Organized into small training sections, Naval Aviation Cadets were often photographed together and identified by name and hometown in personal scrapbooks such as this one. These snapshots, taken beside Piper J-3 Cub trainers used for primary flight instruction, capture the camaraderie of young men drawn from across the country — Florida to Michigan, Ohio to Kentucky — united in the demanding early stages of Navy flight training during World War II. Project: 218570