Aviation cadets await their training sessions at Kingsville Field, NATC, Corpus Christi, Texas, November 1942.  Lt. Comdr. Charles Fenno Jacobs. (Navy)
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NARA FILE #:  080-G-475184
WAR &amp; CONFLICT BOOK #:  734

Cadets Wait For Flying Lessons

Believe it or not (for those of us who remember the older man as President), this is Lieutenant (later Lieutenant Commander) Gerald R. Ford, during his assignment to the USS Monterey, a ship which, along with his fire crew comrades, he made a great and courageous contribution to saving from the internal conflagration caused by igniting aircraft fuel.  Ford fulfilled a number of duties on the ship, including physical training officer (he was a former American football star at college), and assistant navigator.  Best regards, JR.

Red-White-and-Blue Hero - Gerald R. Ford.

USS LSM-152 underway off Charleston, S.C., 1944.