outrage. Many others got involved with the Civil Defense movement. Communities throughout the nation organized themselves into literally thousands of local Civil Defense chapters. This was a time of unlimited volunteerism and for good reason. This was a war that the good guys simply had to win.
Interest in civil defense continued post WWII as we were then in the midst of the Cold War. Over the years, emergency management has changed and evolved. In contrast to the past war-related efforts, the emphasis today has shifted to preparedness and mitigation of natural disasters which often cause the same kind of damage encountered in warfare but on a more localized scale.[2] In the United States civil defense has been replaced by the familiar Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Department of Homeland Security
(During the early days of WWII)… President Franklin D. Roosevelt described America as being in “…a state of unlimited emergency” and as a result he advised each city to organize its own “Civil Defense” system to plan and prepare for the dangers looming on the horizon. Of course the dangers of the era that concerned Americans came not in the form of floods and tornadoes, but in the form of sneak attacks from the Axis powers. On May 20, 1941 President Roosevelt created the Office of Civilian Defense to oversee and assist America’s communities with this daunting task.
Any trepidation caused by these developments came to fruition on Sunday, December 7, 1941 when the Japanese attacked the American naval fleet as it sat quietly docked at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. America went to war, and the concept of Civil Defense now took on an ominous reality.
Americans everywhere immersed themselves in the war effort. People were standing in line to enlist in the military to satisfy their outrage. Many others got involved with the Civil Defense movement. Communities throughout the nation organized themselves into literally thousands of local Civil Defense chapters. This was a time of unlimited volunteerism and for good reason. This was a war that the good guys simply had to win.
Interest in civil defense continued post WWII as we were then in the midst of the Cold War. Over the years, emergency management has changed and evolved. In contrast to the past war-related efforts, the emphasis today has shifted to preparedness and mitigation of natural disasters which often cause the same kind of damage encountered in warfare but on a more localized scale.[2] In the United States civil defense has been replaced by the familiar Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Department of Homeland Security
Aqua Velvet
AQ-V is the alter ego of nationally award-winning designer Amy (Henderson) Collier. Before returning to the university to formally become a creative professional, she was once a medical professional. So to say she has added interests in biology plus many forms of science and a love to see design and science collide. As a former speech-language pathologist she has long had great fondness for not only spoken language but written language, letter forms and type.
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