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MILITARY SERVICES, 1914-1955
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Photographs related to the NAACP's efforts to integrate the armed forces.
African American contributions, both male and female, to the various
branches of the armed services. The bulk documents World War II period. |
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African American Women in the Military Services,
during World War II, 1943-1951, bulk 1943-1945.
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Call No.: LOT 13103 (F) |
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Emphasis is on activities of the Army Nurses Corps and the Women's Army
(Auxiliary) Corps at bases in Australia, England, France, and the United
States. Activities include training, recruitment, clerical work, and
recreation, such as army nurses playing cards and knitting, and a WAAC
band in a parade. Includes portraits of officers and new recruits.
Prominent people depicted include Mary McLeod Bethune at a National
Civilian Advisory Committee luncheon, Fort Des Moines, Iowa; Joe Louis
welcoming a group of new WAAC enlistees; and Walter White visiting the
Fort Des Moines, Iowa, training center. 76 photographic prints.
Organized into five subject categories: Army Nurse Corps; Women's Army
Auxiliary Corps (WAACs), later called Women's Army Corps (WACs); Women
in the Air Force (WAFs); Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service
(WAVES); Miscellaneous, Atlanta Army Services Forces Department. |
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Army Nurse Corps |
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Arrival in Australia |
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Call No.: LOT 13103, nos. 1-5 (F) |
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European Theater of Operations (ETO) nurses in
England |
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Call No.: LOT 13103, nos. 6-13 (F) |
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Miscellaneous |
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Call No.: LOT 13103, nos. 14-21 (F) |
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WAACs/WACs |
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Fort Benning, Ga. |
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Call No.: LOT 13103, nos. 22-24 (F) |
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Fort Des Moines, Iowa, training center |
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Call No.: LOT 13103, nos. 25-40 (F) |
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6888th Unit |
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Call No.: LOT 13103, nos. 41-43 (F) |
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Transportation Corps, New York post |
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Call No.: LOT 13103, nos. 44-51 (F) |
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Miscellaneous |
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Call No.: LOT 13103, nos. 52-63 (F) |
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WAFs |
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Call No.: LOT 13103, no. 64 (F) |
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WAVES, 1944 |
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Call No.: LOT 13103, nos. 65-74 (F) |
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Miscellaneous, Atlanta Army Service Forces Department |
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Call No.: LOT 13103, nos. 75-76 (F) |
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African American Army Air Force Pilots, Mechanics,
and Officers at Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama, 1941-1945.
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Call No.: LOT 13104 (F) |
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Emphasis is on training classes and activities for Tuskegee Army Flying
School and portraits of officers, cadets, and other personnel at
Tuskegee. Includes five photos showing African American officers being
held under arrest at Freemen Field, Ind., for refusing to comply with
segregation policies imposed by the base. Includes a few photos of
women--the post librarian and "Miss Tuskegee Army Air Field." 41
photographic prints. Organized into three subject categories: General
activities; Freeman Air Field mutiny; Individual and group portraits.
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General activities |
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Call No.: LOT 13104, nos. 1-16 (F) |
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Freeman Air Field mutiny |
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Call No.: LOT 13104, nos. 17-21 (F) |
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Individual and group portraits |
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Call No.: LOT 13104, nos. 22-41 (F) |
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African Americans in the Army Air Forces, during
World War II, 1944-ca. 1950, bulk 1944-1948.
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Call No.: LOT 13105 (F) |
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Emphasis is on training in the United States and active duty with the Air
Services Command in England and Italy. Activities include aviation and
mechanical training, recreation, transportation of supplies. Many
portraits of soldiers and officers enlisted in the 13th and 15th Air
Force, the 92nd Field Artillery, the 99th Fighter Squadron, and
graduates of the Air Forces Training Command, as well as other service
units. Post-World War II photos show the Berlin Air Lift of 1948 and
document African American participation in this effort. Includes one
photo of Mary McLeod Bethune reviewing a military parade held in her
honor at MacDill Air Field, Tampa, Fla., and one photo of Joe Louis with
soldiers of the 15th Air Force in Italy. 175 photographic prints.
Organized into nine subject categories: Air Service Command Depot,
England; Berlin Air Lift, Operation Vittles; 15th Air Force Service
Command; Military decorations; 99th Fighter Squadron; Portraits;
Recreation; Training; Miscellaneous. |
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Air Service Command Depot, England, 1945 |
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Call No.: LOT 13105, nos. 1-19 (F) |
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Berlin Air Lift, Operation Vittles, 1948 |
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Call No.: LOT 13105, nos. 20-41 (F) |
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15th Air Force Service Command, 1944-1945 |
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Call No.: LOT 13105, nos. 42-63 (F) |
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Military decorations |
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Call No.: LOT 13105, nos. 64-73 (F) |
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99th Fighter Squadron, 1944-1945 |
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Call No.: LOT 13105, nos. 74-81 (F) |
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Portraits, 1944-1950 |
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Call No.: LOT 13105, nos. 82-131 (F) |
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Recreation, 1944-1945 |
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Call No.: LOT 13105, nos. 132-137 (F) |
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Training, ca. 1950 |
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Call No.: LOT 13105, nos. 138-165 (F) |
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Miscellaneous, 1944-1950 |
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Call No.: LOT 13105, nos. 166-174 (F) |
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African Americans in the Army Corps, during World
War II, 1938-1952, bulk 1943-1945.
