Blacks Who Enlisted in Kentucky for U.S. Navy Submarine Duty During World War II

The following is an incomplete list of the African American men who enlisted in Kentucky and served on a Navy submarine during World War II. The names come from Black Submariners, by G. A. Knoblock. This entry was suggested by UK Librarian Shawn Livingston.

1. Joe William Green enlisted in Lexington, KY.
2. Arthur J. Wharton, Jr. enlisted in Louisville, KY. He is a World War II veteran interred overseas. Wharton was a Steward's Mate First Class on the ship Barbel. His death date is given as 2/19/1946, and there is a monument honoring him at Fort William McKinley in the Manila American Cemetery, Philippines.
3. Russell Donan (1922-1992) enlisted in Louisville, KY. He was born in Edmonton, KY.
4. Andrew Jack Pace enlisted in Louisville.
5. George E. Pogue enlisted in Louisville.
6. Louis Hill Jones enlisted in Louisville.
7. Lunie Joseph Neal enlisted in Louisville.
8. James Lee Baker enlisted in Louisville and served as the first African American steward on the ship Nautilus.
9. James Thomas McGuire enlisted in Louisville.
10. Woodrow Wilson Jones, 1918-2001, enlisted in Louisville and is buried in Maplewood Cemetery in Norwich, CT. He was born in Tennessee and was the husband of Flore Jones.
11. Parkes Lee Davidson, 1909-1991, enlisted in Louisville. He died in Louisville and is buried in the New Albany National Cemetery in Indiana.