# UNITS of the CITIZENS DEFENSE CORPS

Success in war, as in peace, depends upon team work. Our team in the total war effort, the Citizens Defense Corps, is made up of sixteen units. These units and their insignia are listed below. In the grim tactics of war there is a place for every citizen — for every man, every woman, and every boy and girl. Their places are on the field, — not in the grandstand.

## WHAT POSITION WILL YOU TAKE?

WESLEY A. STURGES, Administrator

Connecticut State Defense Council

**Air Raid Wardens** are in complete charge of a sector containing the homes of about 500 people. To them the warden is the embodiment of all Civilian Defense.

**Auxiliary Policemen** assist the police department in enforcing blackout restrictions, in traffic control, and in guard duties.

**Auxiliary Firemen** assist the regular fire-fighting forces.

**Medical Units** consist of first-aid squads, stretcher bearers and personnel at casualty clearing stations. Members of these units are doctors, trained nurses, and assistants.

**Nurses' Aides** assist nurses. They have special Red Cross Training.

**Emergency Food and Housing Units** provide welfare services to the needy and homeless.

**Drivers Units** consist of emergency drivers of vehicles used by the Civilian Defense services.

**Messengers** carry supplies, dispatches, and messages wherever needed.

**Rescue Units** are trained crews of about 10 men each with special equipment to rescue the injured from debris.

**Bomb Reconnaissance Units** are specially trained to handle and dispose of time bombs and duds.

**Road Repair Units** restore normal flow of traffic as quickly as possible.

**Demolition and Clearance Units** remove rubble, fill bomb craters, and remove unsafe walls or parts of buildings.

**Decontamination Units** are specially trained to treat clothing, equipment, streets and walls contaminated by war gas.

**Fire Watchers** help to spot and combat incendiary bombs.

**Utility Repair Units** consist of men trained to put damaged utilities back in operation.

**Chaplains** provide religious services that may be needed during time of death and suffering.