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In the video, Augustus Prince recalls his service in World War II 60 years after he served in the Navy. Prince clearly recalls his being accepted as a radar man aboard the USS Santee, knowing in retrospect what that acceptance meant to him, a young African-American man struggling for respect in a largely segregated Navy.
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Source-Dependent Questions
- How did Augustus Prince describe the battlefield in the Pacific? How did the nature of the battlefield impact the tactics used?
- How did the use of kamikazes by the Japanese influence the decision to use different tactics in the Pacific by the Americans to end the war?
Citation Information
Prince, Augustus, "Interview with Augustus Prince [10/20/2004]," Veterans History Project, 20 October 2004. Courtesy of Library of Congress