The Snapshots in Time Collection
New Recruits Being Processed and Briefed at Headquarters of the 719th Anti-Aircraft Gun Battalion, California National Guard, Alameda, California, circa 1949
New recruits are processed and briefed at the headquarters of the 719th Anti-Aircraft Gun Battalion, the only all-Negro National Guard battalion in Northern California, based in Alameda, circa 1949. The Table of Organization chart behind them outlines the unit's structure, documenting a chapter of California National Guard history before the armed forces were desegregated. Project: 218639