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By Cara Moore Lebonick | National Archives News WASHINGTON, August 8, 2023 — The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC), part of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), recently helped bring closure to one family’s efforts to right an 80-year-long historical wrong. Enlarge Pentagon ceremony correcting discharge status of Philadelphia 15 with Larry Ponder at
Larry Ponder, the son of John Ponder, his sister and a few family members recently visited the Pentagon where they were presented newly issued honorable discharges and an apology.
In 1940, Larry Ponder's father and uncle were kicked out of the Navy after signing onto a letter to a Black newspaper detailing racist treatment they'd received while serving on a warship.