Here is how the well-mannered and well-dressed mascot poses for a picture with one of his favorite pilots. The canine, replete with wings on his shoulders, is the mascot of a U.S. Navy air squadron in training at a Florida base. January 18, 1943.
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Thank you to the Mario Family Foundation for enabling the digitization of the U.S. Naval Institute’s Photo Archive. The physical photos in the Photo Archive are stored in the Mildred M. Mario Photo Archive Room located at the U.S. Naval Institute’s Headquarters in Annapolis, MD.

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