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AFRICAN AMERICAN

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SOLDIERS

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des moines provisonal compagny soldier soldat portrait ww1 guerre 1914 1918 mondiale americain noir AEF

5th Provisional Company officers reserve training Camp Ft. Des Moines Ia.

Photograph shows a large group portrait of African American officers

from the 5th Provisional Company seated and standing in front of a building at the Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1917

Richards, William Henry, 1856-1941, collector

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

372nd infantry regiment floyd soldier soldat portrait ww1 guerre 1914 1918 mondiale americain noir AEF

Members of Company C, 372nd Infantry Regiment

1918

Notation on verso: "Uncle Floyd, 372 Inf. Co. C”

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

true sons of freedom abraham lincoln soldier soldat portrait ww1 guerre 1914 1918 mondiale americain noir AEF

True sons of freedom

Print shows African American soldiers fighting German soldiers in World War I,

and head and shoulders portrait of Abraham Lincoln above.

Chicago : Chas. Gustrine, 1918.

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

NY national guard 369th infantry regiment soldier soldat portrait ww1 guerre 1914 1918 mondiale americain noir AEF

Unidentified African American recruits for the 15th New York National Guard Regiment

heading to Camp Upton, New York

Photograph shows group portrait of men recruited for the 15th New York National Guard Regiment, later known as the 369th Infantry Regiment, wearing armbands

Entrained Camp Upton, N.Y.

between 1917 and 1918

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

camp gordon soldier soldat portrait ww1 guerre 1914 1918 mondiale americain noir AEF

Negro soldier reading to boys who can't read.

Camp Gordon, Ga. 1917-18

Photograph shows young men sitting in semi-circle listening to another man reading from a book;

other soldiers in camp stand nearby.

between 1917 and 1918

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

yaphank upton camp NY soldier soldat portrait ww1 guerre 1914 1918 mondiale americain noir AEF

Yaphank -- examining package

Photograph shows African American soldier examining a package at Camp Upton,

a U.S. Army installation located on Long Island, in Yaphank, New York, during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

1917 September 11

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

band soldier soldat portrait ww1 guerre 1914 1918 mondiale americain noir AEF

Unidentified African American soldiers in camp

Photograph shows soldiers relaxing in camp, one plays guitar, another holds a trumpet

between 1917 and 1918

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

band soldier soldat portrait ww1 guerre 1914 1918 mondiale americain noir AEF

Unidentified African American regimental band

Photograph shows group portrait of soldiers with their musical instruments.

between 1917 and 1918

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

band yaphank NY camp Upton soldier soldat portrait ww1 guerre 1914 1918 mondiale americain noir AEF

African American jazz band during World War I

probably in the "Buffalo Auditorium"

at Camp Upton, Yaphank, Long Island, New York State.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016 and related print in PR 06 CN 133

1918 May 27

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

ymca soldier soldat portrait ww1 guerre 1914 1918 mondiale americain noir AEF

African American soldiers reading, playing cards, and relaxing in Y.W.C.A. Hostess House

1918

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

verdun soldier soldat portrait ww1 guerre 1914 1918 mondiale americain noir AEF

U.S. Army Infantry troops, African American unit, marching northwest of Verdun, France,

in World War I

1918 Nov. 5

Photograph by U.S. Army Signal Corps.

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

Verdun

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argonne 92nd machin gunners trench soldier soldat portrait ww1 guerre 1914 1918 mondiale americain noir AEF

Argonne

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302nd Eng. repairing road over trench and 92nd Div. (colored) machine gunners going into action, Argonne Forest, France

Photograph shows engineers of the 302nd Engineer Regiment repairing a roadway over a trench

and African American soldiers of the 92nd Infantry Division (Buffalo Soldiers)

in a trench headed into action in the Argonne Forest, France,

during World War I.

between 1917 and 1918

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

bazoches nievre 321 labor skirmish grave soldier soldat portrait ww1 guerre 1914 1918 mondiale americain noir AEF

Bazoches

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The skirmish line of the Graves Registration Service

This skirmish line (detail of Company A, 321 Labor Batallion)

is searching for bodies along the south bank of the Vesle River, near Bazoches.

The stretchers are used to transport the bodies to the cemetery.

Photograph shows African American staff of Company A, 321 Labor Batallion,

Graves Registration Service, carrying stretchers in grassy area

on the Vesle River near Bazoches, Nièvre, France.

Dec. 2, 1918

U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps photograph

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

fere en tardois cemetery soldier soldat portrait ww1 guerre 1914 1918 mondiale americain noir AEF

Fère en Tardenois

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One of the trenches ready for the reception of the bodies at the cemetery at Fère en Tardenois 

 Signal Corps, U.S.A.

Afro-American soldiers digging trench for mass burial.

Dec. 2, 1918

U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps photograph

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

321st labor battalion fere en tardois soldier soldat portrait ww1 guerre 1914 1918 mondiale americain noir AEF

Fère en Tardenois

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Filling in the graves at Fère en Tardenois cemetery

Signal Corps, U.S.A.

Afro-American soldiers of the 321st Labor Battalion,

filling trenches in which American dead are buried.

Dec. 2, 1918

U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps photograph

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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