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Three African American GI's climbing a rope wall during practice for a sea rescue maneuver, Fort Lawton, Washington

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Caption on back: "Since the inauguration of the Overseas Replacement Depot at Fort Lawton, sub-installation for the Seattle Port of Embarkation, Negro troops have accounted for approximately 25 per cent of the 20,000 "G.I. Ambassadors" who have passed through Fort Lawton enroute to Alaska, Japan and Korea for occupation duties. A group of GIs are pictured here practicing a sea rescue maneuver. 9-4-46.
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United States. Army. Signal Corps
Created Date:
1946 09 04
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

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Keywords

  1. African American Men
  2. African American Soldiers
  3. African Americans
  4. Armed Forces
  5. Fort Lawton (Seattle, Wash.)
  6. Military Bases
  7. Military Training
  8. Rescue Work
  9. United States

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