 The
invisible army
Americans of color fought and served and bled and died for their
country.
The St. Petersburg Times August 28,
2005
Irish
America Magazine June/July 2005
This story encapsulates the much of the Mason story from research
on the book to producing the feature film.
USS
Pinckney Commissioned
Black Enterprise - Jun
7, 2004
Guided missile destroyer bearing name of an African American
World War II cook called into active service four years after naming The
forgotten heroes of World War II
MSNBC - Jun 1,
2004
As the nation pauses to dedicate a new memorial
to World War II veterans this Memorial Day weekend, the fog of amnesia
about the accomplishments of black World War II heroes will hang over
the occasion.
Honoring
courage of an era (subscribers only)
Newsday, NY - May
29, 2004
WASHINGTON - Six decades ago, they had fought to
end a worldwide nightmare that gobbled lives at a rate of 27,800 soldiers
and civilians per day. Yesterday, the United States honored the fast-thinning
ranks of World War II veterans
Navy’s
first black crew proves heroic during storm
Stars & Stripes - February 8, 2004
The big storm sank 16 ships with Convoy NY-119, but the USS Mason wasn’t
one of them.
Altavista
man featured in book about U.S.S. Mason
By SARAH KING/Altavista Journal
Staff Writer
ALTAVISTA
- A lifelong Altavista resident is featured in a book, Proudly
We Served: The Men of the U.S.S. Mason, which focuses on the
stories of African Americans fighting in World War II.
Source: Altavista,
VA Journal January 13, 2004
3 in Historic Crew Honored Aboard new USS Mason
© Associated Press April 11, 2003
Members of the Navy's first all-black enlisted crew visit a much different
ship with the same name theirs had.
 Distinguished Visitor
The students
at Parliament Place Elementary School in North Babylon had a special
visitor recently.
When Mrs. Thomas assigned her second graders to write a report on a
famous American, one of her students, Alec Cooper, decided to write
his report
about his grandfather, Lorenzo Dufau. ... Mr. Dufau, who has been honored
by former President Clinton and, with his shipmates, by the Queen of
England, came to the school and spoke to Mrs. Thomas' class. Pictured
are Mr. Dufau with Mrs. Thomas and her second graders. Source: South
Bay News, Long Island, New York July 24, 2002
Pride and Prejudice: Aboard the U.S.S. Mason, the Navy's first
fully integrated ship, Lorenzo Dufau found the respect he was denied
at home
The Highbridge Horizon February 20, 2002
Veterans history project seeks stories
James Graham remembers his U.S. Navy service not as a fight against
the Japanese or Germans, but as a fight for black sailors trying
to make it in a white Navy in the Lawrence
Journal-World story from
Tuesday, November 13, 2001.
New Bachelor
Enlisted Quarters at Great Lakes named for USS Mason
Recruit Training Command's
$12.4-million-dollar in-processing BEQ (Bachelor Enlisted
Quarters) was commissioned at a special ceremony
Tuesday morning, Nov. 27, 2001. USS Mason, located at Camp Moffett,
is where recruits will now spend
their first night at Great Lakes.
Keel-laying ceremony held at
Bath Iron Works
By David Sharp
Associated Press writer
BATH, Maine -- Two sailors who served aboard the first Navy ship with an all-black
crew saw the beginnings yesterday of a destroyer that will bear the name of the
one that carried them into battle.
Lorenzo DuFau, 80, and James Graham, 77, both of New York, served aboard the
USS Mason in World War II and were invited to the Bath Iron Works to watch as
the first piece of keel for the new ship was placed on the building ways. FULL
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