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[[caption]] [[bold]] Aboard U.S.S.[[/bold]] Amphion, Seaman charlie Butler of Phildelphia reads mail from home to playful serenade of shipmates who spend time kidding him.[[/caption]]

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[[caption]] [[bold]] On same ship, [[/bold]] Commissary-man Ernest Porter of Richmond, Va., tastes soup being prepared. The 21 Negroes in complement of 640 are fully integrated. [[/caption]]

[[headline]] The Navy, slowly breaking down race barriers, has opened general service ratings to Negroes. [[/headline]]

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[[caption]] [[bold]] Cmdr. Earl Hydeman, [[/bold]] exec. of Atlantic sub fleet visits stewards. This branch is open to everybody.[[/caption]]

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[[caption]] [[bold]] Highest ranking [[/bold]] Negro at Norfolk Naval Base is Chief Petty Officer J. Patterson of N. Carolina.[[/caption]]

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[[caption]] [[bold]] Edward Coble [[/bold]] (left) son of Chicago's Dr. B. Coble, is one of two Negro dental technicians at Norfolk. [[/caption]]

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[[caption]] [[bold]] Fireman Malcolm [[/bold]] Bellamy adjusts steam-driven torpedo engine at New London overhaul shop. [[/caption]]

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[[caption]] [[bold]] 18 Negroes [[/bold]] on Norfolk Base are in skilled jobs. One is aviation mechanic Lee Thomas, Memphis. [[/caption]]

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[[caption]] [[bold]] In choir [[/bold]] of all-denominational Frazier Hall, races mix freely. Organist Harper, Lars Eek harmonize. [[/caption]]

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