1948 Navy Boot Camp Graduation Books
Recruit training is a sharp break between civilian and Navy life and is the fundamental element in any man's time in the Naval service. It is the keel of a career in your Navy.
Our collection of 1948 Navy Boot Camp Yearbooks Listing includes Company Commander(s), Date of Graduation (if reported), and the Number of Recruits Graduated. Additional information may consist of extras in the forms of photographs, programs, or personal certificates, etc. of one or more of the recruits from that class.
![United States Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, 1948 Company 9 through Company 16](../../../../DigitalAssets/USNavy/USNTC/GreatLakes-TheKeel/1948/Company0009/FrontCover-250.jpg)
1948 Great Lakes Company 9 Navy Boot Camp Book
Company Commander: F. S. Wilds, CGM
Men Graduated: 99
Graduation Date: Not Reported
![United States Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, 1948 Company 9 through Company 16](../../../../DigitalAssets/USNavy/USNTC/GreatLakes-TheKeel/1948/Company0009/FrontCover-250.jpg)
1948 Great Lakes Company 10 Navy Boot Camp Book
Company Commander: Robert Vidmar, CGM
Men Graduated: 117
Graduation Date: Not Reported
![United States Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, 1948 Company 9 through Company 16](../../../../DigitalAssets/USNavy/USNTC/GreatLakes-TheKeel/1948/Company0009/FrontCover-250.jpg)
1948 Great Lakes Company 11 Navy Boot Camp Book
Company Commander: B. Kuczera, CBM
Men Graduated: 93
Graduation Date: Not Reported
![United States Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, 1948 Company 9 through Company 16](../../../../DigitalAssets/USNavy/USNTC/GreatLakes-TheKeel/1948/Company0009/FrontCover-250.jpg)
1948 Great Lakes Company 12 Navy Boot Camp Book
Company Commander: C. D. Hay, CBM
Men Graduated: 100
Graduation Date: Not Reported
![United States Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, 1948 Company 9 through Company 16](../../../../DigitalAssets/USNavy/USNTC/GreatLakes-TheKeel/1948/Company0009/FrontCover-250.jpg)
1948 Great Lakes Company 13 Navy Boot Camp Book
Company Commander: H. W. Warren, CSM
Men Graduated: 108
Graduation Date: Not Reported
![United States Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, 1948 Company 9 through Company 16](../../../../DigitalAssets/USNavy/USNTC/GreatLakes-TheKeel/1948/Company0009/FrontCover-250.jpg)
1948 Great Lakes Company 14 Navy Boot Camp Book
Company Commander: W. E. Johnson, CSM
Men Graduated: 104
Graduation Date: Not Reported
![United States Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, 1948 Company 9 through Company 16](../../../../DigitalAssets/USNavy/USNTC/GreatLakes-TheKeel/1948/Company0009/FrontCover-250.jpg)
1948 Great Lakes Company 15 Navy Boot Camp Book
Company Commander: S. M. Connolly, CQM
Men Graduated: 101
Graduation Date: Not Reported
![United States Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, 1948 Company 9 through Company 16](../../../../DigitalAssets/USNavy/USNTC/GreatLakes-TheKeel/1948/Company0009/FrontCover-250.jpg)
1948 Great Lakes Company 16 Navy Boot Camp Book
Company Commander: P. J. Treiber, CBM
Men Graduated: 108
Graduation Date: Not Reported
![GGA Image ID # 137ed830e0 Front Cover, Great Lakes USNTC "The Keel" 1948 Company 049.](../../../../Images600/USN/NTC/GreatLakes/1948/Company-049/00-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1948 Great Lakes Company 49 Navy Boot Camp Book
Company Commander: J. H. Leonard, CSM
Men Graduated: 100
Graduation Date: Not Stated
![GGA Image ID # 137f24c12e Front Cover, Great Lakes USNTC "The Keel" 1948 Company 050.](../../../../Images600/USN/NTC/GreatLakes/1948/Company-050/00-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1948 Great Lakes Company 50 Navy Boot Camp Book
Company Commander: C. M. Brubaker, CGM
Men Graduated: 104
Graduation Date: Not Stated
![GGA Image ID # 137faa5f87 Front Cover, Great Lakes USNTC "The Keel" 1948 Company 051.](../../../../Images600/USN/NTC/GreatLakes/1948/Company-051/00-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1948 Great Lakes Company 51 Navy Boot Camp Book
Company Commander: J. W. Glassmyer, CSM
Men Graduated: 98
Graduation Date: Not Stated
