
Caption | African-American US Navy WAVE Apprentice Seaman Frances Bates inspecting an engine for a Wildcat fighter aircraft, US Naval Training School, Bronx, New York, United States, 1945 ww2dbase | ||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||
Identification Code | 80-G-18337 | ||||
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Photo Size | 1,100 x 1,395 pixels | ||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||
Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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