The V-12 Navy College Training Program was designed to supplement the force of commissioned officers in the

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. Between July 1, 1943, and June 30, 1946, more than 125,000 participants were enrolled in 131

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in the United States. Numerous participants attended classes and lectures at their respective colleges and earned completion degrees for their studies. Some even returned from their naval obligations to earn a degree from the colleges where they were previously stationed. The V-12 program's goal was to produce officers, not unlike the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), which sought to turn out more than 200,000 technically trained personnel in such fields as engineering, foreign languages, and medicine. Running from 1942 to 1944, the ASTP recruits were expected but not required to become officers at the end of their training.

History

The purpose of the V-12 program was to generate a large number of officers for both the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps to meet the demands of World War II, in excess of the number that was turned out annually by the

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at Annapolis and standing

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. Once enrollees completed their V-12-subsidized

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programs, their next step toward obtaining a commission depended on the service branch: Navy * Navy officer candidates were required to complete the V-7 United States Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School program. It was a short course of eight months. The first month was spent at Indoctrination School, a "boot camp" for officer candidates that had Marine Corps

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s. Pre-Midshipmen's School was a preparatory four-month course teaching military skills like seamanship, navigation, ordnance, and how to behave like an officer. Midshipmen's School itself taught academic skills and was three months long. Graduates were commissioned as

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in the U.S. Naval Reserve and the majority entered into active duty with the U.S. fleet. Marines * Marine Corps candidates reported directly to boot camp and were later enrolled in a three-month officer candidate course. Once complete, participants were commissioned as second lieutenants in the Marine Corps.

Inception

When the United States entered the Second World War, American colleges and universities suffered huge enrollment declines. Men of prime draft age who would normally have gone into college (or would have remained enrolled until their course of study was completed) were either drafted, volunteered for service, or dropped out and took jobs in agriculture or war-related industries. As a result, some colleges worried they would have to close their doors for the duration of the conflict. On October 14, 1942, the American Council on Education issued a report on how best to use colleges and universities for the war effort. The plan recommended that a "college training corps" be established on college and university campuses, that members of the corps be in uniform and receive active-duty pay, and that graduates be trained in technical specialties that were of use to the Army and the Navy. President Franklin D. Roosevelt agreed with this report, and asked the Secretary of War and

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how best they could use higher education in their mobilization plans. The V-12 Navy college training program and the Army Specialized Training Program were jointly announced on December 12, 1942. The V-12 program found more favor with college administrators than did the ASTP. Unlike the ASTP, V-12 students were allowed to attend classes with civilian students and participate in athletics. The majority of the basic curriculum consisted of classes already taught by civilian instructors. Depending on the V-12 enrollees' past college curriculum, they were enrolled in three school terms, or semesters, which lasted four months each. Captain

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, from the Training Division of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, was the officer-in-charge of the V-12 program. Richard Barrett Lowe, future

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, was one of its early commanding officers.

Scope

The V-12 program was economically and functionally beneficial to undergraduate colleges and universities in maintaining enrollments during a general mobilization of manpower for the war, and also met and exceeded the critical needs of the military.

Participating institutions

Unlike the ASTP, the Navy predominantly chose small, private colleges for V-12 detachments. Of the 131 institutions selected for line units, approximately 100 could be considered "small," and eighty-eight were private institutions. Eleven were associated with the

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and state flagship universities accounted for only eighteen of the 131 detachments. After the V-12 Program got underway on July 1, 1943, public and private college enrollment increased by 100,000 participants, helping reverse the sharp wartime downward trend.

Midshipman Schools (V-7 Midshipman Program)

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Line units

* Alma College * Arkansas A & M College * Arizona State Teachers College *

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* Bates College * Berea College *

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* Bethany College (West Virginia) * Bloomsburg University * Bowling Green State University *

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* California Institute of Technology *

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* Carson-Newman College * Case School of Applied Science * Central College * Central Michigan UniversityWarren Giese Rejects Central Coaching Job
''Ludington Daily News'', March 24, 1951. * Central Missouri State Teachers College *

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* College of the Holy Cross * College of St. Thomas * College of the Pacific * Colorado College *

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(archived 2012) *

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* Dickinson State Teachers College * Doane College * Drew University *

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* Emory & Henry College *

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* Georgia Institute of Technology * Gonzaga University * Gustavus Adolphus College * Hampden–Sydney College *

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* Hobart College * Howard College * Iowa State College * Illinois Institute of Technology *

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* Indiana State Teachers College * John Carroll University *

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* Lawrence College *

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* Mercer University *

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* Milligan College *

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* Mississippi College *

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* North Dakota State School of Science * North Texas Agricultural College * Northwest Missouri State Teachers College *

* Oberlin College * Occidental College * Ohio Wesleyan University * Park College * Pennsylvania State University *

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* Saint Ambrose College * St. Lawrence University *

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* Southeast Missouri State Teachers College *

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* Southwestern Louisiana Institute *

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* Stevens Institute of Technology *

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* Tufts College * Tulane University *

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* University of Idaho – Southern Branch *

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at Ann Arbor *

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* University of New Mexico *

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* University of Oklahoma *

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* University of South Carolina * University of South Dakota * University of Southern California * University of the South *

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* Ursinus College * Villanova College * Wabash College * Washburn Municipal University * Webb Institute of Naval Architecture * Wesleyan University * West Virginia State College *

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* Western Michigan College * Westminster College * Whitman College * Willamette University *

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* Worcester Polytechnic Institute *

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Medical units

Albany Medical College Albany Medical College (AMC) is a private medical school in Albany, New York. It was founded in 1839 by Alden March and James H. Armsby and is one of the oldest medical schools in the nation. The college is part of the Albany Medical Center, whi ...

