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From 1942 to 1945, the Navy ran one of just five national Pre-Flight Schools on UGA's campus, training roughly 20,000 cadets for combat flying in World War II.
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United States Navy Pre-Flight School
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About this site
United States Navy Pre-Flight School is a historical marker in Athens, Athens-Clarke County, erected in 2001. It is one of 105 historical markers documented in Athens-Clarke County, among 141 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.9537, -83.3727 near Athens. The nearest cataloged historic site is Petroglyphic Boulders (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include In Memory of Unknown Enslaved Individuals, Jackson Street Cemetery, and Old Athens Cemetery.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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