Description: Recruit Days This is a vintage picture book printed in 1950 for Recruit Days at the San Diego Naval Training Center. Every page has pictures with descriptions Printed to look like a home made scrapbook or photo album. Has 4 full color page photos and then the rest are black and white 24 pages total. Measures 6 x 8 inches. No damage, in very good condition. Images Of America : San Diego's Naval Training Center (Back cover description) San Diego's Naval Training Center (NTC) was commissioned on June 1, 1923, and for 70 years served as a young recruit's Diego's Naval Training Center (NTC) was commissioned introduction to a naval career, beginning with nine weeks of basic orientation and organization training (BOOT) camp. Originally consisting of 135 acres adjacent to San Diego Bay, NTC eventually expanded to almost 550 acres with 300 buildings, landscaped promenades, parade grounds, and a concrete training "non-ship," the USS Recruit (a.k.a.USS Neversail), where recruits learned their first duties of seamanship. Advanced training schools were later added for military personnel learning specialized duties. After training hundreds of thousands of recruits, NTC was officially closed on April 30, 1997, and has since been transformed into San Diego's new and vibrant cultural center, Liberty Station Jennifer A. Garey is president of Arts & Antiquities, Inc., which provides consultations, collections management, and exhibitions for museums, corporations, and private collectors. Her professional museum experience spans over 25 years with institutions such as the San Diego Historical Society, the J. Paul Getty Museum, and the Smithsonian Institution. She has compiled here a brief pictorial history of the recruits, schools, and community, which grew and trained together in what was once the highlight of the U.S. Navy, the San Diego Naval Training Center. The Images of America series celebrates the history of neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the country. Using archival photographs, each title presents the distinctive stories from the past that shape the character of the community today. Arcadia is proud to play a part in the preservation of local| heritage, making history available to all. Condition is Brand New. Please check out the pictures for further condition and descriptive info. If you have any questions, PLEASE ask them! I want this transaction to go smoothly for both of us. If you'd like additional photos, please request them! These will be bagged within a box for protection against the elements! I will always entertain REASONABLE offers! Thank you for supporting my small business! F3
Price: 39.95 USD
Location: North Las Vegas, Nevada
End Time: 2025-01-14T00:39:50.000Z
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Theme: Military Academies
