This album page, inscribed 'My Third Stage A Group,' preserves informal snapshots of Naval Aviation Cadets photographed on the flight line during the Navy's V-5 pilot training program of the early-to-mid 1940s. Cadets progressed through numbered training 'stages,' bonding with squad-mates such as those pictured here - Thomas T. McDowell, Howard F. Melius, C.C. Lasseigne, Joe M. Drouet, and Richard P. Delaney - before advancing toward designation as Naval Aviators. Project: 218571