"Negro messmen aboard a United States Navy cruiser who volunteered for additional duty as gunners. They have been doing proficient work under battle conditions on a task force in the Pacific under the instruction of the officers at the right."
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- 1942-07-10
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- U.S. National Archives (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
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