"Met the Enemy"
![Men are blindfolded and participating in hand to hand combat as an instructor looks on Men are blindfolded and participating in hand to hand combat as an instructor looks on](/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/art/exhibits/conflicts-and-operations/wwii/paintings-of-naval-aviation/met-the-enemy/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1519930375908.jpg)
There comes a time in war when man is pitted against man, a time for the individual without his weapons. Such a time, the Navy knows, may come to its pilots--possible in the rankness of enemy-infested jungle, on the beaches, or in the desert. In preparation for that eventuality, aviation cadets are taught the finer points of hand-to-hand combat. So that it may be instinctive, the Navy teaches cadets to fight blindfolded, such as they might have to do in the jungle at night.
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- World War II 1939-1945
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