CIVIL DEFENSE
The Russians are coming.. Put on your helmet and your armband and test out your flashlight. It's time to check the
     neighborhood for blackout compliance.."PUT OUT THAT LIGHT, A BOMBER CAN SEE IT FROM 40
     MILES" And don't forget the Gieger counter you had down in the bombshelter. DO you need any reminders of
     that time of national paranoia?
From the first block wardens of the 40's, we built our fear of invasion and added to our toys. We had rubber and steel and grease drives (everyone saved their cooking grease to make ammunition). Every company treasured the E pennant for war production.. My dad's was a PT Boat. How many people remember the ration stamps for food and red and blue points (coins the size of pennies) to buy meat.

Bomb Shelters: Many people dug bomb shelters in their back yards. They stocked them with food, water and medicine to be able to outlast the radiation and destruction raging above their heads. It was a standing joke, and a reality of the times that if it happened only certain people would be allowed into the shelters. That way, when the war was over, they could come up out of the ground and enjoy all the 

other people just like them. Imagine a world of people who felt it their duty to lock the shelter door on their neighbors and friends?