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208-NP-126506: First African American WAVES enter Hospital School at Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, 1945

208-NP-126506: First African American WAVES enter Hospital School at Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, 1945. Hospital Apprentices Second Class Ruth C. Issacs; Katherine Horton; and Ines Patterson, left to right, are the first African-American WAVES to enter the Hospital Corps School at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, March 2, 1945. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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Caption: 208-NP-126506: First African American WAVES enter Hospital School at Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, 1945. Hospital Apprentices Second Class Ruth C. Issacs; Katherine Horton; and Ines Patterson, left to right, are the first African-American WAVES to enter the Hospital Corps School at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, March 2, 1945. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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  • World War II 1939-1945
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