Called em the "war years"....at least FDNY did.
South Bronx......
Sad deal.
My brother spent close to 30 years on the NYPD, went on the job 1977 he was undercover, plane clothes When he was in the when he was in the 77 precinct Brooklyn mid 80’s, He was street crime, Gun squad amongst other things :-)his record in one year was 125 guns, and he said he gave a half a dozen away to the new guys so they would get a good collar, that’s a fact! 8 shootouts and those with a revolver days. They couldn’t go to all the 911 calls.