Civil Defense Corps

Examples of Civil Defense Corps in the following topics:

• Homefront Security

  • During World War II, millions of American civilians were recruited by civil defense government programs to serve as volunteers and aid the war effort.
  • The idea of civil defense began to come of age, both worldwide and in the United States, during World War I, when it was usually referred to as civilian defense. 
  • Under the OCD, the Civil Defense Corps (CDF) were established.
  • Civil Air Patrol poster produced for the Office of Civilian Defense as part of a campaign to build interest in joining CAP during World War II.
  • Examine the role of the Civil Air Patrol and the Civil Defense Corps in monitoring home-front security during World War II.

• Modern Warfare

  • Weaponry also changed significantly during the Civil War.
  • In terms of defensive fortification, wire obstacles—defensive obstacles constructed using barbed wire or concertina wire—are thought to have originated with Union General Ambrose Burnside during the Battle of Fort Sanders during the Knoxville Campaign.
  • Ironclads were designed for multiple purposes, serving as high-seas battleships, coastal defense ships, and long-range cruisers.
  • The Union Army Balloon Corps was established and organized by Professor Thaddeus S.C.
  • The legacy helped forge the traditions of the modern U.S. officer corps of all service branches.

• The Second Bull Run and the Battle of Antietam

  • The Second Battle of Bull Run, or Second Manassas, was fought August 28–30, 1862, as part of the American Civil War.
  • Withdrawing a few miles to the northwest, Jackson took up defensive positions on Stony Ridge.
  • McClellan launched attacks against Lee's army, who were in defensive positions behind Antietam Creek.
  • Joseph Hooker's corps mounted a powerful assault on Lee's left flank.
  • Union Defense of Chin Ridge at the Second Battle of Bull Run

• Minorities and the New Deal

  • The 1941 Executive Order 8802 banned racial discrimination in the national defense industry.
  • He repeatedly refused to support anti-lynching legislation and ignored the black civil rights struggle.
  • Black workers participated in all the major programs that created employment, including the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Public Works Administration, and the Works Progress Administration.  
  • Philip Randolph, one of the era's most prominent civil rights activist and the founding president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, a group of civil rights leaders that included Bayard Rustin, Walter White, and A.
  • Philip Randolph was a prominent civil rights activist who helped push Roosevelt into signing Executive Order 8822.

• The Battle of Chancellorsville

  • The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War, and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville Campaign.
  • The fiercest fighting of the battle—and the second bloodiest day of the Civil War—occurred on May 3 as Lee launched multiple attacks against the Union position at Chancellorsville, resulting in heavy losses on both sides.
  • His actions may have demonstrated his lack of confidence in handling the complex actions of such a large organization for the first time, but he also had decided before beginning the campaign that he would fight the battle defensively, forcing Lee, with his small army, to attack Hooker's larger one.
  • The stand was brief, as the Confederates smashed through and continued to roll up the Eleventh Corps (under the command of General Oliver O.
  • One of a series of maps of the Battle of Chancellorsville of the American Civil War.

• The Lyndon B. Johnson Administration

  • He accomplished an ambitious domestic agenda, enacting the "Great Society" and "War on Poverty," which were a collection of programs related to civil rights, economic opportunity, education, healthcare, environmental protection, and public broadcasting.
  • Johnson retained Dean Rusk as secretary of state, Robert McNamara as secretary of defense, as well as Kennedy's secretaries of Agriculture and the Interiror, all for the duration of his presidency.
  • The Higher Education Act, signed into law the same year, provided scholarships and low-interest loans for the poor, increased federal funding for colleges and universities, and created a corps of teachers to serve schools in impoverished areas.
  • His Great Society also included passing Kennedy's Civil Rights Act of 1964, the most far-reaching civil rights act yet passed by Congress.
  • These were followed by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968.

• McClellan's Peninsular Campaign

  • The Peninsular Campaign of the American Civil War was a major Union operation launched in southeastern Virginia from March through July 1862, and was the first large-scale offensive in the eastern theater.
  • Although the president doubted the utility of the plan, he allowed McClellan to enact Urbanna and named specific officers as corps commanders to report under McClellan directly.
  • Magruder's second defensive along the peninsula, the Warwick Line, caught McClellan by surprise.
  • General McClellan launched an invasion of Virginia, intending to take the Confederate capital of Richmond and bring an early end to the Civil War.

• The John F. Kennedy Administration

  • Kennedy's presidency is known for his New Frontier policies, containment policy toward the Soviet Union, support for civil rights, and expansion of the space program.
  • As one of his first presidential acts, Kennedy asked Congress to create the Peace Corps.
  • Since 1961, over 200,000 Americans have joined the Peace Corps, serving in 139 countries.
  • Kennedy wanted to dismantle the selection of immigrants based on country of origin and saw this as an extension of his civil rights policies.
  • Kennedy also made several motions to support African-American civil rights as well as the rights of other marginalized groups, such as women.

• National Security

  • Perhaps the most memorable aspect of the Cold War civil defense effort was the educational effort promoted by the government.
  • The radio program Stars for Defense combined hit music with civil defense advice.
  • The Federal Civil Defense Administration produced a short movie called Our Cities Must Fight.
  • However, civil defense officials still worked to prepare evacuation plans.
  • Civil Defense literature such as Survival Under Atomic Attack was common during the Cold War Era.

• Changing Roles for Women

  • The Army established the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in 1942.
  • The WAAC, however, never accomplished its goal of making available to "the national defense the knowledge, skill, and special training of the women of the nation."
  • It was converted to the Women's Army Corps (WAC) in 1943, and recognized as an official part of the regular army.
  • The Marine Corps created the Marine Corps Women's Reserve in 1943.
  • Marine Corps were women.