"The Highest Tradition" African Americans in U.S. Navy in Wwii (1946)

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Presented by the Associated Producers of Negro Motion Pictures, produced and directed by African American filmmaker William D. Alexander and narrated by Fredric March, "The Highest Tradition" (1946) tells the story of African Americans participating in WWII. This includes Joseph Cross, Doris "Dorie" Miller, Leonard "Roy" Harmon, Elbert Oliver (who won the silver star), and more. Hampton Institute in Virginia and the Great Lakes facility in Illinois are shown where African Americans were trained…

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