From back of photo: Winners of events in track meet of 11511th Quartermaster Truck Regiment, in England, with coaches and trainers. L-R: SSGT John H. Pearson, CPL James Jones, PFC Jessie L. Ramsey, 2nd row: SGT Wallace L. Ford, SSGT Lloyd V. Day,...
From back of photo: PFC Cornelius Wright and CPL Myles Wheaton, Company M, assembling 30 Caliber machine guns, at the South Armory. Both men are of the 372nd Infantry NG.
From back of photo: T/4 John Coleter (left) mess SGT of a Quartermaster Salvage Battalion, sharpening his knives in preparation for carving tukeys for Christmas Day dinner. PVT jogn L. Tillman, holds the victim. Funi Sector, Italy.
From back of photo: Rouen, France. Chaplain William T. Green reads the benediction services at the marriage ceremonies of PFC Florence A. Collins, a WAC of the 6888th Postal Directory Battalion, to CPL William A. Johnson of the 1696th Labor...
From back of photo: England. L-R: William. F. Duckney, Kenneth E. Wilson, and Lester Godron as they emerge from the entrance to the Officers Candidate School, somewhere in England.
From back of photo: Ft. Bragg, GA. LT Gladys Irene Gilas, left, LT Ruth H. Briggs, center, and LT Della Raney, right. They are standing in front of the African American wards #2 Hospital.
Attached are several comments by various officers of tank battalions, tank destroyer battalions, and tank companies which relate to various types of employment, enemy actions, and to equipment.
From back of photo: Remains of a German soldier appear as snow thaws near Merode, Germany. African American soldiers of 104th Division Tank Battalion load shells into their gun in background.
From back of photo: After the Infantry moved across the Arno River, the gun crew of Battery B, 598th Field Artillery, 92nd Division, moves to take their new positions near the banks of the Arno River. They prepare their 105 howitzer for a firing...
From back of photo: Black selectees waving goodbye. L to R: J. Syne, D. Whit, R. W. Thompson, J. L. Thomas, J. Stephenson, Stover, R. Thomas, Willis Smith, F. Wright, J. Weaver.
From back of photo: MSGT Oliver Mason of Ordinance company. He is enroute to the Pacific War front, embarking on the USS West Point, at the San Francisco Port of Embarkation, Ft. Mason, California. SGT Mason has had 29 years, 8 months of service,...
From back of photo: Enroute to Hill 165, members of the 93rd Division struggle through some clinging mud along the East-West trail on an island in the South Pacific. These are the first black infantry troops to be used in combat in this theater....
From back of photo: Members of the 450th AA Battery are undergoing an intensive course of AA gunnery. They are under the instruction of British soldiers. Left seat, PFC Hurtzell Casey; Right seat, CPL James Moore; loading, SGT Charles E. Glover;...
From back of photo: The 93rd Infantry Division reactivated May 15, 1942, under the command of Major General Charles P. Hall, was the first all-black division to be formed during World War II. 93rd Division is somewhere in Arizona. Soldiers at...
From back of photo: Detachment of African American Cavalry Troops stationed at Ft. Myer, Va., are shown participating in the Memorial Day Parade, Washington, D.C.
From back of photo: Although the main job for the members of the 827th Engineers, is to construct an airport they still have to keep in trim for fighting. L to R: PVT James Bryand, SGT Will L. Scott, PFC Dan Smith, and CPL Woodrow George.
From back of photo: Germany. Constant repair is necessary to keep up the heavily-bombed roads after an area is taken over by allies. Member of Company A, XIII Corps 278th Engineer Battalion working on the road between Rimber and Palenberg.