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U.S. Navy African American enlisted members placing six-inches-shells in magazines at the Naval Ammunition base

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@ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

Naval Photographic Center (U.S.)

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Caption on back: "Members of a Navy base company of enlisted negroes keep the wheels humming at a Navy base on Espiritu Santo in New Hebrides; Putting their varied talents to use, they include within their ranks motor mechanist's mates, boatswain mates, signalmen and storekeepers; Though far from home, their combined energies have made of the tropic base a palm-decorated "home away from home" as they serve on the far-flung Pacific front; The group shown above are placing 6" shells in magazines at the Naval Ammunition Depot; They are [left to right] : Dodson B. Samples, S1c, Chicago, Ill.; Raymond Wynn, S1c, Sulpur Springs, Va.; Edward L. Clavo, S1c, New Orleans, La.; and Jesse Davis, S1c, Pensacola, Fla.
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Text
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Photographs Gelatin Silver Prints
Created Date:
1939 1945
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Military

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

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The New York Public Library

Keywords

  1. African American Soldiers
  2. African American Young Men
  3. African Americans
  4. Armed Forces
  5. Navies
  6. Shells (Ammunition)
  7. United States
  8. United States. Navy
  9. World War, 1939 1945

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