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Gas chamber Exercise 1944 View	Training was not relegated to just active duty military personnel. Civilians employed on military installations... Tags: Gas Masks \| South Carolina \| World War II
Atlanta Air Station April 15, 1944 View	This photograph depicts training aircraft staged on the tarmac of the Atlanta Naval Air Station - the current site of Peachtree-Dekalb Airport... Tags: Aviation \| Georgia \| World War II
398th Port Battalion November 26, 1942 View	African American military units commanded by white officers were organized across the country. This Transportation Company... Tags: African Americans \| South Carolina \| World War II
Dry dock Integration May 22, 1943 View	This letter announces the integration of the Alabama Dry Dock and Ship Building Plant in Mobile, Alabama. The company made... Tags: African Americans \| Alabama \| World War II
Race Riots May 27, 1943 View	This press release describes a walk-out by white workers because of a surprise integration of black welders at the Alabama Dry Dock... Tags: African Americans \| Alabama \| World War II
dining Car Discrimination May 10, 1942 View	This letter, from Frank Adair to the Louisville and Nashville Rail Road in 1942, describes being denied access to the dining car... Tags: African Americans \| Georgia \| Louisiana \| Railroads \| World War II
Sub Sighting Report June 10, 1943 View	People of all ages and occupations maintained heightened vigilance on and around the southeastern Atlantic during World War II... Tags: Aviation \| Florida \| Submarine Combat \| World War II
Blimp Engages Sub July 20, 1943 View	On the night of July 20, 1943, the observation blimp K-74 engaged a German submarine in the waters off of Charleston, SC... Tags: South Carolina \| Submarine Combat \| World War II
British Patrols for Subs April 10, 1942 View	Several British ships assisted the U.S. Navy with combating the German submarine threat off the southeastern coast... Tags: Georgia \| Ships \| Submarine Combat \| World War II
Dining Car Discrimination June 12, 1942 View	This letter, on NAACP letterhead, refers to the complaint of Frank B. Adair who was denied access to the dining car on the "Crescent Limited"... Tags: African Americans \| New York \| Railroads \| Washington D.C. \| World War II