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Aviation cadets at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Aviation cadets at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Aviation cadets at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Aviation cadet at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Aviation cadet at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Aviation cadets in training at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Aviation cadet in training at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Aviation cadets in training at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Aviation cadet in training at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Aviation cadets at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

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12002-18.

Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

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01/01/1939
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corpus christi
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united states navy flight training world war air bases texas corpus christi transparencies color farm security administration office of war information color photographs howard r hollem photo print naval air base aviation cadets ultra high resolution high resolution us navy kodachrome film transparencies