Object Record
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Metadata
Title |
AWS Wings for Volunteer Observers |
Object Name |
Pin, Lapel |
Catalog Number |
M1993.008.018.03 |
Description |
AWS Wings for Volunteer Observers >> AWS (Aircraft Warning Service) was a World War II Civil Defense program of the United States Army Air Forces to protect United States territory against air attack. The 1.5 million civilian observers at 14,000 coastal observation posts performed naked eye and binocular searches to detect German or Japanese aircraft. Observations were telephoned to filter centers, which in turn forwarded authenticated reports to the Aircraft Warning Service, >> The second Ground Observer Corps, with programmatic aims and methodologies similar to the first, was organized in early 1950, during the Cold War. Operating as an arm of the United States Air Force Civil Defense |
Date |
1942 |
Year Range from |
1942 |
Year Range to |
1942 |
Dimensions |
H-0.3 L-1.2 inches |
Material |
Metal |
Subjects |
Civil Defense Aircraft Warning Service Military World War II |
Search Terms |
Military World War II |
Catalog date |
2020-02-12 |
Collection |
Harvey Mack Collection |