"Mobile Auxiliary Truck Fire Companies Vie for Prizes."

"Volunteer Defense Firemen in Mobile have been training for the real thing and Auxiliary Fire Company 10-A pictured above are the proud winners of a contest conducted by the Mobile County Council of Defense. The coveted prize was $25.00 in cash and a handsome plaque. The men composing the Com...

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Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/5928
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Summary:"Volunteer Defense Firemen in Mobile have been training for the real thing and Auxiliary Fire Company 10-A pictured above are the proud winners of a contest conducted by the Mobile County Council of Defense. The coveted prize was $25.00 in cash and a handsome plaque. The men composing the Company appear, left to right, back row -- F. J. Brown, J. O. Donague, and Captain H. W. Clements; Front Row, N. B. McAllister and R. B. McAllister. Below is seen Federal Fighting equipment allocated Mobile." This image and caption appeared on page 3 of the July 1944 issue of Home Front, the monthly bulletin of the Alabama State Council of Defense.