Camp Blanding was a major U.S. Army training facility during the Second World War.
Additional information on the history of Camp Blanding during WWII can be found in a paper here.
BLACK WACS RECALL ERA OF WARTIME SEGREGATION
Click on the link above to read an article on segregation at McDill Air Force Base during WWII.
Letter on display Merchant Marine Museum JAX
The 75th Anniversary of the Sinking of the SS Gulf America in Jacksonville,FL
Courtesy of the Beaches Museum. Click on the image above for more information.