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ENS Joseph Jenkins, USCGR

Portrait of Trail-blazing minority officer of the USCG, Joseph Jenkins, circa 1944 Joseph Jenkins Scrapbook - USCG Historian's Office Special Collections Library & Archives

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Tags: black, World War II, Convoy, uniforms, Combat, OFFICERS, WW2, Segregation, Minorities, integration, enlisted, african american, ASW, USS Sea Cloud, steward, Weather Patrol

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