African American Troops

Here are photos of African American soldiers in World War II. These come from here.

 A company of men has set up its office between the columns of an 

ancient Greek temple of Neptune, built about 700 BC. Italy, September 1943

  

 Body of American soldier is borne on stretcher from terrain in vicinity of Malmedy, Belgium, where on or about 17 December 1944, the Germans committed many atrocities

  

 Carrying a Japanese prisoner from stockade to be evacuated 

and treated for malnutrition. Iwo Jima. February 23, 1945

  

 Group of CBs acting as stretcher bearers for the 7th Marines. Peleliu. September 1944

  

 Marines, following the rapid Japanese retreat northward on Okinawa, 

pause for a moments rest at the base of a Japanese war memorial. April 1945

  

 Members of a Negro mortar company of the 92nd Division pass 

the ammunition and heave it over at the Germans near Massa, Italy, 1944

  

 Members of the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry, are getting last minute instructions 

before going out on patrol in Bougainville jungle. April 1944

  

 Members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion take part in a parade ceremony 

in honor of Joan d'Arc at the marketplace where she was burned at the stake. May 27, 1945

  

 Moving up through Prato, Italy, April 1945

  

 Negro Marines, attached to the Third Ammunition Company, take time out 

from supplying ammunition to the front line on Saipan. June 1944

  

 Peleliu Island. Marines move through the trenches 

on the beach during the battle. September 15, 1944

  

 The first Negro WACs to arrive on the continent of Europe, 1945

  

This member of the 93rd Infantry Division is among the first Negro foot soldiers 

to go into action in the South Pacific theater, 1944