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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Working inside the nose of a PBY, Elmer J. Pace is learning the construction of Navy planes. As an National Youth Administration (NYA) trainee, Elmer gets practical experience at the Corpus Christi naval air base in Texas. After about eight weeks, he will go in
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Credit lineNaval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Working inside the nose of a PBY, Elmer J. Pace is learning the construction of Navy planes. As an National Youth Administration (NYA) trainee, Elmer gets practi. 1942-01-01. Hollem, Howard R., United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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