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"Seeking to rescue a Marine who was drowning in the surf at Iwo Jima, this sextet of Negro Soldiers narrowly missed death themselves when their amphibian truck was swamped by heavy seas. From left to right, back row, they are T/5 L.C. Carter, Jr., Private John Bonner, Jr., Staff Sargeant Charles R. Johnson. Standing, from left to right are T/5 A. B. Randle, T/5 Homer H. Gaines, and Private Willie Tellie." |
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"Then came the big day when we marched into Germany--right through the Siegfried Line. 1945." |
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"Negro troops of the 24th Infantry, attached to the Americal Division, wait to advance behind a tank assault on the Japanese, along Empress Augusta Bay on Bougainville. |
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"'I drew an assault boat to cross in--just my luck. We all tried to crawl under each other because the lead was flying around like hail.' Crossing the Rhine under enemy fire at St. Goar. March 1945." |
