Category:African American military history

Subcategories

This category has the following 30 subcategories, out of 30 total.

African American military personnel‎ (73 C, 91 F)

1

108th United States Colored Infantry Regiment‎ (2 F)
14th United States Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment‎ (123 F)
1st Rhode Island Regiment‎ (2 C, 13 F)

2

26th United States Colored Infantry Regiment‎ (6 F)
2nd Ranger Infantry Company (United States)‎ (4 F)

3

31st United States Colored Infantry Regiment‎ (2 F)
38th United States Colored Infantry Regiment‎ (2 F)
3rd United States Colored Infantry Regiment‎ (6 F)

4

44th United States Colored Infantry Regiment‎ (1 C, 43 F)
4th United States Colored Infantry Regiment‎ (3 F)

5

50th United States Colored Infantry Regiment‎ (1 F)
54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment‎ (8 C, 30 F)
555th Parachute Infantry Battalion (United States)‎ (1 C, 4 F)

7

761st Tank Battalion (United States)‎ (1 C, 42 F)

9

92nd Infantry Division (United States)‎ (2 C, 38 F)
93rd Infantry Division (United States)‎ (1 C, 18 F)

A

African American Korean War Veterans Memorial‎ (1 F)
African American soldiers of World War I‎ (12 C, 266 F)
African Americans in the American Civil War‎ (59 C, 25 F)
African Americans in the American Revolutionary War‎ (15 C, 48 F)
African Americans in World War I‎ (8 C, 112 F)

F

Flags of the United States Colored Troops‎ (17 F)

H

African American Civil War history‎ (18 C, 101 F)

I

Integration of the U.S. Armed Forces‎ (1 C, 13 F)

M

Lorna Mahlock‎ (8 F)

S

Stephen A. Swails‎ (1 F)

T

Tuskegee Airmen‎ (69 C, 1 P, 139 F)

U

United States Colored Troops‎ (23 C, 392 F)

W

African American soldiers of World War II‎ (6 C, 164 F)

Media in category "African American military history"

The following 78 files are in this category, out of 78 total.