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* Johns Hopkins School of Medicine * Long Island College of Medicine *

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* Loyola University - Stritch School of Medicine * Medical College of South Carolina * Medical College of Virginia * Marquette University School of Medicine *

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North Pacific College of Oregon North Pacific College was a private, post-secondary educational institution located in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. A professional school, North Pacific had pharmacy, dental, and optometry programs. The dental program was purchased by the ...

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* NYU College of Medicine * Saint Louis University School of Medicine * Southwestern Medical Foundation *

* Stanford University School of Medicine * Syracuse University College of Medicine *

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* Tulane University School of Medicine * University of Alabama School of Medicine * University of Arkansas College of Medicine * University of Buffalo School of Medicine * University of Chicago School of Medicine * University of Cincinnati College of Medicine * University of Georgia School of Medicine * University of Illinois College of Medicine *

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* University of Louisville School of Medicine * University of Maryland School of Medicine * University of Michigan Medical College * University of Mississippi School of Medicine * University of Missouri, School of Basic Medical Science * University of Nebraska College of Medicine *

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* North Dakota State School of Science *

University of Oklahoma College of Medicine History The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine was founded in 1900 as a medical department of the University of Oklahoma at its main campus in Norman. Lawrence N. Upjohn, M.D. is regarded as the "founding dean" and served from 1900-1904 ...

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* University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine * University of Tennessee College of Medicine * University of Texas Medical Branch * University of Utah College of Medicine * University of Vermont College of Medicine *

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* Wake Forest College - Bowman Gray School of Medicine * Wayne State University School of Medicine * Washington University School of Medicine * Yale University School of Medicine

Dental units

* College of Physicians and Surgeons (San Francisco) * Creighton University College of Dentistry * Emory University School of Medicine * Indiana University School of Dentistry * Loyola University - Stritch School of Medicine * North Pacific College of Oregon - School of Dentistry * Marquette University School of Dentistry * Ohio State University College of Dentistry * Saint Louis University School of Dentistry * University of Buffalo School of Dentistry * University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry * University of Illinois College of Dentistry * University of Louisville School of Dentistry * University of Maryland School of Medicine * University of Minnesota Medical School *

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* University of Tennessee College of Medicine *

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Washington University School of Dental Medicine The Washington University School of Dental Medicine (WUSDM) was the dental school of Washington University in St. Louis. It operated from 1866 to 1991. Over 5,000 dentists were educated at WUSDM. WUSDM was a pioneer in the practice of scientific ...

Theological units

Andover Newton Theological School Andover Newton Theological School (ANTS) was a graduate school and seminary in Newton, Massachusetts. Affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA and the United Church of Christ. It was the product of a merger between Andover Theological ...

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* Chicago Theological Seminary *

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* Columbia Theological Seminary *

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* Episcopal Theological School * Garrett Biblical Institute * Hartford Theological School * Harvard Divinity School *

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* Luther Theological Seminary * McCormick Theological Seminary * Oberlin Graduate School of Theology * Pittsburgh-Xenia Theological Seminary *

* University of Chicago Divinity School *

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Notable graduates

* George Allen, football coach ( Alma College &

) * Howard Baker,

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from

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( University of the South & Tulane University) * Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame football star and Heisman Trophy Winner *

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, founder, SAIC, Foundation for Enterprise Development, and

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from 1945 to 1948, and

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who was held hostage during the Columbia University protests of 1968. *

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, attained rank of Captain * Roger Corman, filmmaker from

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Golden Gophers from 1940–1942 and the

Wolverines in 1943 *

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player, coach, and college athletics administrator, played halfback at

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, businessman and philanthropist (

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, South Carolina legislator and football coach *

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championship in 1965 *

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and

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, actor, entered the program at

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but had to drop out because of color blindness * David "Sam" Peckinpah,

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( Bates College) *

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, historian and college administrator who was president of

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, 1965–1981 * Leon Silver, geologist who was instrumental in training the Apollo Program astronauts in field geology. *

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, leading American anthropologist and scholar of

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, Author, U.S. Marine *

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and essayist (

) * Hugh Taylor, professional football player and coach *

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Luray, Rhonda - Training the world's greatest Navy, 2004

All Hands Naval Bulletin - July, 1943

The Navy College Training Program V-12: Curricula Schedules, Course Descriptions – Google Books

Navy V-12 Bulletin – Google Books

Navy V-12 – Google Books

Continuance of Navy V-12 College Training Program – Google Books

Wartime College Training Programs of the Armed Services – Google Books
History of the United States Navy United States Navy schools and training