Tennessee. State Defense Council.
The Council was a emergency wartime agency formed to cooperate with the Federal government in its National Defense Program. Its objective was to recruit and organize civilian volunteers in such areas as auxiliary firemen, rescue squads, auxiliary police, bomb squads, fire watchers, feeding & housing, emergency medical personnel, nurses' aides, road repair crews, decontamination squads, messengers, and drivers corps. It was abolished on June 30, 1945.
From the description of Records, 1940-1945. (Tennessee State Library & Archives). WorldCat record id: 62521541
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| creatorOf | Tennessee. State Defense Council. Records, 1940-1945. | Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA |
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| associatedWith | Citizens Service Corps. | corporateBody |
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