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Donatello, Desert Ninja, adorns the nose of a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft from the 435th Tactical Airlift Wing, Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, during Operation Desert Shield.

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Jose Lopez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili More

Pan American given permission to use Canton Island as air base. Washington, D.C., April 13. Following an agreement between the United States and Great Brittan for the common use of the Island of Canton and Enderbury in the South Pacific Ocean for international aviation and communication, Secretary of interior Harold Ickes today signed a license permitting Pan American Airways to use Canton Island as an air base for its commercial trans-Pacific air transport service between California and New Zealand. Secretary Ickes is show presenting the pen to Juan Trippe, President of Pan American, after the signing. 4-13-39

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Pan American given permission to use Canton Island as air base. Washington, D.C., April 13. Following an agreement between the United States and Great Brittan for the common use of the Island of Canton and Enderbury in the South Pacific Ocean for international aviation and communication, Secretary of interior Harold Ickes today signed a license permitting Pan American Airways to use Canton Island as an air base for its commercial trans-Pacific air transport service between California and New Zealand. Secretary Ickes is show presenting the pen to Juan Trippe, President of Pan American, after the signing. 4-13-39

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Navy N2S primary land planes at the naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

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Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a former office worker, does with precision and patriotic zeal. Mrs. McElroy is a civil service employee at the naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Her husband is a flight instructor

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Navy N2S primary land planes at the naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

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Entrance to supermarket at new community of Six Points. Corpus Christi, Texas. This is near the naval air base

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US Army (USA) Rangers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE) depart Aviano Air Base (AB), Italy (ITA) for Normandy, France (FRA) to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Normandy invasion which began the Allied occupation of Europe in World War II. On the morning of June 6, 1944, 225 Rangers invaded Omaha Beach on the northwest coast of France. After two days of fighting only 90 Rangers could still bear arms

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Priscilla Robinson, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil More

Traffic sign on road leading to the naval air base now under construction at Corpus Christi, Texas

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Traffic sign on road leading to the naval air base now under construction at Corpus Christi, Texas

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View of part of large trailer court Corpus Christi, Texas. This is on old court and was formerly used primarily by tourists. However, the tourist trade has dropped off materially by Corpus Christi and these places are filled with workers of the naval air base

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A group of people sitting in front of a sign - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

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Tourist courts built of second hand lumber. Corpus Christi, Texas. These are on North Beach and were constructed to accommodate workmen at the naval air base

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Sign announcing intending construction of new grocery store in community springing up about five miles from the naval air base under construction. Corpus Christi, Texas

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Civilian personnel with the Commemorative Air Force unload a World War II era AT-11 "Kansan" aircraft fuslage at the Moriarty, New Mexico Airport. This soon to be restored Kansan, once flew from what was then, Kirtland Army Air Base and is now the 377th Air Base Wing (ABW), Kirtland Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico (NM)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirtland Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFMC Scene Camera Operator: CI More

Houses in the Alameda residential section of Corpus Christi, Texas. These houses are about two years old and were built by people who came into Corpus Christi because of the oil boom, sea wall construction work, etc. This is the type of housing which is greatly needed for naval officers and their families who will be stationed at the naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas

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US Air Force (USAF) Brigadier General (BGEN) V. Wayne Lloyd (center), Commander, 376th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), gives Kyrgyzstan Republic World War II Military Veterans a tour of the coalition forces shower and shave tent, during an annual Victory Day Celebration held this year at Peter J. Ganci Jr. Air Base (AB), Kyrgyzstan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Peter J. Ganci Jr. Air Base State: Chuskaya Oblast Country: Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) Scene Camera Operator: M More

House in Mexican section which is now rented by a white man, workman at aval air Base. He came up from Quemado Valley to get work in Corpus Christi Texas. Trailer in backyard belongs to his brother-in-law who is also doing construction work at the naval air base

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Unconnected sink in tourist court which is being constructed for use of workmen at the naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas. There is a shortage of skilled labor in Corpus Christi and consequently it is difficult to get plumbing work completed when planned

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Business section which has built up in the last six months in new community about seven miles from naval air base now under construction. Corpus Christi, Texas

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Tourist courts which are occupied by workmen at the naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas

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New tourist courts about three miles from naval air base under construction at Corpus Christi, Texas

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Business section which has built up in the last six months in new community about seven miles from naval air base now under construction. Corpus Christi, Texas

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Four truck drivers who work at the naval air base now under construction. Corpus Christi, Texas

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New school under construction in the North Beach section of Corpus Christi, Texas. This section has been the center of tourist housing and has now been taken over by the workmen of the naval air base

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Three men workers at naval air base from Louisiana. These men are living in a tourist court and had to leave their families in Louisiana because they could not find suitable housing facilities. Corpus Christi, Texas

