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By Taira Payne. In this audio excerpt from his oral history, Admiral Duncan describes the Navy’s V-12 College Training Program, which was launched to beef up the numbers of commissioned naval officers during World War II (some 125,000 participants passed through the program during and immediately after the war years).
TCU welcomed the V-12 program with open arms, creating a campus culture that allowed V-12 members to prepare for war while still getting to experience the college life of a Horned Frog. The 1945 V-12 College Training Program of Texas Christian University standing in front of one of their dormitories, which they called “U.S.S. Jarvis.”.
To save the institution, President Thomas Tormey successfully petitioned to have a V-12 Navy College Training Program placed on campus. In the fall of 1943, the addition of 400 sailors and marines working on their degrees allowed the college to stay open. Throughout the war, over 1,000 armed services personnel lived and trained on the campus.
15 de ene. de 2021 · The V-12 Navy College Training program was an officer candidacy program active during World War II and was designed to supplement the NROTC program. It required less training but ultimately resulted in a commission. Participants were required to take 17 academic units a semester and complete at least 9.5 physical training hours a week. The ...
In April of 1943 Bates College was selected as a training site for the new Navy College Training Program known as V-12. The Bates program was commissioned on July 1, 1943 and began with 292 trainees; over the course of the program, 782 trainees were processed. With the war resulting in a subsequent decline in enrollment, the program helped to ...
The V-12 Navy College Training Program was designed to supplement the force of commissioned officers in the United States Navy during World War II.Between July 1, 1943, and June 30, 1946, more than 125,000 participants were enrolled in 131 colleges and universities in the United States. Numerous participants attended classes, and lectures at the respective colleges and earned completion ...
12 de abr. de 2024 · Historical Note. On July 1, 1943, the V-12 Navy College Training Program was implemented on college campuses across the United States. Designed to supplement the officer ranks of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps with college-educated men, this program offered mutual benefit to colleges and universities whose student bodies had been dramatically thinned by military service.
