The role ofAfrican-americans
In the pacificDuring world war ii
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.
The navy
A gun crew posing for a group photo aboardtheir ship. March 1944, the first thirteen
African-American naval officersare commissioned.
The navy
Doris Miller Leonard Roy Harmon
The navy
Storing ammunitionat a naval supply point.
Taking a breakwhile unloadingsupplies on abeach.
Building a storage facilityat a rear base.
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.
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.
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.
coAsT GUARD
A young Coastguardsman aboardhis ship.
A gun crew loading their 20mm cannon aboard aCoast Guard frigate in the Southwest Pacific.
Texas
Admiral Nimitz pins the Navy Cross on Doris Miller. The Navy Cross is the Navy’s second highest award for bravery.
George Watson (1915 – March 8, 1943)
MedalOf
honor
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.
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.