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Military's first Black bomb disposal expert went 'from the cotton fields to the Pentagon'

Mississippi native honored in new Pentagon exhibit

WASHINGTON (WJTV) – A Mississippi native, who was the first Black Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technician in the U.S. Navy, is being honored in a first of its kind exhibit by the U.S. Department of Defense at the Pentagon. On April 23, part of a corridor in the Pentagon was dedicated with a ribbon cutting ceremony to […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader

Jacksonville City Council honors Navy's first Black explosives tech

The nation s first Black Navy explosive ordnance tech, Sherman Byrd, was honored by the Jacksonville City Council. His daughter accepted for him.