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New bowling alley under construction in community springing up about seven miles from the naval air base under construction. Corpus Christi, Texas

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Little boy sick in bed. His father has been employed in construction work at the naval air base but was hurt and is now working in a parking lot. Corpus Christi, Texas

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Sign--Deluxe apartments for rent--about three miles from naval air base now under construction. Corpus Christi, Texas. These apartments are just being finished and are shown below

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US Air Force (USAF) Brigadier General (BGEN) V. Wayne Lloyd (center), Commander, 376th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), briefs Kyrgyzstan Republic World War II Military Veterans during an annual Victory Day Celebration held this year at Peter J. Ganci Jr. Air Base (AB), Kyrgyzstan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Peter J. Ganci Jr. Air Base State: Chuskaya Oblast Country: Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) Scene Camera Operator: M More

United States Air Forces in Europe Band's Brass Quintet based out of Sembach Air Base, Germany plays during RAF Mildenhall's Wing Change of Command Ceremony. The 100th Air Refueling Wing traces its lineage to World War II and the 100th Bomb Group. Today it's responsible for host management of RAF Mildenhall, providing the European theater, NATO, US, and allied forces with air refueling support. The Wing's honors include six Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards, one award with valor, two Distinguished Unit Citations, the French Croix de Guerre with Palm and seven WWII campaign streamers

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SRA Rasheen A. Douglas, USAF Relea More

US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) Henry "Hank" Andrews Jr., Commander, 377th Air Base Wing (ABW), flanked by members of the Kirtland Air Force Base (AFB) Honor Guard, leads representatives of TEAM KIRTLAND in the New Mexico Expo Fair parade along Central Avenue in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The US Army (USA) 1941 Willys MB slat grill Jeep, a replica of the first staff vehicle from 1942, driven by retired USAF COL Lowell P. Little Jr

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Albuquerque State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFMC Scene Camera Operator: Todd Berenger, More

Family group of workman from Northwest Texas who is now employed in construction work at naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas

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Drive in sandwich stand which was built at the beginning of construction work at naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas

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New tourist courts about three miles from naval air base under construction at Corpus Christi, Texas

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Line-up of trucks at truckers' camp near naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas

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Unconnected sink in tourist court which is being constructed for use of workmen at the naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas. There is a shortage of skilled labor in Corpus Christi and consequently it is difficult to get plumbing work completed when planned

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House in Mexican section which is now rented by a white man, workman at aval air Base. He came up from Quemado Valley to get work in Corpus Christi Texas. Trailer in backyard belongs to his brother-in-law who is also doing construction work at the naval air base

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Drive in sandwich stand which was built at the beginning of construction work at naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas

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Workman at the naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas. Notice his identification badge which allows him to enter base. Picture taken on Sunday

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Tourist court showing the sanitary facilities building. Corpus Christi, Texas. These tourist courts are now filled with workmen from the naval air base

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General view of camp of truck drivers and their families. Corpus Christi, Texas. These drivers work at the naval air base now under construction

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US Army (USA) MASTER Sergeants (MSG) Tim Watson (left) and Henry Sanchez, 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE), Caserma Ederle, Italy (ITA), prepare to depart Aviano Air Base (AB), ITA, for Normandy, France (FRA), to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion which began the Allied occupation of Europe during World War II (WWII). On the morning of June 6, 1944, 225 Rangers invaded Omaha Beach on the northwest coast of France. After two days of fighting only 90 Rangers could still bear arms

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Priscilla Robinson, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil More

General view of camp of truck drivers and their families. Corpus Christi, Texas. These drivers work at the naval air base now under construction

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Four truck drivers who work at the naval air base now under construction. Corpus Christi, Texas

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Workman at the naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas. Notice his identification badge which allows him to enter base. Picture taken on Sunday

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Three men workers at naval air base from Louisiana. These men are living in a tourist court and had to leave their families in Louisiana because they could not find suitable housing facilities. Corpus Christi, Texas

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Houses in the Alameda residential section of Corpus Christi, Texas. These houses are about two years old and were built by people who came into Corpus Christi because of the oil boom, sea wall construction work, etc. This is the type of housing which is greatly needed for naval officers and their families who will be stationed at the naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas

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Baby of laborer from northwest Texas who has come to Corpus Christi, Texas, to work at the naval air base

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Sign signifying one way traffic during the rush hours on the roads leading from town to the naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas

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Family group of workman from Northwest Texas who is now employed in construction work at naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas

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Tourist courts which are occupied by workmen at the naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas

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New bowling alley under construction in community springing up about seven miles from the naval air base under construction. Corpus Christi, Texas

