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Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. Knowledge of the mechanism of an airplane engine is important to the flyer or the mechanic. In Los Angeles, California, Polytechnic High School Victory Corps boys who will be the men to "keep'em flyin" in the future are being given technical training

Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. To prepare themselves to build or fly airplanes in the future, Victory Corps members in the airplane engine class at Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles, California, are learning the construction of planes

Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. To prepare themselves to build or fly airplanes in the future, Victory Corps members in the airplane engine class at Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles, California, are learning the construction of planes

Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. Tearing apart and rebuilding an airplane in the Washington High School workshop is excellent training for Victory Corps members in the aeronautics class. Boys and girls in this Los Angeles school will be able to make a direct contribution to the war when they complete their course

Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. Tearing apart and rebuilding an airplane in the Washington High School workshop is excellent training for Victory Corps members in the aeronautics class. Boys and girls in this Los Angeles school will be able to make a direct contribution to the war when they complete their course

High school Victory Corps. In aeronautics class at Washington High School, Los Angeles, California, future airplane mechanics are trained by working with actual plane parts

High school Victory Corps. Whether they will build or fly airplanes in the future, students of the airplane engine class at Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles, California, learn what makes the engine go round

Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. Boys of pre-induction age train diligently in preparation for possible duty with the armed services. Technical skill in radio and code, taught to members of the Polytechnic High School Victory Corps at Los Angeles, California, will be important both in the armed forces and in civilian life

Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. With radio becoming more and more a fighting force in the war, girls are being trained alongside men in this important field. Victory Corps members at Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles, California, will be prepared for war work when they complete their courses

Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. Knowledge of the mechanism of an airplane engine is important to the flyer or the mechanic. In Los Angeles, California, Polytechnic High School Victory Corps boys who will be the men to "keep'em flyin" in the future are being given technical training

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01/01/1942
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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
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Los Angeles, California, United States ,  34.05223, -118.24368
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Pouring gasoline into combine engine. Walla Walla County, Washington

High school Victory Corps. Future airplane mechanics tear planes apart, build them up again in aeronautics class at Washington High School, Los Angeles, California

Warner Robins, Georgia. Air Service Command, Robins Field. Men of an air depot group studying the mechanism of one of the turrets of a bomber

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Cylinder heads for R-1340 Wasp planes are inspected in a large Eastern plant now producing a huge number of fine American engines for our fighting air forces. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Champion Jack Johnson at wheel of his 90 horse power Thomas Flyer

House of Tomorrow, 241 Lake Front Drive (moved from Chicago, IL), Beverly Shores, Porter County, IN

A diesel engine in the engine room of the towboat Ernest T. Weir going down the Ohio River to Cincinnati

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. A new Pratt and Whitney airplane motor running on a test stand at a large Eastern plant. Before being shipped to one or another of our aircraft factories, the engine must demonstrate its ability to meet rigid Air Force requirements. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. Top-notch performance of our big bombers is made a matter of certainty by the ground crews of the Air Force. A soldier-mechanic at Langley Field, Virginia makes an engine adjustment on a mighty YB-17 bomber under the critical eye of a sergeant

Gorham (vicinity), New Hampshire. Evenings are long and lonely for Barbara Mortensen, a fire and airplane lookout on Pine Mountain. She reads or writes letters to her husband who is in the U.S. Navy

Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. To release housewives for war work, girls in high school Victory Corps throughout America are helping to operate day nurseries. In addition to helping the community, these students at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, receive home economics credit for this work

Portrait photo of Baltimore - 1917 Hughes Company, Baltimore

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california los angeles county los angeles safety film negatives east los angeles victory corps victory corps tomorrow defenders liberty knowledge mechanism airplane engine airplane engine flyer mechanic polytechnic school boys polytechnic high school victory corps boys men flyin future high school 1940 s 40 s united states history library of congress