Diamond 'S' Emergency Rate - Shore Patrol School 1944

[Salvage Sailor]

Detail from a graduation class yardlong, Farragut Naval Training Station 1944

 

[sigsaye]

1 hour ago, Salvage Sailor said:

Detail from a graduation class yardlong, Farragut Naval Training Station 1944

 

Notice how the two cuffs you can see are S2/c. But the Sailors you can see, look a bit beyond 17-18 years old. 

[Salvage Sailor]

Aye Steve,

 

Perhaps recruited for stateside duty as Specialist S temporary enlistments.  Here's a photo from another class at Farragut, Idaho 1944