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Corporal Calvin James of Alabama, and Technician Fifth Grade Joseph Wooten of North Carolina, operating a winch aboard a Liberty ship in the harbor at Marseille

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United States. Army. Signal Corps

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Caption on back: "Corporal Calvin James, Sunflower, Alabama, and Technician Fifth Grade Joseph Wooten, Fuqua Springs, North Carolina are operating a winch aboard a Liberty ship in the harbor at Marseille; This photo was taken in mid-February, 1946, 3/19/46.
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Photographs Gelatin Silver Prints
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1946 02
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Keywords

  1. African American Soldiers
  2. African Americans
  3. Armed Forces
  4. France
  5. Liberty Ships
  6. Marseille (France)
  7. Ships
  8. United States

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