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80-CF-882-3_Box 175: African Americans sworn in for duty, June 1942

80-CF-882-3_Box 175: African Americans sworn in for duty, June 1942. Shown, left to right: Chief Gunner William H. Brady, Lieutenant Kenneth B. Emmons, Henry Fortune, James T. Howard, Jr., Chief Walter Tender Joseph Brinkley and Chief Recruiting Specialist Earl Ross, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 1942. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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Caption: 80-CF-882-3_Box 175: African Americans sworn in for duty, June 1942. Shown, left to right: Chief Gunner William H. Brady, Lieutenant Kenneth B. Emmons, Henry Fortune, James T. Howard, Jr., Chief Walter Tender Joseph Brinkley and Chief Recruiting Specialist Earl Ross, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 1942. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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  • Recruitment
  • People--African Americans
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  • Photograph
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  • World War II 1939-1945
Navy Communities
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  • National Museum of the U.S. Navy
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