![GGA Image ID # 13805ab2fb Front Cover, Great Lakes USNTC "The Keel" 1948 Company 052.](../../../../Images600/USN/NTC/GreatLakes/1948/Company-052/00-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1948 Great Lakes Company 52 Navy Boot Camp Book
Company Commander: W. J. Wroblewski, CTM
Men Graduated: 109
Graduation Date: Not Stated
![GGA Image ID # 1380f6c3e8 Front Cover, Great Lakes USNTC "The Keel" 1948 Company 053.](../../../../Images600/USN/NTC/GreatLakes/1948/Company-053/00-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1948 Great Lakes Company 53 Navy Boot Camp Book
Company Commander: J. W. Warren, CSM
Men Graduated: 113
Graduation Date: Not Stated
![GGA Image ID # 1382e48926 Front Cover, Great Lakes USNTC "The Keel" 1948 Company 054.](../../../../Images600/USN/NTC/GreatLakes/1948/Company-054/00-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1948 Great Lakes Company 54 Navy Boot Camp Book
Company Commander: Norman Marty
Men Graduated: 80
Graduation Date: Not Stated
![GGA Image ID # 1383c43699 Front Cover, Great Lakes USNTC "The Keel" 1948 Company 055.](../../../../Images600/USN/NTC/GreatLakes/1948/Company-055/00-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1948 Great Lakes Company 55 Navy Boot Camp Book
Company Commander: J. E. Dunhuse
Men Graduated: 78
Graduation Date: Not Stated
![GGA Image ID # 1384d52ea0 Front Cover, Great Lakes USNTC "The Keel" 1948 Company 056.](../../../../Images600/USN/NTC/GreatLakes/1948/Company-056/00-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1948 Great Lakes Company 56 Navy Boot Camp Book
Company Commander: N. W. Maudsley, CBM
Men Graduated: 114
Graduation Date: Not Stated
Supplemental Content:
![Front Cover, Navy Boot Camp Book 1948 Company 110 The Keel](../../../../DigitalAssets/USNavy/USNTC/GreatLakes-TheKeel/1948/Company0110/FrontCover-250.jpg)
1948 Great Lakes Company 110 Navy Boot Camp Book
Company Commander: E. C. Zralka, B.M.C.
Men Graduated: 99
Graduation Date: Not Reported
![GGA Image ID # 13f3dc6fd1 Front Cover, Great Lakes USNTC "The Keel" 1948 Company 119.](../../../../Images600/USN/NTC/GreatLakes/1948/Company-119/00-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1948 Great Lakes Company 110 Navy Boot Camp Book
Company Commander: W. H. Harmond, BMC
Men Graduated: 110
Graduation Date: Not Stated
Supplemental Content: Photos of Recruit Instructional Classes
![GGA Image ID # 169f589881 Front Cover, Great Lakes USNTC "The Keel" 1948 Company 149.](../../../../Images600/USN/NTC/GreatLakes/1948/Company-149/00-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1948 Great Lakes Company 149 Navy Boot Camp Book
Company Commander: B. Kroffsik, CBM
Men Graduated: 73
Graduation Date: Not Stated
Supplemental Content: Insert of Original Owner
![Front Cover, Great Lakes USNTC "The Keel" 1948 Company 260](../../../../Images600/USN/NTC/GreatLakes/1948/Company-260/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1948 Great Lakes Company 260 Navy Boot Camp Book
Company Commanders: Frank G. Hacker, GMC and Bert Joseph Bielawski, BMC
Men Graduated: 155
Graduation Date: Not Reported
![1948 Recruit Company 343 The Keel Graduation Yearbook](../../../../DigitalAssets/USNavy/USNTC/GreatLakes-TheKeel/1948/Company0343/FrontCover-250.jpg)
1948 Great Lakes Company 343 Navy Boot Camp Book
Company Commander: M. G. Rarrer, B.M.C.
Men Graduated: 130
Graduation Date: Not Reported
![United States Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, 1948 Hall of Fame Company 402](../../../../DigitalAssets/USNavy/USNTC/GreatLakes-TheKeel/1948/Company0402/FrontCover-250.jpg)
1948 Great Lakes Company 402 Navy Boot Camp Book
Company Commander: Pruden, GMC
Men Graduated: 99
Graduation Date: Not Reported
![1948 Recruit Company 453, Great Lakes Naval Training Center](../../../../DigitalAssets/USNavy/USNTC/GreatLakes-TheKeel/1948/Company0453/FrontCover-250.jpg)
1948 Great Lakes Company 453 Navy Boot Camp Book
Company Commander: H. E. Myers, QMC
Men Graduated: 121
Graduation Date: Not Reported
![GGA Image ID # 137d8e3d1e Front Cover, Great Lakes USNTC "The Keel" 1948 Hall of Fame Company 468.](../../../../Images600/USN/NTC/GreatLakes/1948/Company-463/00-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1948 Great Lakes Hall of Fame Company 463 Navy Boot Camp Book
Company Commander: Grant. QMC
Men Graduated: 116
Graduation Date: Not Stated