"The first Negro to be commissioned in the Marine Corps has his second lieutenant's bars pinned on by his wife. He is Frederick C. Branch of Charlotte, NC."

"Lt.(jg.) Stanly Marlowe Smith, U.S. Maritime Service; Mrs. Marion H. Elliott Assistant Executive Secretary of the National Council of Negro Women; and Mrs. B.L. Derrick, Chairman."

He's in the Navy now. Annapolis, Md. June 1. Lee Dillard Goodsby, a member of the graduating class of the U.S. Naval Academy today, received an added thrill when his girlfriend, Betty Brougher, pinned the epaulets of ensign on his uniform. Ensign Goodsby is a native of Logansport, La., while Miss Br

"Aboard a U.S. Coast Guard-manned transport somewhere in the Pacific, a group of Negro Marines presents a cheerful front."

"Cmdr. Thomas A. Gaylord, USN (Ret'd), administers oath to five new Navy nurses commissioned in New York."

"Just after stepping out of Ft. Benning GA Theater No. 4 at the conclusion of the 16th O.C.S. graduating exercises, 2nd Lts. Henry C. Harris, Jr.; Frank Frederick Doughton; Elmer B. Kountze; and Rogers H. Beardon (behind) start pinning their brass bars on each others shoulders."

To the victor belong the spoils. Annapolis, Md. June 1. Walter B. Miller, who today was commissioned as an ensign at graduation exercises at the U.S. Naval Academy receives a welcome kiss of congratulation from his girlfriend, Betty Varina Crews. Both are from Columbia, S.C.

Marine Corps Captain Jefferson DeBlanc awarded the Medal of Honor by President Truman

"Chaplain William T. Green reads the benediction at the marriage ceremony of Pfc. Florence A. Collins, a WAC of the 6888th Postal Directory Battalion, to Cpl. William A. Johnson of the 1696th Labor Supervision Co. This is the first Negro marriage to be performed in the European Theater of Operations