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1945 US Naval Midshipmen's School Exercises Program & Invitation 23rd Class '45
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1945 U.S. Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School Graduation Exercises Program & Invitation 23rd Class '45Graduation Exercises Program
Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
Thursday, April 26, 1945
11:00 a.m.
The United States Navy Reserve Midshipmen's School was an expedited auxiliary naval officer training program instituted in June, 1940. Its goal was to train a planned 36,000 Naval Reserve officers for commands in the vastly-expanding U.S. Navy fleet being built up in preparation for the United States' entry into World War II.
To achieve this, several new Naval Reserve Midshipmen's Schools were established mainly on college campuses around the country. Between 1940 and 1945 their junior officer candidates, many alumni of the Navy's V-12 training, completed a 30-day indoctrination course before entering the midshipman school's 90-day V-7 Navy College Training Program. After successful completion, graduates were commissioned as ensigns in the U.S. Naval Reserve. The majority entered into active duty with the U.S. fleet in the Pacific Theater during the war.
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