The messman chronicles : African Americans in the U.S. Navy, 1932-1943 / by Miller, Richard E., 1946-

Table of Contents: “…I: Units K-West and B-East: the black sailor returns, 1932-1941 -- Captain Claude's initiative -- Unit K-West -- Service in the fleet -- Shore duty: Annapolis and the lost battalion -- Unit B-East -- Seeing the world and dealing with race -- The Philadelphia fifteen -- II: The Messman branch goes to war, 1941-1943 -- Short of war -- The attack on Pearl Harbor -- Around the world and under the sea -- Coral Sea and midway -- Guadalcanal: green dragons, black stingers, and other South Pacific tales -- Guadalcanal: the pitcher's duel -- The end of the beginning -- III: The four freedoms, white supremacy, and Doris "Dorie" Miller -- The four freedoms, white supremacy, and Doris "Dorie" Miller -- Messman killed and missing at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941.…”