Did you know that the United States Navy had a large pilot-training school here in Iowa City during World War II? Meet two young men from Michigan – Sterry B. Williams and William G. Parfet. Thanks to a digitized version of a rare Kodak 8mm color movie, we can enjoy a quick trip to Iowa City in July 1943. Family records indicate that these two pilots-to-be started their three-month assignments in Iowa City on May 6, 1943, and completed their work on July 27, 1943.
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