Table of Contents Foreword by Melvin G. Williams, Jr., Rear Admiral, United States Navy 1 Acknowledgments 3 Preface 7 I. Black Sailors and the Evolution of the Steward''s Branch in the United States Navy from 1775 to 1939 9 II. Overview of the Steward''s Branch of the United States Navy During World War II 13 III. Becoming a Steward 18 Joining the Navy: Voluntary Enlistment 18 Joining the Navy via the Draft 21 The Navy Boot Camp Experience 22 Black Sailors and the Navy''s Rating System During the War 28 IV. Becoming a Submariner 33 From Boot Camp to Submarines 33 From the Surface Navy to the Silent Service 39 Transfer from a Tender, Relief Crew, or Shore Duty 42 V. Life as a Wartime Submariner 45 The Daily Routine of a Submarine Steward 45 Qualifying as a Submariner 53 Battle-Station Action 60 The Men of the O-, R-, and S-Class Boats 77 Other Shipboard Activities 81 Crew Relations Aboard the Boat 94 Rest and Relaxation Ashore 121 Leaving the Boat 137 At War''s End 144 VI.
The Submarine Navy During the Postwar Years 161 The End of the 1940s and President Truman''s Desegregation Order 162 The 1950s: Enter the Nuclear Age 179 The 1960s: Boomers and Fast Attacks 210 1970-1975: An End and a Beginning 239 VII. Histories of Black Submariners 257 Carroll Louden Allen 258 Jesse Allen 260 William Allison 261 Bruce Anderson 263 Dave Ball 264 George Bracey 266 Arthur Brown 266 Mack Butler 269 Wallace Coleman 271 Robert Coley 272 David Collier 273 Clark Cooper 274 Tyree Cornish 276 Joseph Cross 277 Earnest Danford 278 Alonza Davis 279 Everett Davis 280 Lewis Davis 282 Shirley Day 283 Jesse Debro 285 Nathan Dogan 286 Russell Donan 287 Donald Fenner 288 LC Fisher 290 Robert Goens 290 John Gray 293 William Green 293 Harold Hale 294 Alfred Hall 296 Leslie Hamilton 297 L.T. Hammond 298 John Harris 299 Arthur Haynes 300 Curtis Hill 300 Lonnie Jackson 302 Zedell Jackson 303 Willie James 303 Isaac Johnson 305 Woodrow Wilson Jones 307 Carl Kimmons 308 William Knight 314 Richard Lucas 315 George Washington Lytle 316 Sammie Major 317 Elvin Mayo 318 Hosey Mays 319 Edward McNair 321 Bert Minor 323 Eugene Mosley, Jr. 324 R.D. Mosley 325 William Murray 326 Edward Neely 329 Killraine Newton 330 Claude Palmer, Jr. 332 Walter Patrick 333 Roscoe Pennington 337 William Perry 338 John Phillips 340 Paul Ragland 340 Charles Richardson 342 Anderson Royal 343 Albert Rozar 351 Leonard Rozar 352 Harry Senior 354 Spaulding Settle 354 Mason Smith 355 Albert Soles 357 Jake Spurlock 359 Jim Stallings 360 Lacey Stevenson 361 Ezell "Tommy" Strong 362 O''Neal Thaxton 362 Hadwick Thompson 363 Otha Toler 364 Magnus Wade 366 Sam Wallace 368 Strauther Wallace 373 James Washington 373 Rufus Weaver 374 Carl White 378 John Wesley Whitehead 379 Walter Wilson 380 Appendix A.
The Steward Rating System, 1939-1974 383 Appendix B. Black Submarine Stewards Killed or Lost During World War II 385 Appendix C. Top Stewards During World War II by Number of War Patrols 388 Appendix D. Black Stewards of World War II 392 Bibliography 467 Published Works 467 Internet Sources 469 Unpublished Personal Manuscripts, Documents, and Letters 469 Unpublished Government Documents, Citations, and Commendations 470 Personal Accounts 470 National Archives Source Material 473 Index 475.