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By Richard E. Miller, 1999
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (left) and 16th Street Baptist Church (rear)
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| Near 16th Street North north of 5th Avenue. |
| | In dedication to Julius Ellsberry, the first Black Alabama man to die in World War II; born Birmingham, Ala, 1922.
Enlisted in the U.S. Navy, 1940; First Class Mate [sic] Attendant aboard battleship Oklahoma in the Battle of Pearl . . . — — Map (db m63761) HM WM |
| On Finley Avenue North, 1 mile east of 13th Place North, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In honor of Julius Ellsberry of Birmingham
World War II Hero
First Jefferson County Citizen
to die for his country at Pearl Harbor while serving aboard the U.S.S. Oklahoma December 7, 1941 — — Map (db m70261) HM |
| On Garrison Street east of Chestnut Street. |
| | Doris (Dorie) Miller was reared on a farm in McClennan County, Texas, and attended Waco’s A.J. Moore High School. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was assigned to the battleship “USS West Virginia” in 1940. The “West . . . — — Map (db m34637) HM |
| On Leonard Roy Harmon Drive, 0.1 miles south of East Broadway Street (U.S. 87), in the median. |
| | Born in Cuero, Leonard Roy Harmon enlisted in the U.S. Navy in Houston in June 1939. After training in Norfolk, Virginia, he reported for duty on the cruiser “U.S.S. San Francisco” and advanced to Mess Attendant First Class.
During . . . — — Map (db m34628) HM |
| | In memory of all U.S. Sailors, Coast Guardsmen and Marines of African and Asian-Pacific Descent who honorably served officers as cooks, stewards and messmen on U.S. Navy ships and bases and who valiantly manned battle stations during World War II . . . — — Map (db m70767) WM |
| Near Cooper Road, 0.1 miles south of Santee Road. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m66415) HM |
May. 7, 2024