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"Coast Guardsmen Charles Tyner, Fireman first class, examines the jagged shrapnel hole in the helmet he wore during the initial assault on the beaches of Southern France. Tyner suffered just a superficial scratch." |
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"The first Negro WACS to arrive on the continent of Europe were 800 girls of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Bn, who had also been the first to arrive in England. After the battalion had set up its facilities at Rouen, France, it held an 'open house,' which was attended by hundreds of Negro soldiers. Pvt. Ruth L. James of the battalion area is on duty at the gate." |
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"Chaplain William T. Green reads the benediction at the marriage ceremony of Pfc. Florence A. Collins, a WAC of the 6888th Postal Directory Battalion, to Cpl. William A. Johnson of the 1696th Labor Supervision Co. This is the first Negro marriage to be performed in the European Theater of Operations. Rouen, France." |
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"Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis watches a Signal Corps crew erecting poles, somewhere in France." |
