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Photograph of William L. Sweet, circa 1951

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Date

1951

Description

Description provided with image: "Naval Reserves Officer Training Corps Midshipman third class William L. Sweet, University of Southern California, son of Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Sweet of 519 New Mexico St., Boulder City, Nevada. Sweet operates the anchor windlass on board the USS Missouri during the current midshipmen cruise. The midshipmen are receiving instruction and "on-the-job" training in communications, navigation, gunnery, operations, and engineering during the four-week summer training cruise which will visit New York, Panama, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. There are 765 college students now aboard the MISSOURI studying to become future naval officers under the Holloway Plan. Upon returning to Norfolk, Virginia on September 3, the Midshipmen will depart for their homes to prepare for entering the forthcoming college term August 1951."

Digital ID

pho007382

Physical Identifier

0265_0450
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Citation

pho007382. Elton and Madelaine Garrett Photograph and Architectural Drawing Collection. PH-00265. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1n87303v.

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1814 x 2361 pixels
3.0233 x 3.935 inches
12881076 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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