Images of Civilian Public Service, ca. 1942-1946 |
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CPS man practicing jumping
from tower, Missoula CPS Camp #103 (Huson, Montana) |
CPS smokejumper in full
uniform |
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Smokejumpers in airplane
preparing to jump |
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CPS wife from Patapsco
CPS Unit #3 (Elkridge, Maryland)
working in dental clinic at Pennhurst Mental Hospital, 1945 |
Aleem Whitson, Muslim CO,
working in laundry at CPS Camp #14 (Merom, Indiana) |
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Chinese language class
with Dr. Coffman at CPS China Unit (Lagro, Indiana) |
Class in bandaging at CPS
China Unit (Lagro, Indiana) |
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Ambulance trucks on road
beside oxcart & cow, Friends Ambulance Unit, China |
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CPS men doing camp laundry
at Camp #23 (Coshocton, Ohio), May 1942 |
CPS men unloading & splitting wood for roofing & siding, Camp #21 (Cascade Locks, Oregon), ca. 1941-1942 |
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Kitchen, dining hall & director's residence, Zalduondo Unit (Puerto Rico) |
Unit members, Zalduondo
Unit (Puerto Rico), Jan. 1943 |
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At the hookworm control
project of CPS camp #27 (Orlando, Florida) |
Interior of dorm at China
Flats Unit (Powers, Oregon) |
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