Augustus Prince |
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Augustus Prince, 1944 | World War II, 1939-1946
Navy
USS Santee
Hawaii; Guam (Mariana Islands); Philippines; Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands); Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); Formosa; Japan; Pacific Theater
Petty Officer Second Class
Philadelphia, PA
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It was a small moment in a brief military career in a world war filled with large and momentous events. But sixty years after it happened, Gus Prince clearly recalled his being accepted as a radar man aboard the USS Santee, knowing in retrospect what that acceptance meant to him, a young black man struggling for respect in a largely segregated Navy.
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