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Some Facts About Berea and the V-12 Program
The Navy V-12 program was designed to give officer candidates
preliminary training during the World War II. One hundred and
thirty-one colleges
and universities across the U.S. were selected to take part in
the program. Berea College and the University of Louisville
were the
only institutions in Kentucky that had V-12 students.
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Berea played
host to 790 Navy V-12ers. About 40 of them returned after
the war to complete degrees.
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The V-12ers dominated Berea’s
basketball, track and judo teams. Some of the navy personnel
that served as coaches
were Chiefs Leonard Pickett, Sam Fox, Ed Petro, Jake H. Moser
and Charles Cummings.
- Most V-12ers at Berea were housed in Blue
Ridge, Howard
and Cumberland Halls. Among the innovations they brought to
Berea were dances (other than country dancing) and (gasp!)
mixed swimming.
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