Heroes on Deck is a one-hour documentary about WW2 pilot training on Lake Michigan.
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Between 1943 and 1945, two U.S. Navy aircraft carriers
 stationed at Navy Pier in Chicago functioned as training platforms for 
about 17,000 pilots, signal officers and other personnel. Former 
President George H. W. Bush was among the pilots who learned to take off
 and land on the 500-foot long carrier decks. 
 
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