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[ New Search ] Navy Recruits Location : San Francisco, CA Date : May 9, 1940 Agency : NYA Credits : Rondal Partridge (Photographer) Owner : NARA (SPB) Medium : B&W Photo Control Number : RG 119-CAL-4-212 Enlarged Image Description : One of the solution to getting tired of hanging around. A group of selected navy recruits receiving last instructions before they actually sign up for enrollment. Interviewed, all of them gave us their reason for enlistment the desire to learn a trade. Most of these boys come from a rural areas; one third of them had discharge papers from the CCC. Listed Under: [Photo Series][NYA Photoessays of Rondal Partridge][Hanging Around]