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Great Lakes, IL - \"USN Anchored to Democracy\" 1942 - FREE WWII MAIL REAL PHOTO For Sale
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Great Lakes, IL - \"USN Anchored to Democracy\" 1942 - FREE WWII MAIL REAL PHOTO:
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Great Lakes, IL - \"USN Anchored to Democracy\" 1942 - FREE WWII MAIL REAL PHOTO: Naval Station Great Lakes (NAVSTA Great Lakes) is the home of the United States Navy\'s only boot camp, located near North Chicago, in Lake County, Illinois. Important tenant commands include the Recruit Training Command, Training Support Center and Navy Recruiting District Chicago. Naval Station Great Lakes is the second largest military installation in Illinois and the largest training station in the Navy. The base has 1,153 buildings situated on 1,628 acres (6.59 km2) and has 50 miles (80 km) of roadway to provide access to the base\'s facilities. Within the naval service, it has several different nicknames, including \"The Quarterdeck of the Navy\", or the more derogatory \"Great Mistakes\". The original 39 buildings built between 1905 and 1911 were designed by Jarvis Hunt. Approximately 40,000 recruits pass through Recruit Training Command annually with an estimated 7,000 recruits on board the installation at any time. RTC Great Lakes has been active for over 100 years. On 7 December 1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan, and around 6,000 sailors were training at Great Lakes. This grew to 68,000 in six months; by September 1942, over 100,000 sailors were training at Great Lakes. The base grew to 1,600 acres (650 ha) in the next 10 months. By mid-1943, there were over 700 instructors at the Class A service schools. The Navy selected Great Lakes to be the site of the first African American trainees. On 5 June 1942, Doreston Luke Carmen of Galveston, Texas was the first recruit to enter the segregated training facility at Camp Robert Smalls. In September 1942, segregated \"Negro Service Schools\" were opened. The policy of segregation led to small service school classes with only four or five students in a class. By 1944 Great Lakes began to integrate training and all training was integrated by mid-1945. The Golden Thirteen were commissioned in March 1944 after training at Great Lakes. Four million served on active duty in the Navy during World War II. Over one million sailors were trained at Great Lakes. This Real Photo postcard was mailed Free Military Mail during World War II from Great Lakes to Miss Mary Augustine in Toledo, Ohio: \"Dear Mary, How about writing to a lonesome sailor & put lots of interesting things. Write soon. Best regards. RM\" This Real Photo postcard, mailed Free Military Mail in World War II, is in good condition, but there is some discoloration.
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