Records of the Office of Civilian Defense. 1939 - 1945. Motion Picture Films. 1941 - 1943. THE ENEMY FIRE

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Records of the Office of Civilian Defense. 1939 - 1945. Motion Picture Films. 1941 - 1943. THE ENEMY FIRE

1943

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This film shows the establishment of a volunteer Forest Fire Fighter Service unit in Northport, Washington. General Henry Arnold urges citizens to become volunteer forest firefighters to help fight the consequences of a wildfire such as erosion, loss of timber and the disruption of communication. The citizen volunteers are trained in the handling of equipment by a forest ranger, how to answer an alarm, and how to put out a small fire.

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Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950

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Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (June 25, 1886 – January 15, 1950) was an American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and General of the Air Force. Arnold was an aviation pioneer, Chief of the Air Corps (1938–1941), Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces, the only U.S. Air Force general to hold five-star rank, and the only officer to hold a five-star rank in two different U.S. military services. Arnold was also the founder of Project RAND, which evolved into one of the wo...