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July 24, 2016, IN A JIFFY: 1942-- November 1942, New York. "Nurse training. Hospital preparations for air raids involving the training of street accident units for increased efficiency. Nurses wear coat and skirt that can be put on over uniform in a jiffy." Fritz Henle, OWI.
Two women are wearing helmets and have on Civil Defense armbands.
--GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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