"Sgt. John C. Clark.and S/Sgt. Ford M. Shaw.(left to right) clean their rifles in bivouac area alongside the East West Trail, Bougainville. They are members of Co. E, 25th Combat Team, 93rd Division."

"Sgt. John C. Clark.and S/Sgt. Ford M. Shaw.(left to right) clean their rifles in bivouac area alongside the East West Trail, Bougainville. They are members of Co. E, 25th Combat Team, 93rd Division.", 04/04/1944

"Cautiously advancing through the jungle, while on patrol in Japanese territory off the Numa-Numa Trail, this member of the 93rd Infantry Division is among the first Negro foot soldiers to go into action in the South Pacific theater."

"Negro troops of the 24th Infantry, attached to the Americal Division, wait to advance behind a tank assault on the Jap anese, along Empress Augusta Bay on Bougainville."

"Cautiously advancing through the jungle, while on patrol in Japanese territory off the Numa-Numa Trail, this member of the 93rd Infantry Division is among the first Negro foot soldiers to go into action in the South Pacific theater.", 05/01/1944

"Negro troops of the 24th Infantry, attached to the Americal Division, wait to advance behind a tank assault on the Jap anese, along Empress Augusta Bay on Bougainville.", 1944

"Men of the Sixteenth Battalion, crack all-Negro training unit at the Field Artillery Replacement Center, Fort Bragg, NC, are shown in their daily rifle calisthenics. After nine weeks training the men have developed a rhythm and precision in these body building exercises that is seldom equalled by m

"Negro Marines, attached to the Third Ammunition Company, take time out from supplying ammunition to the front line on Saipan. Riding captured.bicycle is Pfc. Horace Boykin; and left to right, Cpl. Willis T. Anthony, Pfc. Emmitt Shackelford, and Pfc. Eugene Purdy."

SC 190525 - Mortar crew of 164th Inf. Regt., Americal Div., on Bougainville Island. 22 March, 1944