ww2064af-amer.jpg "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."		ww2065af-amer.jpg "A gun crew of six Negroes who were given the Navy Cross for standing by their gun when their ship was damaged by enemy attack in the Philippine area. Crew members: Jonell Copeland, AtM2/c; Que Gant, StM; Harold Clark,Jr., StM; James Eddie Dockery, StM; Alonzo Alexander Swann, StM; and Eli Benjamin, StM."
ww2066af-amer.jpg "Negro messmen aboard a United States Navy cruiser who volunteered for additional duty as gunners. They have been doing proficient work under battle conditions on a task force in the Pacific under the instruction of the officers at the right."		ww2067af-amer.jpg "His crew sank a German submarine. U.S.S. Otter."

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