Off to War and a New Beginning
1940-1949

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Student soldiers

While almost all the male students left campus for the military service during World War II, many men also came to campus for military training. Above, the Marshall College Army Air Force training detachment marches along snow-covered 16th Street in front of the college. Marshall's program was three-fold: military, academic and physical. Thirteen classes graduated and the full strength at one time was 400.

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