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80-CF-882-2_Box 175: First African Americans Sworn in for Clerical Service, 1942

80-CF-882-2_Box 175: First African Americans Sworn in for Clerical Service, 1942. Original caption, “First African-Americans Sworn in for Clerical Service.” Walter Hurtt, accompanied by his father Wyoming Hurtt, gets enlistment data at U.S. Navy Recruiting Station, 67 Broad Street, New York. Hurtt was one of the first African-Americans to apply under the Navy’s new rule allowing African-Americans to enlist in other than mess attendant’s capacity. Possibly summer of 1942. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives Note, this photograph has not been fully verified.
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Caption: 80-CF-882-2_Box 175: First African Americans Sworn in for Clerical Service, 1942. Original caption, “First African-Americans Sworn in for Clerical Service.” Walter Hurtt, accompanied by his father Wyoming Hurtt, gets enlistment data at U.S. Navy Recruiting Station, 67 Broad Street, New York. Hurtt was one of the first African-Americans to apply under the Navy’s new rule allowing African-Americans to enlist in other than mess attendant’s capacity. Possibly summer of 1942. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives Note, this photograph has not been fully verified.
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  • People--African Americans
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  • World War II 1939-1945
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  • National Museum of the U.S. Navy
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