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"Surrounded by a veteran crew of Marines who have spent 15 months in the Southwest and Central Pacific, this gun, named the 'Lena Horne' by its crew, points majestically skyward. The gun is manned ny memebrs of the 51st Defense Batallion, one of two such Negro units in the Corps."
Image courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration.
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