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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Learning to fight the Axis with an electric lathe. Mabel Carmen left her home in Mississippi to join the National Youth Administration (NYA) group at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. After receiving eight weeks training under Donald Bantert (right),
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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Learning to fight the Axis with an electric lathe. Mabel Carmen left her home in Mississippi to join the National Youth Administration (NYA) group at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. After receiving eight weeks training under Donald Bantert (right),

Hollem, Howard R., United States. Office Of War Information · 1942-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineNaval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Learning to fight the Axis with an electric lathe. Mabel Carmen left her home in Mississippi to join the National Youth Administration (NYA) group at the naval a. 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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