Civil Defense, 1954
Civil Defense, 1954 :
"We staged the first continental alert in history". The motion picture "Operation Ivy" on the US explosion of a hydrogen weapon was released as well as informtion on the newly "discovered" threat of long-distance radioactive fallout. FCDA moves to Battle Creek MI. FCDA introduces evacuation planning from major cities: "The alternatives are to dig, die, or get out; and certainly we don't want to die. Civil defense's purpose is to see hom many of us can live after an attack". (FCDA, 1954 Annual Report, pp. 7-8
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