Maine Civil Defense Rescue Truck, 1954
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Maine Historical Society
Showing off one of four new, fully equipped Civil Defense trucks are, from left, State Police Chief Robert Marx, Governor Burton M. Cross, and State Civil Defense and Public Safety Director Harry A. Mapes.
The state received the trucks in August 1954.
While much of the state's Civil Defense efforts in the 1950s was aimed at preparedness for nuclear attack, the agency also dealt with natural disasters such as storms and fires.
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