Singing Pilots in Our Ranks
Location: Ground level lounge area
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During the warm summer evenings of 1943 neighbors could hear the naval cadets billeted at Palmer Hall serenading on campus. On July 26th the Legion Band came out to accompany them. The City of Fitchburg and the State College were proud of their cadets, who muscled through 17 hour days seven days a week for eight weeks.
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During the warm summer evenings of 1943 neighbors could hear the naval cadets billeted at Palmer Hall serenading on campus. On July 26th the Legion Band came out to accompany them. The City of Fitchburg and the State College were proud of their cadets, who muscled through 17 hour days seven days a week for eight weeks.
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During the warm summer evenings of 1943 neighbors could hear the naval cadets billeted at Palmer Hall serenading on campus. On July 26th the Legion Band came out to accompany them. The City of Fitchburg and the State College were proud of their cadets, who muscled through 17 hour days seven days a week for eight weeks.
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During the warm summer evenings of 1943 neighbors could hear the naval cadets billeted at Palmer Hall serenading on campus. On July 26th the Legion Band came out to accompany them. The City of Fitchburg and the State College were proud of their cadets, who muscled through 17 hour days seven days a week for eight weeks.
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Just two days after the first cadets graduated, 35,000 people crowded the Fitchburg Airport for an air show and cadet recruitment. 251 young men enlisted - the best result of any similar exposition in the state.
1942 was a time to be proud on FTC’s campus. Aside from receiving the accreditation as a teacher’s college (one of only 160 nationally), former students could be found in all branches of the American military.
