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Image shows four pre-flight cadets in their bunks looking and laughing at photographs. A cvaption pasted to the back reads "Evening rest periods at St. Mary's give the cadets a chance to dream of the flying days ahead and look at pictures of their girl friends. Comparing photos here are Cadets Robert Calhoun (left), and "Bill" Ford on the lower bunk, and Cadets James Eaton (left) and Brye Eastburn on the upper bunk."

William [Bill] Clay Ford is the grandson of Henry Ford- as in the automobile.Saint Mary's Pre-Flight School was a part of the Saint Mary's College of California campus in Moraga, Ca. St. Mary's College began in S.F., made its way to Oakland, and then finaly settled on the old base in Moraga. The pre-flight school is no longer a part of the college.

Used: Oakland Tribune