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Little boy sick in bed. His father has been employed in construction work at the naval air base but was hurt and is now working in a parking lot. Corpus Christi, Texas

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Sign--Deluxe apartments for rent--about three miles from naval air base now under construction. Corpus Christi, Texas. These apartments are just being finished and are shown below

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Line-up of trucks at truckers' camp near naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas

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Automobile and trailer parked in trailer court. These belong to a carpenter's helper who is from the Rio Grande Valley. He owns his home in the valley, has done farm work and public work there. His family is with him in Corpus Christi where he is now working at the naval air base

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Sign announcing intending construction of new grocery store in community springing up about five miles from the naval air base under construction. Corpus Christi, Texas

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An old photo of a small plane in the water. Office of War Information Photograph

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A small plane sitting on top of a body of water. Office of War Information Photograph

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A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Office of War Information Photograph

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. A fast friendship developed between these two civil service employees in the assembly and repairs department of the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Feeding an SNC advanced training plane its essential supply of gasoline is done by sailor mechanics at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. Standing on the wing is Floyd Helphrey who came from Iowa to join the Navy early in the year. At right is W. Gardner of Illinois who used to be a crane operator

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Civil service employees leave the Assembly and Repair Shop at the naval air base in Corpus, Christi, Texas

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Perched high in the nose of a plane, this sailor mechanic is inspecting a Navy PBY at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. The ship has been reconditioned by civil service employee in the assembly and repair Department at the base. Every ship, after fulfilling its schedule of service, must be completely reconditioned. This work is done by the assembly and repair department

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. It's an intricate operation, installing a thirty-caliber machine gun in a Navy PBY plane, but not too trickey for Jesse Rhodes Waller. He's a Georgia man who's been in the Navy five and a half years. At the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas, he sees that flying ships are kept in tip-top shape. Waller is an avaition ordnance mate

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Naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas. Like a man from Mars, a sailor at the Corpus Christi, Texas, naval air base wears the new type of protective clothing and gas mask designed for use in chemical warfare. These uniforms are lighter than the old type

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. War-time luncheon "under the shade of ....a Navy plane. These women workers held man-size jobs in the Assembly and Repair Department at the Corpus Christi, Texas, naval air base. Slack suits and coveralls take the place of afternoon frocks for these workers

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Navy N2S, primary land plane, ready for afternoon flight trips at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. These ships are completely reconditioned after fulfilling their service schedules by civil service employees at the base

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Navy N2S primary land planes taxi out for a "rat race" at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. Cadets in advanced training have given the race this name

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. A Mexican neighbor, who crossed the border, now works under U.S. Civil Service in the assembly and repair department of the naval air base at Corpus Christi, Texas. Formerly he was a laborer in a warehouse

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Coming under the "hook" is the first step in getting a sea plane on land. The ship is then hoisted out of the water and placed onto a dollie on shore and wheeled to the hangar. The plane is an N3N, Navy training ship, stationed at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas

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Naval air base Corpus Christi, Texas. A rivet is her fighting weapon, Oyida Beaks, daughter of a Navy lieutenant, one of many women taking National Youth Administration (NYA) training to become mechanics at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. After eight weeks' apprenticeship she will be qualified as a civil service worker in the assembly and repair Department at the base

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Women from all fields have joined the production army. Miss Grace Weaver, a civil service worker at the Corpus Christi naval air base and a school teacher before the war, is doing her part for Victory along with her brother who is a flying instructor in the Army. Miss Weaver paints the American insignia on repaired Navy plane wings

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Perched high in the nose of a plane, this sailor mechanic is inspecting a Navy PBY at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. The ship has been reconditioned by civil service employee in the assembly and repair Department at the base. Every ship, after fulfilling its schedule of service, must be completely reconditioned. This work is done by the assembly and repair department

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Navy N2S primary land plane, ready for afternoon flight trips at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. These ships are completely reconditioned, after fulfilling their service schedules by civil service employees at the base

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. She's still connecting lines--this former telephone operator who is learning how to solder iron wires. Jo Ann Whitington is being trained through an National Youth Administration (NYA) program for a civil service job in the assembly and repairs department of the naval air base at Corpus Christi, Texas. She will be a helper in electrical overhauling work

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Now an expert mechanic, Mary Josephine Farley shows an National Youth Administration (NYA) trainee the tricks of a Wright Whirlwind Motor. He will act as her helper for about eight weeks; then he'll be qualified to work on motors for the naval air base at Corpus Christi, Texas

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Production. Parachute making. Every stitch on this basting machine means as much to Eva Matties as the parachutes she is sewing may mean to her fiance in the Army. Miss Matties also has two brothers in the service, one stationed at an air base, the other in an aircraft carrier somewhere in the Pacific. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. It's an intricate operation installing a thirty-caliber machine gun in a Navy PBY plane, but not too tricky for Jesse Rhodes Waller. He's a Georgia man who's been in the Navy five and half years. At the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas, he sees that flying ships are kept in tip-top shape. Waller is an Aviation Ordnance Mate

