Individual U.S. School: Jackson Elementary School (Allentown, Pennsylvania)


Figure 1.--Here we see a 1942 scene at Jackson School in Allentown, Pennsylvamia a few months after Pearl Harbor. The children are praticing an air raid drill. Three childern (of course justv the boys) have metal army helmets. One boy is wearing his a Cub Scout uniform. Another boy is a safty patrol. One girl wears a Red Cross nurses outfit. Two boys also are wearing Red Cross arm bands.

American including school children watched terrible scenes of the War in Europe and China in movie newsreels. After Pearl Harbor, no olne really knew what to expect. Neither the Japanese or Germans had planes thst could reach America, but the Germans did launch U-boat attacks all along the Eastern seaboard. Schools all over America practiced air raid drills. Some school principals took civil defense preparations very seriously. Foreign armies entering America wwere unthinkable, but also was the stunning Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Here we see a 1942 scene at Jackson School in Allentown, Pennsylvania, presumably named after President Andrew Jackson. The photohraph was taken a few months after Pearl Harbor, probanly in April or May 1942. The children are praticing an air raid drill. Three childern (of course justv the boys) have metal army helmets. One boy is wearing his a Cub Scout uniform. Another boy is a safty patrol. One girl wears a Red Cross nurses outfit. Two boys also are wearing Red Cross arm bands.









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