garand Picture of the day #113 African American Soldiers

[Mark in Rochester]

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[Mark in Rochester]

A couple more african american soldiers

[goo]

they're kinda bunched up in the first photo, above. probably posed.

carbines and an '03... which would be expected for support troops.

[Bob Womack]

they're kinda bunched up in the first photo, above. probably posed.

carbines and an '03... which would be expected for support troops.

The mighty Red Ball Express?

[Mark in Rochester]

they're kinda bunched up in the first photo, above. probably posed.

carbines and an '03... which would be expected for support troops.

US patrol, comprised mainly of African American soldiers preparing to surround farmhouse and eliminate a German sniper inside on the 5th day of the Allied invasion of France.
Location: Varreville, Normandy, France

[goo]

http://www.defenselink.mil/dodcmssha...200202151f.jpg

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"When Gen. Patton said for you be there, you were there if you had to drive all day and all night. Those trucks just kept running. They'd break down, we'd fix them and they'd run again," said James D. Rookard, a truck driver with the famous World War II Red Ball Express
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http://www.defenselink.mil/dodcmssha...200202151h.jpg