Fire extinction

A fire at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia. Ships in the background are on fire, and some of the ships in the foreground are trying to put out the fires.

An unidentified guard at the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, demonstrates the operation of a fire extinguisher during fire prevention week at the Library.

Unidentified employees at the Harry S. Truman Library view a fire extinguisher demonstration at the Library during fire prevention week.

Curator Milton Perry (left) operates a fire extinguisher while other unidentified employees at the Harry S. Truman Library view the demonstration at the Library during fire prevention week.

Unidentified employees at the Harry S. Truman Library view a fire extinguisher demonstration at the Library during fire prevention week.

Unidentified employees at the Harry S. Truman Library view a fire extinguisher demonstration at the Library during fire prevention week.

Curator Milton Perry (second from left) operates a fire extinguisher while other unidentified employees at the Harry S. Truman Library view the demonstration at the Library during fire prevention week.

Ten gallon fire engine in Tokyo. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Universal Military Training trainees during fire drill at Fort Knox, Kentucky. From a red leather album of photos depicting a week in the life of a UMT trainee. A gift from Brigadier General John M. Devine.