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 ww2137af-amer.jpg"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." |
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ww2138af-amer.jpg"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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ww2139af-amer.jpg"Arnold R. Fesser, oiler, 17 years at sea: 'We got a big job to do until this war is won. We will keep them sailing until the end. Then we got time for the holidays.'" |
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ww2160af-amer.jpg"Sixteen Negro soldiers recently won the coveted 'wings' of the U.S. Army paratroopers at Fort Benning, in the southern U.S. state of Georgia. The picture shows some of them riding high in a C-47 transport plane preparing to make one of the required five qualifying jumps." |
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