![[IMAGE: Women wearing gas masks]](../../../images/wwii1l.gif)
Ensign Boatwright instructs a class of Norfolk women on the proper use of a gas mask. 1943.
![[IMAGE: Dancing at the USO]](../../../images/wwii2l.gif)
Taking time out to unwind at the Smith Street USO. 1942
![[IMAGE: Air Raid Wardens]](../../../images/wwii3l.gif)
Norfolk citizens volunteer as air raid wardens. 1943
![[IMAGE: Children at scrap drive]](../../../images/wwii4l.gif)
Children from Lee School with the fruits of a scrap drive. 1944
![[IMAGE: Volunteers' tent]](../../../images/wwii5l.gif)
Norfolk Jaycees help the U. S. Army recruit volunteers. 15 September 1942
![[IMAGE: Men sorting papers]](../../../images/wwii6l.gif)
Civil Defense personnel sort paper from a scrap drive. 28 October 1943
![[IMAGE: Children with rakes and shovels]](../../../images/wwii7l.gif)
Bayview School children work on a Victory Garden. 2 April 1943
![[IMAGE: Elephant & clown drag old car to scrap]](../../../images/wwii8l.gif)
An elephant and a circus clown team up to collect old cars for the scrap drive. 13 October 1942
Pipes and cans and old mattress springs and Mr. Billy Whiskers (goat) at the scrap metal drive. 23 September 1942
![[IMAGE: Piles of tires.]](../../../images/wwii10l.gif)
Tires of all shapes and sizes pile up at the rubber collection depot. 26 June 1942
![[IMAGE: Men at council table]](../../../images/wwii11l.gif)
Norfolk's Civilian Defense Council. 7 April 1942
![[IMAGE: Lookout tower]](../../../images/wwii12l.gif)
Citizen volunteers spot planes at Ocean View for the U. S. Army. 4 September 1942
![[IMAGE: Mr. Codd with war bonds.]](../../../images/wwii13l.gif)
Elias Codd promotes war bond sales at his delicatessen. 1945
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