Within a short time, the National Fallout Shelter Survey achieved impressive results. As was customary, most of these personnel were diverted from civil works assignments. The Corps staffed the new headquarters organization and similar offices with division and district personnel.
The Corps responded by creating a Joint Civil Defense Support Group in the Chief’s office with a colonel in charge. The goal was to find shelter for up to 50 million Americans.įallout shelters were stocked with federally procured water, food, and medical and sanitation supplies, as well as radiation monitoring kits, 1961.
The initial mission was to identify structures, determine their ability to reduce the dosage of radiation resulting from a nuclear attack by a factor of 20, and mark them as public shelters. The Secretary of Defense created an Office of Civil Defense within the Department and tapped the Corps of Engineers and the Navy’s Bureau of Yards and Docks to conduct a fallout shelter survey and other civil defense tasks. In the address President Kennedy spoke at length on civil defense, which he characterized as " insurance for the civilian population in case of an enemy miscalculation." To overcome years of neglect, he assigned responsibility for civil defense to the Secretary of Defense and established a National Fallout Shelter Program. The occasion was a special address to Congress on Urgent National Needs. Kennedy on in response to crises in Berlin and Cuba. " We are not against any man-or any nation-or any system-except as it is hostile to freedom." So stated President John F. The Corps Helped Answer President Kennedy's Call for National Preparedness
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