National Museum of the U.S. Navy

This section focuses on African Americans who received awards and were heroes during World War II.   In this focus, there are images of some of the servicemen who assisted during the Port Chicago Naval Magazine Explosion in July 1944.  

Other resources:

Downloadable African American Pamphlet

NHHC African American Experience

Press Release:  Port Chicago After Explosion:  July 20, 1944

Image:   208-COM-226:  Artwork on Doris Miller and Elvin Bell for their heroism during World War II.   Official U.S. Office of War Information photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.