Office of Civil Defense
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The Office of Civil Defense was an agency of the United States Department of Defense from 1961–64. It replaced the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. The organization was renamed the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency on May 5, 1972, and was abolished on July 20, 1979, pursuant to Executive Order 12148. Its duties were given to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Regions
The Office of Civil Defense was organized into several regions, in order to better manage the distribution of funds, coordination of local training and resources and support state and local agencies planning and perpetration. In May 1962 there were eight regions.| Region | Headquarters | States and Territories |
| 1 | Harvard, MA | Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Puerto Rico, Virginia Islands |
| 2 | Olney, MD | Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, District of Columbia |
| 3 | Thomasville, GA | Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Panama Canal Zone |
| 4 | Battle Creek, MI | Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, |
| 5 | Denton, TX | Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas |
| 6 | Denver, CO | Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming |
| 7 | Santa Rosa, CA | Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah, American Samoa, Guam |
| 8 | Everett, WA | Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, |