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Cadets of the U.S. Navy pre-flight school, which existed on the UGA campus from 1942 through 1945, parade in Sanford Stadium

Cadets of the U.S. Navy Pre-Flight School exercise on south campus of the University of Georgia.

Navy Pre-Flight School cadets on parade. These cadets are using the open-air amphitheater on south campus as a parade ground. The amphitheater stood on what is now the site of the Boyd Graduate Studies Building and the Science Library.

Navy Pre-Flight School cadets eating. The University campus was in large part taken over by the Navy and existing facilities were either enlarged or changed to meet the needs of the Pre-Flight school. New facilities were also constructed on campus;…

The 1939 Georgia Bulldogs coaching staff. Wally Butts was hired on the condition that he would be able to put together his own staff rather than to retain assistants already in place.

First row (l-r): Wallace Butts, Bill Hartman, Howell Hollis,…

Joel Hunt coached at UGA for only one season, going 5-5-1 in 1938. He had no previous head coaching experience, having been an assistant at Texas A&M and LSU. After UGA, he was head coach for one season at Wyoming.

Frank Sinkwich runs the ball for the Georgia Bullpups against Georgia Tech Baby Jackets in the annual Thanksgiving Day match-up of the freshman teams from the two schools. As freshmen weren't eligible to play varsity football, freshman teams were a…

The 1939 Georgia Bulldogs went 5-6 (1-3 in the SEC) in Wally Butts' first year as head coach.

The 1940 Bulldogs went 5-4-1 (2-3-1 in the SEC) for the season.

The 1941 Bulldogs had a season record of 9-1-1 (3-1-1 in the SEC). Wally Butts guided the team to the program's first-ever bowl game, defeating TCU 40-26 in the Orange Bowl. Frank Sinkwich set an Orange Bowl record with three touchdown passes and…