Defense Workers Get Gas Mask Training, Survivors Living in Camp

The video covers the training of 12,500 civilian employees at Puget Sound Navy Yard in the use of gas masks and chemical warfare defense. It also discusses the scuttling of the German liner Columbus off the Virginia coast in December 1939 and the subsequent internment of its crew at Fort Stanton, New Mexico. The camp is heavily guarded and costs the Hitler government $18,000 a month.

What was the primary focus of the training at Puget Sound Navy Yard?

• Aircraft maintenance

• Firefighting techniques

• Naval combat strategies

• Use of gas masks and chemical warfare protection

What happened to the German liner Columbus in December 1939?

• It was captured by the British Navy

• It successfully returned to Germany

• It was scuttled off the Virginia coast

• It was converted into a museum

Where were the crew members of the Columbus relocated after their ship was scuttled?

• Ellis Island, New York

• Fort Stanton, New Mexico

• Alcatraz Island, California

• Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Who was responsible for maintaining discipline at the Fort Stanton camp?

• Admiral Nimitz

• General Patton

• Captain Dennis Skipper

• Inspector Lennon

What was the monthly cost to the German government for maintaining the camp at Fort Stanton?

• $18,000

• $30,000

• $25,000

• $10,000