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U.S. Navy Pre-Flight School Historical Marker
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Photo: David Seibert
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United States Navy Pre-Flight School GHS
Historical Marker
- Located at entrance to Baldwin Hall, University of
Georgia, Jackson Street, Athens
33.9537, -83.3727
(Text)
United States Navy Pre-Flight
School
Between 1942 and 1945, the Navy
operated a Pre-Flight School on The University of Georgia campus.
As one of only five such schools in the nation, the program trained
approximately 20,000 cadets in the skills needed as combat pilots
in the Pacific theater of World War II. The Navy utilized most
of the existing campus and built numerous buildings and athletic
facilities used by the college in later years. Additional Athens-area
sites were also utilized and improvements were made to local
streets and Ben Epps Airport. Few physical remainders of this
large Naval presence remain.
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- Erected by The
Georgia Historical Society, The University of Georgia
- and the United States
Navy Supply Corps School
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