COMPOUND OBJECT (4 Items)
Serving on the USS Mason: Breaking Racial Barriers in the U.S. Navy Item Info
- Title:
- Serving on the USS Mason: Breaking Racial Barriers in the U.S. Navy
- Creator:
- Boyd, Shawn
- Date Created:
- 2011
- Description:
- World War II veteran Merwin Peters shares the history of the USS Mason and describes his experiences as an African-American sailor serving just prior to military desegregation. Frequent references are made to Mary Pat Kelly, whose 1995 book "Proudly We Served: The Men of the USS Mason" brought the story of the Mason and her crew to public attention.
- Subjects:
- African Americans Military World War 20th century
- Location:
- Great Lakes
- Source:
- Tacoma Community History Project
- Type:
- record
- Format:
- compound_object
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Serving on the USS Mason: Breaking Racial Barriers in the U.S. Navy", Tacoma Community History Project, University of Washington Tacoma Library
- Reference Link:
- https://erika-b.github.io/tchp/items/chp201106.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Individuals may use project materials for scholarly or research purposes, according to the provisions of fair use, but reproducing, publishing, or broadcasting any oral history project materials requires permission. For more information, see http://content.lib.washington.edu/tacomacommweb/using-projects.html
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/