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Camera Maker Canon Camera Model Canon EOS-1D Mark II N
Aperture f/9 Color Space Uncalibrated
Exposure Value 0 EV Exposure Program Program
Exposure Time 1/400 sec Flash No Flash
Focal Length 42 mm ISO 400
Metering Mode Pattern Date/Time 2007:03:08 11:13:31
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Exposure Mode 0 Keywords travel United States of America United States America USA US Georgia GA history historical historic historical marker famous landmark road side highway popular Place of Interest Places of Interest Tourist Attraction Tourist Attractions Tourist Destination Tourist Destinations Travel Destination Travel Destinations tour tourism tourist attraction destination Sign Signs American Day Daytime Historical Sites Vertical Education Historical Site Marker Markers Outdoor Outdoors Outside Road Road Signs Roadside Roadsign Clarke County United States Navy Pre-Flight School University of Georgia UGA Athens Navy Naval campus school cadets World War II training Ben Epps Airport
Caption 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. Erected by Georgia Historical Society,The University of Georgia and the United States Navy Supply Corps School, 2001.7