200222-N-BR087-1200 TUCSON, Arizona (Feb. 22, 2020) Cmdr. Doug Pratt, commanding officer of USS Tucson (SSN 770), drops the ceremonial first puck at a Tucson Roadrunners hockey game during Tucson Navy Week. The Navy Office of Community Outreach uses the Navy Week program to bring Navy Sailors, equipment and displays to approximately 11 American cities each year for a week-long schedule of outreach engagements. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cole C. Pielop)
Although the current African American population is about 2.2% according to the U.S. Census Bureau, African American history in Hawaii is abundant. There have been many notable African Americans in Hawaii that have played a significant part in both Hawaiian history and American history as a whole.
We awaited the word to proceed over Shizuoka. With the go ahead, the engine noise was interrupted by the sounds of bombs exploding on the earth below. One by one the B-29s dropped bombs over the city, more than 13,000. As we executed our mission, there was a mishap. My bomber and another collided, falling from the air to the recently bombed ground below.
