World War II, Air Raid Precautions, 1940s

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Date

1940s

Description

Air raid precautions at New Haven Hospital during World War II. Description with photograph: Sand is an effective way to smother incendiaries. Bucketful from larger reserve barrels of sand located at strategic positions through the hospital is dumped near the bomb. Men trained to act quickly and informed on how to protect themselves use long handle shovels to pour the sand over the incendiary.

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Yale-New Haven Hospital. The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.