TY - BOOK TI - Proud PY - 2004/// CY - Santa Monica, Calif. PB - Lions Gate Home Entertainment, KW - Mason (Destroyer escort) KW - Drama. KW - Kelly, Mary Pat KW - Film and video adaptations. KW - Kelly, Mary Pat. N1 - Based on the book "Proudly we served: the men of the USS Mason," by Mary Pat Kelly. DVD release of the 2004 motion picture; Director of photography, Thom Marini ; editor, Margaret Murphy ; original score, Tasso Zapanti ; production designer, Susan Kelly Panian N2 - The USS Mason entered WWII on a presumably doomed mission. The all African-American crew overcame the harsh realities of war abroad and segregation at home, and was finally honored for its heroism in 1994 ER -