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Show 'Teen Age Men Learn Leadership In Officers' Training School America's young men of war are learning to be leaders while yet in their 'teens. These youths of 17, 18 and 19 are receiving valuable training, experience and physical conditioning condi-tioning as members of the Officers' Candidate school at Fort Benning, Ga. By offering their service io the U. S. army at these ages they are following in the footsteps of many of our outstanding generals. The accompanying pictures, taken at Fort Benning, show typical scenes in the daily routines of the youths at the Officers' Candidate school there. Er11""-- " T rT- L "A si f r $k V rSfc i 46oi;e, candidate George R. Johnson of Sherrill, N. Y., takes a bead through the sight on a .37 millimeter gun and aims it for firing. Left: Sergt. Marvin V. Carter, 19, of Live Oak, Fla., (in center) checks on the facility with which two candidates get through a barbed wire entanglement. Here the officer candidates learn to shoot straight and fast. They are following a moving aerial target in the course of training in anti-aircraft firing. It) ,- s s-V rk ! t ? & r - ' ' ' " r -:i 1 A group of young officers (above) study map reading and orientation ori-entation by compass. Right: Sergt. Marvin Carter, an instructor at 19 (right), shows candidate David P. Lehman, 18, of Elkhart, Elk-hart, Ind., the proper way to handle his rifle in a bayonet charge. Camouflaged sol- ? Her demonstrates niping technique, e Camouflaged sol- - - -r Her demonstrates ; -.?1 niping technique. ilJ -iM --- v 'r v If? |