"Lt. (jg) Stanly Marlowe Smith, U.S. Maritime Service; [Mrs. Marion H. Elliot] Assistant Executive Secretary of the National Council of Negro Women; and Mrs. B.L. Derrick, Chairman. Lt. Smith is pictured at a war bond rally in Washington D.C. where he spoke and was honored." |
"Clifford R. Jenkins, Jr., after a course at the Cooks and Bakers School at the U.S. Maritime Training Base, Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn [NY], is now baking for merchant seaman aboard the [SS] Patrick Henry, first Liberty Ship launched." |
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"Capt. Clifton Lastic, Master of Liberty Ship [SS] Bert Williams chats with Joe Curran, President of National Maritime Union. The S.S. Bert Williams is named for an African-American comedian." |
"Aboard a Victory ship en route to the Pacific war zone, Chief Mate Earl Stanfield coaches Bos'n Maxie Weisbarth (with whiskers) in mysteries of navigation." |
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