The role of African-americans In the pacific During world war ii.
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The role ofAfrican-americans
In the pacificDuring world war ii
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Overview• SERVED IN SEGREGATED UNITS
AND HAD SEGREGATED FACILITIES
• 1.2 MILLION SERVED DURING WWII
• MOSTLY SERVED IN SUPPORT AND SERVICE UNITS
Staff Sergeant Timberlate Kervin and Corporal SamuelJ. Love, Sr., the first African-American Marines decorated by the 2nd Marine Division. They received Purple Heartsfor wounds received on Saipan.
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The navy
A gun crew posing for a group photo aboardtheir ship. March 1944, the first thirteen
African-American naval officersare commissioned.
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The navy
Doris Miller Leonard Roy Harmon
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The navy
Storing ammunitionat a naval supply point.
Taking a breakwhile unloadingsupplies on abeach.
Building a storage facilityat a rear base.
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The army
An engineer unit on Attu, in the Aleutian Islands, takes a breakfor chow.
An American soldier and a Chinesesoldier mount each others flag onthe lead truck of the first convoyto travel the Ledo Road from Burmato China.
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The army AFRICAN AMERICAN
COMBAT UNITS IN THE PACIFIC
At the headquarters of an anti-aircraftbattalion, plans are made for the future deployment of the gun batteries.
Troops from the 24th Infantry Regimentsupported by a Sherman tank move towards Japanese positions on the island ofBougainville.
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Marine corps
A gun crew from one of the DefenseBattalions poses with their gun on anisland in the Pacific.
Marines from an Ammunition Companyhelp evacuate a wounded Marine on IwoJima.
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coAsT GUARD
A young Coastguardsman aboardhis ship.
A gun crew loading their 20mm cannon aboard aCoast Guard frigate in the Southwest Pacific.
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Texas
Admiral Nimitz pins the Navy Cross on Doris Miller. The Navy Cross is the Navy’s second highest award for bravery.
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George Watson (1915 – March 8, 1943)
MedalOf
honor
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AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN
Captain D.H. Raney of the Army Nurse Corps at her desk at a base hospital.
Nurses tend a wounded patient ata Field Hospital somewhere in the Pacific.
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AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN
Lieutenant Junior GradePickens and Ensign Willsafter graduation from a Navy school.
A Navy Commander swearing in a group ofwomen who are enlisting in the U.S. Navy.