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Caption: The Battleship U.S.S. Missouri (top) is moored together with the Heavy Cruiser U.S.S. Alaska (bottom) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, 1944.
 


Caption: A Greek Army soldier applies camouflage to his face before an operational exercise.
 


Caption: Buffalo Soldiers with the 9th and 10th U.S. Cavalry participate in a cavalry charge.
 


Caption: Tankers of the 761st Tank Battalion 'Black Panthers' drive down a highway during the Battle of the Bulge.
 


Caption: Pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group "Red Tails" pose on the flight line after a mission over the skies of Europe.
 


Caption: Soldiers of the 369th Infantry Regiment "Harlem Hellfighters" who were awarded the Croix de guerre during World War 1
 


Caption: Two U.S. soldiers load artillery rounds with personalized messages during World War 2
 


Caption: Henry O. Flipper, pictured here, is the first African American to ever graduate from West Point and be commissioned an officer in the U.S. Army.
 


Caption: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colin Powell briefs the President and his staff on the progress of the Persian Gulf War.
 


Caption: Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., the first African American to reach the rank of General in the U.S. Army rides in a jeep to the front lines during World War II.
 


Caption: Colonel Guion Bluford, the first African American to fly in space poses for his pre-flight picture for Shuttle mission STS-8
 


Caption: Ensign Jesse Brown walking with his squadron mates to their planes on the deck of the U.S.S. Forrestal during the Korean War. Brown, pictured here, would later become the first African American Naval Officer killed during the Korean War.
 


Caption: Medal of Honor recipient Cpl. Freddie Stowers, awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during World War I.
 
Olde Delaware said:


Caption: Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., the first African American to reach the rank of General in the U.S. Army rides in a jeep to the front lines during World War II.
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Out of curiousity, what year was this picture taken?
 
Darcness said:
Olde Delaware said:


Caption: Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., the first African American to reach the rank of General in the U.S. Army rides in a jeep to the front lines during World War II.
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Out of curiousity, what year was this picture taken?
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August 8th, 1944.
 


Caption: Sgt. Major Christain Fleetwood, Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War for having "Saved the regimental colors after eleven of the twelve color guards had been shot down around it." Sgt. Major was the top rank allowed to a African American soldier at that time.
 


Caption: A lithograph by Kurz and Allison showing the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, made famous by the 1989 movie 'Glory' storming the parapets for Fort Wagner during the Second Battle of Fort Wagner, July 18th 1863.
 
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