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Library Branch:
Vernon Area Public Library
Room:
Meeting Room
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
General Interest
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Seats Remaining:
91
Event Details:
Sixteen African American sailors arrived at Naval Station Great Lakes in 1944 for a groundbreaking officers’ training course. Thirteen of those men would become the first African American commissioned officers in Navy history.