During WWII, to fill an educational gap among the 70% of enlisted men who did not finish high school, the U.S. Navy conducted a program known as the 'little tin school house' on ships and shore bases around the world. The program was held in off
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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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