World War II: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiorello_La_Guardia" id="mwzQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fiorello La Guardia">Fiorello La Guardia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_New_York_City" id="mwzg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mayor of New York City">Mayor of New York City</a> and Director of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Civilian_Defense" id="mwzw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Office of Civilian Defense">Office of Civilian Defense</a>, signs <a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Administrative%20Order%209" id="mw0A" rel="mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" title="s:Administrative Order 9">Administrative Order 9</a>, creating the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Air_Patrol" id="mw0Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Civil Air Patrol">Civil Air Patrol</a>.