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Land and Air

How Football Helped Win WWII

"How Football Helped Win World War II" focuses on the little known story of the Navy's WWII aviator training program known as V-5 PreFlight, which used sports, and especially football, to train the next generation of flyers. The subject fits in best when scheduled to coincide with the college football season or is a great topic for Veteran's Day and/or Pearl Harbour Day events. The account, which is also told  in A TIDE OF DREAMS, is an hour-long presentation and includes original photos and video footage from the Navy Archives. Here is a link to an online article  which gives a general overview of topic.

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