Titled 'Fifth Navy Group, Stage A & B,' this page from a wartime flight instructor's photo album records another cohort of Naval Aviation Cadets training under the V-5 program. Named cadets Thomas Todd McDowell, Howard Frederick Malius, C.C. Lasseigne Jr., Joe Meeker Drouet, and Richard P. Delaney hailed from across Louisiana, Wisconsin, and Texas, illustrating the nationwide reach of the Navy's wartime pilot training pipeline. Photographed beside their trainer aircraft in khaki uniforms and garrison caps, these young men represent the tens of thousands of cadets who moved through primary and intermediate training stages en route to earning their Navy wings during World War II. Project: 218579