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Harlem Hellfighters veteran wounded in action greeting parade spectators

African American solider participating in occupational therapy

Black and white photograph of an African American soldier participating in occupational therapy by weaving a cord of yarn. The soldier's arm is in a sling with a splint visible below his hand and forearm. Image is from photo album 2018.138.0 which contains 271 images related to U.S. Base Hospital No. 114 at the Hospital Center in Beau Desert, France. Images include hospital patients, occupational therapy, medical personnel, French civilians, and souvenir travel photographs.

Horace Pippin's "Old Man's Draft Card"

Fourth Registration Card, called the "Old Man's Draft"

Horace Pippin memoir of his experiences in World War I

Pippin recounts his World War I experiences in detail from the time he left the United States on November 17th, 1917 with the 15th N.Y. Infantry for France. Pages 37-40 have been removed.

Benjamin O. Davis Sr.

Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., air base at Ramitelli, Italy

Col. Benjamin O. Davis, half-length portrait, wearing flight gear, standing next to airplane.

Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis Sr. conducting close rifle inspection of United States colored troops somewhere in England

Brigadier General Benjamin Davis conducting close rifle inspection of United States colored troops somewhere in England

Tuskegee airmen Roscoe C. Brown, Marcellus G. Smith, and Benjamin O. Davis Jr., Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945

Photograph shows left to right, Roscoe C. Brown, New York, NY, Class 44-C; Marcellus G. Smith, Louisville, KY; Col. Benjamin O. Davis. Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945. (Source: Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group pilots.)

American War and Military Operations Causalities: Lists and Statistics

Susie King Taylor, known as the first African American Army nurse

Photograph shows portrait of Susie King Taylor, who served more than three years as nurse with the 33rd U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War, although officially enrolled as a laundress. She also taught children and adults to read while serving with the regiment.

Racial Injustice Black Soldiers Monument

Civil War reenactor Larry Harris, of Philadelphia, right, marches past the Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment Memorial, left, that commemorates the famed Civil War unit made up of Black soldiers, during re-dedication ceremonies of the memorial on the Boston Common, Wednesday, June 1, 2022, in Boston. The celebration comes on the 125th anniversary of the original unveiling of the bronze relief, which is considered the nation's first honoring Black soldiers. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

African-American WWI 'Harlem Hell Fighters' proved their mettle, patriotism in combat

African American stevedores in an undated photo during WWI. African American supply and services units provided a great amount of labor for the arriving American Expeditionary Forces in France in 1917-18.

Famous [African American] regiment arrives home on the France. Heroes of 369th (old 15th) New York National Guard

The full caption for this item is as follows: Famous [African American] regiment arrives home on the France. Heroes of 369th (old 15th) New York [African American] Infantry, first of Colonel Hayward's command, return to this country, ready to debark at Hoboken, New Jersey. These men covered themselves with glory on the battlefields of France and not a man was captured by the Huns. Soldier in center is wearing a helmet which he took from one of the Huns.