Teaching America's WWII Navy Fighter Pilots to Swim

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Keene, Anne Raugh
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2018-08
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When Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941, most Americans did not know how to swim. That fateful December morning, the future of swimming changed when the war moved from the sea to the skies.
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A history of the Navy Pre-Flight Schools, including the one at Del Monte.
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Copyright 2018, Anne Keene. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission.
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