Memories of Naval Flight Training, 1945 and 1946

This is the uploaded scrapbook of Francis N. Duffey, recording his V-5 Naval training experiences at Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minnesota), Iowa State University (Ames), and at the University of Kansas (Lawrence), from 1945 to 1946. " Eighty brand new Naval V-5 trainees, with visions of props and wings, began their military life at a little college in southern Minnesota -- Gustavus Adolphus. There were no airplanes, and the books could be rough, but it was a good life."

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

A Picnic

What a young sailor does with some time off.

Unidentified sailor wading in the river.

Appears to be the Kansas River.

Francis N. Duffey, out on a limb, and not too steady!

Possibly Joe Delapp, included on the picnic page, in front of unidentified building.

Possibly Joe Delapp, on a rope or wire cable.

Possibly Joe Delapp, out on a limb, but steady as she goes.

Of course there are girls when young sailors go on picnics! Four unidentified girls on the bank of the Kansas River.

Two unidentified girls, wading in the Kansas River, at the picnic.

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Francis N. Duffey

This is a page dedicated to the time spent by my dad at Gustavus Adolphus in 1945, Iowa State A & M in 1946, and Kansas in 1946. I found an old scrapbook, and these are the pictures and text from that book. As you read through the posts, please feel free to contact me with additional names and details about the pictures or people in the pictures.

Please remember that due to the nature of blogging, the beginning of the album is at the bottom of the items posted. So, please go down to the bottom and click on "Older Posts."

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

A Picnic

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