They belonged to the Navy B-1 Band, an all black group formed in 1942. It was the first time the Navy let black sailors rise above cooks and orderlies, say Morrow and Alvin Albright, who teaches at East Carolina University and is writing a book about the band.
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
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