African-American crewmen of the USS Mason,
Boston Navy Yard, 20 March 1944 (US National Archives)
70 Years Ago—Mar. 20,
1944: Destroyer escort USS
Mason commissioned at the Boston Navy
Yard, the first US Navy ship with a predominately African-American enlisted
crew. US Office of Price Administration announces continuation of shoe
rationing (2 leather pairs/yr).
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