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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;…

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.

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

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

Merola was Captain of the 1950 team. Yelvington played five seasons with the New York Giants after college and a stint in the military.

T-Formation quarterback John Rauch started every game (45 games total) for the Bulldogs between 1945 and 1948 and was the first player in NCAA history to start in four consecutive bowl games. Rauch was named All-SEC and All-American in his senior…

Mike Castronis was an All-SEC and All-American lineman during his playing days at Georgia. He returned to his alma mater after a period of coaching high school football. He would coach and serve the University in a variety of ways and became known…

The Bulldogs walking through Rose Bowl Stadium in their street clothes.

The first of many great Bulldog placekickers, Leo Costa scored at least one point in each game that he played.

Clyde Eberhart and Bill Godwin, the centers for the powerful 1942 Georgia line.