BLACK AND WHITE WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
IN THE EARLY MONTHS OF WORLD WAR II THE NAVY DEPARTMENT DESIGNATED GREAT LAKES AS THE ONLY SITE FOR TRAINING AFRICAN-AMERICAN RECRUITS. SINCE RECRUIT TRAINING CAMPS WERE NAMED AFTER NAVAL HEROES, IT WAS THOUGHT FITTING TO DO THE SAME FOR THE CAMP THAT WOULD TRAIN AFRICAN-AMERICAN SAILORS. THE RECRUITS AND SERVICE SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE TRAINED AT CAMP ROBERT SMALLS; NAMED FOR THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CIVIL WAR HERO.
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Listing Details
- Military Base
- WORLD WAR II
- Plaques On Stone
- FARRAGUT AVENUE AND SAMPSON ROAD
- 60088
- WILLIAM FISCHER, JR.
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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