Keywords: people groupshot blackandwhite monochrome black and white Lot 4102-11: America At War: Join In Song In The U.S. Young Chinese naval officers, members of a group studying English at Swarthmore College in the Eastern U.S. before taking further technical training with the U.S. Navy, join in some impromptu singing with the American naval cadets at the college. To learn the language and absorb American customs more quickly, the Chinese students share dormitories, take their meals, attend classes, study and play with the American students. Later, they will serve as observers with the U.S. Navy. Collection of the Office of War Information, 1946. (7/24/2015). Lot 4102-11: America At War: Join In Song In The U.S. Young Chinese naval officers, members of a group studying English at Swarthmore College in the Eastern U.S. before taking further technical training with the U.S. Navy, join in some impromptu singing with the American naval cadets at the college. To learn the language and absorb American customs more quickly, the Chinese students share dormitories, take their meals, attend classes, study and play with the American students. Later, they will serve as observers with the U.S. Navy. Collection of the Office of War Information, 1946. (7/24/2015). |