Identified by name and hometown - Glenn Richard Clemens of Route 1, North Platte, Nebraska - this portrait was carefully labeled by the album's owner, a common practice among Naval Aviation Cadets who exchanged and annotated photographs of classmates during training. Posed beside the tail of a light training airplane on a busy flight line, Clemens represents the thousands of young men from small towns across America who entered the Navy's V-5 program during World War II, hoping to earn their wings as naval aviators. Project: 218579