Coast Guard men stand on and around truck float during a stamp drive in Boston |
"Negro sailors of the U.S.S. Mason commissioned at Boston Navy Yard on 20 March 1944 proudly look over their ship which is the first to have a predominately Negro crew." |
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"Lt.(jg) Harriet Ida Pickens and Ens. Frances Wills, first Negro Waves to be commissioned. They were members of the final graduating class at Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School (WR) Northampton, MA." |
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