This scrapbook page preserves a 1942 press photograph of a Civilian Pilot Training (CPT) camp near Lone Pine, California. Formed in 1939, the CPT program trained thousands of civilian aviators in the years before and during World War II, building a pool of pilots who would later serve in the Army Air Forces and Navy. Here, trainees in matching coveralls stand in a long inspection line beside their tent camp. A later hand-drawn annotation identifies a family member, 'Ed,' among the ranks, reflecting the personal significance this image held for the family who preserved it. Project: 218193