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USMCAS Cherry Point Medical Department Aviation Training Card — 1st Lt. E.P. McAleer, July 1945

USMCAS Cherry Point Medical Department Aviation Training Card — 1st Lt. E.P. McAleer, July 1945

An official U.S. Marine Corps aviation training card certifies that 1st Lt. Edward P. McAleer completed altitude and night vision training at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, in July 1945. Physiological training such as this prepared Marine aviators for the demands of high-altitude and low-visibility flight during World War II. Project: 218147