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One-time World War II pilots recall Iowa training
Kansas City cadet Dwain Goodman recalls the Iowa Pre Flight School on the University of Iowa campus opened April 15 1942. The program trained 17000 cadets in a three month physical fitness course with top coaches and notable athletes while Navy instructors probed swimming and endurance.
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Iowa
Lyle Muller
Johnson County
Iowa City
Dwain Goodman
Navy
University of Iowa
Goodman
United States
U of I
Kansas City
Bard Pool
South Atlantic Ocean
Don Gannon
Pacific
Gannon
Mark Gannon
Chalmers
Hillcrest
Forest Evashevski
Bernie Bierman
Minnesota
Bud Wilkinson
Oklahoma
Don Faurot
Missouri
Notre Dame
John Fay
Fay
Cosgrove High School
Nile Kinnick