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(snip)320 were killed immediately and almost 400 were seriously injured, but that’s not the real tragedy. Most of these men were African American and this single disaster accounted for almost 15% of African American casualties.(snip)
I imagine the families of those sailors that died weren't interested in that 15% figure. !00% of their husbands, fathers, and sons died. I'll also bet they didn't consider their ethnicity in their grief.
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