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Old Glory floats proudly over the nation's oldest air base at Langley Field, Virginia. Among the Air Force groups stationed at this important point are bombardment squadrons equipped with mighty YB-17 bombers

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Women are contributing their skills to the nation's needs by keeping our country's planes in top-notch fighting condition. Wife of a disabled World War II veteran, Mrs. Cora Ann Bowen (left) worked as a cowler at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis is a senior supervisor in the assembly and repairs department

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Naval air base Corpus Christi, Texas. Two sisters who left the farm to keep our airmen flying. National Youth Administration trainees (NYA) at the Corpus Christi, Texas naval air base, Evelyn and Lillian Buxkeurple are shown working on a practice bomb shell. After about eight weeks of apprenticeship they will be eligible for civil service work in the assembly and repair department at the base

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Hooked to a derrick, a Navy N3N plane is made ready for hoisting out to shore onto a "dollie." The plane is then wheeled back to the assembly and repair department of the naval air base at Corpus Christi, Texas, for reconditioning by civil service mechanics

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Reconditioning the motors of airplane at the Corpus Christi, Texas, naval air base is being done here by three aviation mechanics mates stationed at the base

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A black and white photo of a man standing next to an airplane. Office of War Information Photograph

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. There's a war to be won, and Miss Mildred Hanna is helping to win it. After Pearl Harbor, Miss Hanna left school teaching and went to the ssembly and repair department of the naval air base at Corpus Christi, Texas. Here she is working on the firewall of a PBY plane. She is a civil service worker at the base

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. There's a war to be won, and Miss Mildred Hanna is helping to win it. After Pearl Harbor, Miss Hanna left school teaching and went to the ssembly and repair department of the naval air base at Corpus Christi, Texas. Here she is working on the firewall of a PBY plane. She is a civil service worker at the base

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. War-time luncheon "under the shade of ....a Navy plane. These women workers held man-size jobs in the Assembly and Repair Department at the Corpus Christi, Texas, naval air base. Slack suits and coveralls take the place of afternoon frocks for these workers

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Civil service employees leave the Assembly and Repair Shop at the naval air base in Corpus, Christi, Texas

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Learning to fight the Axis with an electric lathe. Mabel Carmen left her home in Mississippi to join the National Youth Administration (NYA) group at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. After receiving eight weeks training under Donald Bantert (right), Mabel will go to work under civil service as a machinist

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Flight's over--an N3N training plane is safe on the dollie and pilot and instructor go back to the hangar. After fulfilling their service schedules, planes at the Corpus Christi, Texas, naval air base are completely reconditioned by civil service mechanics attached to the base

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. The target: the Axis! Jesse Rhodes Waller, Aviation Ordnance Mate, third class, tries out a thirty-caliber machine gun he has just installed in a Navy plane. Waller is stationed at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas

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Naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas. Now an expert mechanic, Mary Josephine Farley shows a National Youth Administration (NYA) trainee the tricks of a Wright Whirlwind motor. He will act as her helper for about eight weeks, then he'll be qualified to work on motors for the naval air base at Corpus Christi, Texas

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Highly technical training is given to an National Youth Administration (NYA) trainee (left) which will make him valuable to the Army or Navy mechanized units should he be called to service. He is helper to a Civil Service sheet metal worker (right) in the assembly and repair department at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. Trainees are qualified for civil service jobs in the assembly and repair department at the base after about a month of apprenticeship

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Civilian gas mask approved by the Navy is demonstrated by a sailor mechanics at the chemical warfare school of the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. This type of mask is said to be good for four hours without refill

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Feuling an N2S, primary land plane, at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. Sailor mechanics at the base service the ship as a cadet prepares for the take-off

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. It's an intricate operation installing a thirty-caliber machine gun in a Navy PBY plane, but not too tricky for Jesse Rhodes Waller. He's a Georgia man who's been in the Navy five and half years. At the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas, he sees that flying ships are kept in tip-top shape. Waller is an Aviation Ordnance Mate

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Summer flight uniforms for Naval cadets are light and give the flyer maximum freedom to operate. Cadet shown here is stationed at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas.

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Naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas. "Women in white" doctor Navy airplane motors at the Corpus Christi, Texas, naval air base. Mildred Webb, a National Youth Administration (NYA) trainee at the base is learning to operate a cutting machine in the Assembly and Repair Department. After about eight weeks as an apprentice she will be eligible for a civil service job in the capacity for which she has been trained

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