Hi All: Yes, I remember a Naval program at Notre Dame during WW 11. It was called V 8 or V 1 - I do not remember which and when the cadets graduated from this program they became ensigns in the US Navy. I remember them strolling in the uptown district of So. Bend when we visited there. My mother had 2 sisters living in So. Bend so we went there as often as we could what with gas rationing etc. Bendix and Studebaker were BIG in defense manufacturing and I am sure there others but do not know who. If it had not been for the home front being 100% behind the military the outcome might have been different or the war might have lasted longer. Also, the official date for the ending of WW 11 was December 31, 1946 and not when the surrender was signed aboard the USS Missouri. September 2, 1945 was the ending of military action. Please correct me if I have this information wrong. Sally M. Nichols [email protected]