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Call No.: LOT 13106 (F) |
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Photos show soldiers stationed at bases and training camps in the United
States and abroad. Subjects include soldiers receiving military
decorations, training exercises, and work activities, such as
constructing an air field in England, transporting supplies with the
Transportation Corps, Port Battalion at the New York Port of
Embarkation, repairing equipment and automobile engines. Some photos
show soldiers at church services, reading, or involved in other leisure
activities. Many photos of organized sports events including a track and
field competition in Louisiana and Joe Louis in a boxing exhibition for
the 5th Army in Italy; some group portraits of basketball teams. Units
represented include an artillery battalion with the 8th Army in Japan;
the Aviation Engineer Construction Battalion in England; several photos
of the 93rd Infantry with combat teams on Bougainville Island (Papua New
Guinea); the Quartermaster Corps; the Transportation Corps; the 92nd
Infantry Division on maneuvers with the 5th Army in Italy; and the 94th
Engineer Construction Battalion working on "Exercise Swarmer" in North
Carolina, April 1950. Includes one photo of African American troops
guarding German POWs in France, a photo of a victory parade in New York,
N.Y., celebrating the return of the 332nd African American Fighter Group
(Tuskegee Airmen). Prominent people represented include General
Eisenhower talking with an African American private at an unidentified
location on the Western Front; Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., being awarded
Distinguished Service and Legion of Honor medals and shown with the
369th Artillery Regiment of the New York National Guard (NYNG), which he
commanded in 1938. Includes individual portraits of soldiers and
officers and some group portraits of companies. 289 photographic prints.
Organized into ten subject categories: General activities; Japan, 8th
Army; Military decorations; Swarmer; Port battalions; Portraits;
Recreational activities; Theater of operations; Training; 369th
Artillery Regiment, New York National Guard (NYNG). |
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General activities, 1944-1952 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 1-20 (F) |
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Japan, 8th Army, 1948-1949 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 21-29 (F) |
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Military decorations, 1943-1952 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 30-53 (F) |
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Swarmer |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 54-60 (F) |
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Port battalions, 1944 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 61-73 (F) |
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Portraits, 1942-1962 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 74-112 (F) |
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Recreational activities |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 113-154 (F) |
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Theater of operations |
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Australia, 1944 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 155-158 (F) |
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Belgium, 1944 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, no. 159 (F) |
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Burma India, 1945 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, no. 160-170 (F) |
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England, 1943-1946 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 171-195 (F) |
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Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea), 1944 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 198-203 (F) |
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France, 1944 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 196, 197, 204-218
(F) |
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Germany, 1945 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 219-221 (F) |
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Italy, 1944 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 222-236 (F) |
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Luxemburg, 1944 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 237-238 (F) |
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South Pacific, 1944-1945 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 239-244 (F) |
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Training |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 245-271 (F) |
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369th Artillery Regiment, New York National Guard (NYNG) |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 272-289 (F) |
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African Americans in the Coast Guard, during World
War II, 1942-1945.
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Call No.: LOT 13107 (F) |
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Two photos show coastguardsmen at Pea Island Coast Guard Station working
with a surfboat and a signalman sending a message; three portraits of
coastguardsmen John W. Banks of Atlanta, Ga.; Willie Brown of Newark,
N.J.; and Fred D. Campbell of Chadbourn, N.C. 5 photographic prints. |
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Coast Guard |
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Call No.: LOT 13107, nos. 1-5 (F) |
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LOT 13108: LOT number not used
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African Americans in the Marines, during World War
II, 1943.
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Call No.: LOT 13109 (F) |
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Photos show new recruits in combat training at Camp Lejuene, N.C.;
recruits at drills or receiving medical exams; portraits of marine
officer candidates enrolled at the Marine Training School, Quantico,
Va.; portraits of Marine journalists, a boxer, and a track athlete;
Private Jeff Smith receiving the Purple Heart; one photo of a Marine
singing quintet. 16 photographic prints. |
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Marines |
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Call No.: LOT 13109, nos. 1-16 (F) |
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African American Soldiers and Women Civilians
Participating in Activities and Services of the American Red Cross,
United Service Organizations, and Theater Special Services, during World
War II, 1943-1951, bulk 1943-1946.
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Call No.: LOT 13110 (F) |
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Photos (several on postcard mounts) show soldiers and nurses in various
leisure activities at Red Cross service clubs and "clubhouses" in
London, England; Leghorn, Italy; the South Pacific; and the United
States. Includes some portraits of nurses and Red Cross directors;
leisure activities and entertainment at USO service clubs in the United
States, many of which show USO hostesses engaged in casual conversation
or in social activities with soldiers. Includes a group portrait of a
Salvation Army interracial women's club and social activities sponsored
by the Theater Special Services. Prominent people represented in USO
photos include Canada Lee and Raymond Massey performing a radio
broadcast at an NBC studio; Charles Laughton at a camp show at Fort
Lawton, Wash.; Alan Ladd visiting soldiers at a Station Hospital in
Kearns, Utah; Jackie Robinson at a USO club in Daytona Beach, Fla. 58
photographic prints. Organized into five subject categories: Red Cross,
Salvation Army; ca. 1945; Theater Special Services; USO; Miscellaneous
or unidentified. |
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Red Cross, 1943-ca. 1951 |
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Call No.: LOT 13110, nos. 1-20 (F) |
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Salvation Army, ca. 1945 |
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Call No.: LOT 13110, nos. 21-23 (F) |
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Theater Special Services, ca. 1943 |
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Call No.: LOT 13110, nos. 24-33 (F) |
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USO, 1943-1946 |
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Call No.: LOT 13110, nos. 34-56 (F) |
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Miscellaneous or unidentified, 1943, 1946 |
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Call No.: LOT 13110, nos. 57-58 (F) |
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