Black sailor killed at Pearl Harbor identified after 83 years.
David Walker, who left his Virginia high school to join the Navy, was one of 50 Black mess attendants who died on ships that were attacked.
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David Walker, who left his Virginia high school to join the Navy, was one of 50 Black mess attendants who died on ships that were attacked.
Edna Lee Ward walked into a newspaper office in Portsmouth, Va., early in 1942 carrying a picture of her son, who was in the Navy. He had been declared missing
Though more than a million Black Americans contributed to the war effort, historian Matthew Delmont says a uniform was no protection from racism at home or abroad. His new book is Half American.
Though more than one million Black Americans contributed to the war effort, historian Matthew Delmont says a military uniform offered no protection from racism.