[University of Texas School of Military Aeronautics Squad 36]

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Copy print of Squad 36 standing in four lines on the steps in front of the State Capitol. The men are all wearing their uniforms and holing their campaign hats in their right hands at their sides as they stand at attention.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

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Jensen Raymer Photographers February 1918.

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  • Main Title: [University of Texas School of Military Aeronautics Squad 36]
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Copy print of Squad 36 standing in four lines on the steps in front of the State Capitol. The men are all wearing their uniforms and holing their campaign hats in their right hands at their sides as they stand at attention.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

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Additional historical notes: In 1917, President Woodrow Wilson and the Council of National Defense established military schools for aviators at six college campuses around the country. The Schools of Military Aeronautics (SMAs) were to provide basic technical instruction for beginning pilots before they moved on to flight training. The SMA students were not considered regular university students. Those attending the SMA became soldiers in a new branch of the US Army called "Air Service," later becoming the United States Air Force. The UT SMA was initially housed in B. Hall, but moved housing once enrollment expanded from 50 to several hundred men. By the end of the war, the UT SMA had over 1,000 men enrolled--the largest in the country--and was known as the "West Point of the Air." It would be the prototype for the Air Force Academy. World War I officially ended on November 11, 1918, nine months after this photo was taken.

The physical print is faded on the left side and the bottom right corner is torn. Adhesive holds brown paper to the top edge of the physical print.

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Jensen Raymer Photographers. [University of Texas School of Military Aeronautics Squad 36], photograph, February 1918; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth124221/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.

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