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Lewis Van Hook was a member of the gospel quartet the Singing Shipbuilders during World War II. Born in Nevada County, Arkansas in 1906, Van Hook was one of the many people migrating to California from the southern and midwestern US to find work during World War II. He began working in the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond in 1943 and was joined in California by his family in 1944. The Singing Shipbuilders performed during breaks at the shipyard, at launch ceremonies for Liberty ships, and on KRE radio. In this interview, Van Hook discusses his childhood and life in Arkansas, moving to Richmond and working at the Kaiser shipyards during the war, his experience in the Singing Shipbuilders gospel quartet, and postwar changes in Richmond.

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