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An African American man, Edward Swain Hope of Washington, D. C., is sworn in as a Lieutenant, CEC-V(S), USNR at Washington, D.C. by Lieutenant Commander H.B. Atkinson, USNR, Executive Officer of the Office of Naval Officer Procurement of Washington

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Caption on back: "Edward Swain Hope of Washington, D. C., is sworn in as a Lieutenant, CEC-V(S), USNR at Washington, D.C. on May 15, 1944 by Lieutenant Commander H.B. Atkinson, USNR, Executive Officer of the Office of Naval Officer Procurement of Washington; Lieutenant Hope is the first Negro to hold the rank of Lieutenant in the Navy; Born in Atlanta, Lieutenant Hope has lived since 1932 at Howard University, Washington, where he was Superintendent of Buildings and grounds; H holds four degrees from three colleges - Morehouse College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Columbia University; He has been ordered to proceed to U.S. Naval Construction Training Center at Davisville, Rhode Island for introduction and assignment to duty on the station force in connection with Seabee training.
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1944 05 15
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Keywords

  1. African American Men
  2. African American Soldiers
  3. African Americans
  4. American
  5. Armed Forces
  6. Flags
  7. Navies
  8. Oaths
  9. Officers
  10. United States
  11. United States. Navy
  12. Washington (D.C.)
  13. World War, 1939 1945

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