"... Although a dress uniform is not a part of the regular equipment, most of the Negro Marines spend $54 out of their p - NARA - 535871.jpg 3,000 × 2,441; 1.24 MB
"... American Army Engineer task force in Liberia find themselves in a land from which their ancestors came. Wash day and Pvt. Jack David scrubs out his things on top of a table made from native trees." - NARA - 531144.gif 600 × 483; 87 KB
"Arnold R. Fesser, oiler, 17 years at sea, `We got a big job to do until this war is won. We will keep them sailing unti - NARA - 542400.jpg 2,418 × 3,000; 1.24 MB
"Basic and advanced flying school for Negro Air Corps cadets, Tuskegee, Alabama... In the center is Capt. Roy F. Morse, - NARA - 535830.jpg 3,000 × 2,423; 1.18 MB
"Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis watches a Signal Corps crew erecting poles, somewhere in France." - NARA - 531201.gif 487 × 600; 72 KB
"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 Sou(...) - NARA - 531184.gif 600 × 487; 144 KB
"COME ON SAILOR, YOU'RE JUST IN TIME^" - NARA - 535603.jpg 3,000 × 2,563; 2.15 MB
"Coxswain William Green observes safety precautions in checking his pistol while Albert S. Herbert, Quartermaster first - NARA - 535844.jpg 3,000 × 2,401; 1.53 MB
"E. Perry, Seaman 1-c, is splicing steel cable... This is a highly specialized naval activity. Some of the most construc - NARA - 535850.jpg 3,000 × 2,452; 1.33 MB
"First of the famous Mills Brothers quartet to enter Army service, Pvt. Harry Mills stops at the jukebox in the Reception Center PX to hear how he sounds on one of the latest Mills Brothers recordings. Left to righ(...) - NARA - 531178.gif 600 × 483; 96 KB
"Handling Negro Marine public relations at the Montford Point Camp here are Sgt. Lucious A. Wilson (left)..., and his ph - NARA - 535867.jpg 2,425 × 3,000; 1.52 MB
"Howard Wilson operating the sewing machine in the C. & E. Shoe Shop at Fort Benning, Georgia, as he finishes off a pair of parachutists boots." - NARA - 531138.gif 463 × 600; 94 KB
"IN THE VANGUARD FOR DEMOCRACY^" - NARA - 535659.jpg 3,000 × 2,755; 1.96 MB
"Jackie Wilson (left) and Ray Robinson have fought two bitterly contested ring encounters. Now it's Sgt. Wilson and Pvt. - NARA - 535945.jpg 2,411 × 3,000; 1.42 MB
"Just after stepping out of Ft. Benning (GA) Theater No. 4 at the conclusion of the 16th O.C.S. graduating exercises, 2n - NARA - 531137.jpg 3,000 × 2,546; 1.18 MB
"Lt. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theater, inspects Honor Guard of MPs during his tour of the Fifth Army front at the 92nd Division Sector." - NARA - 531415.gif 600 × 492; 98 KB
"Maj. Gen. Edward M. Almond, Commanding General of the 92nd Infantry (`Buffalo') Division in Italy, inspects his troops - NARA - 535547.jpg 3,000 × 2,450; 1.37 MB
"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 develope(...) - NARA - 531155.gif 491 × 600; 82 KB
"Negro GIs and American Red Cross workers, college graduates, join in some musical fun at Assam, India..." - NARA - 531351.gif 600 × 487; 79 KB
"Negro members of the 477th Antiaircraft Artillery, Air Warning Battalion, study maps in the operations section at Oro Bay, New Guinea." - NARA - 531348.gif 600 × 482; 98 KB
"Negro `doughfoots' of the 92nd Infantry (`Buffalo') Division pursue the retreating Germans through the Po Valley. Germa - NARA - 535550.jpg 2,426 × 3,000; 1.84 MB
"On parade, the 41st Engineers at Ft. Bragg, NC in color guard ceremony." - NARA - 535822.jpg 3,000 × 2,434; 2.08 MB
"Pfc. Johnnie Mae Welton, Negro WAC, laboratory technician trainee, conducts an experiment in the serology laboratory sf the Fort Jackson Station Hospital, Fort Jackson, SC." - NARA - 531360.gif 600 × 453; 91 KB
"Pfc. Robert Askew...with the 3278th Quartermaster Company, examines overshoes which have been turned in. Overshoes proved their worth and helped prevent trench foot during the rains." - NARA - 531412.gif 600 × 464; 114 KB
"Pilots at Selfridge Field (MI) learn to carry out bombing missions as they would carry them out under actual combat con - NARA - 535963.jpg 2,354 × 3,000; 1.23 MB
"Pvts. George Cofield...and Howard J. Davis...guard a newly-constructed bridge site over the Rhine River, built by U.S. Ninth Army Engineers." - NARA - 531273.gif 600 × 490; 85 KB
"Reginald Brandon...recently completed the eight-month course in Radio Operations and Maintenance at Gallup's Island (MA - NARA - 535829.jpg 2,394 × 3,000; 1.07 MB
"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(...) - NARA - 531333.gif 600 × 501; 98 KB
"This Negro combat patrol advanced three miles north of Lucca (furthermost point occupied by American troops) to contact an enemy machine gun nest. Here a bazooka-man cuts loose at the target some 300 yards distant." - NARA - 531216.gif 600 × 481; 84 KB
"Two soldiers gather up their baggage as transportation arrives to take them to their outfit on Guam. Another soldier si - NARA - 535552.jpg 2,442 × 3,000; 1.51 MB
12th AD Soldier 1945.gif 3,000 × 2,277; 6.45 MB
SundayNewOrleansFlirt1880s.jpeg 630 × 760; 202 KB
"Lt. B. Holmes instructing cadres in the art of parry and long thrust in bayonet practice. Left to right, T-Sgt. Leroy S - NARA - 531140.jpg 3,000 × 2,444; 1.4 MB
African-americans-wwii-058.jpg 1,448 × 1,059; 245 KB
Luccaitaly1944.png 1,280 × 1,016; 923 KB
24th-Infantry-Regiment-1899-NPS.JPG 516 × 337; 37 KB
369th 15th New York.jpg 3,000 × 2,336; 636 KB
93rd division bougainville 1944.jpg 1,161 × 1,051; 302 KB
A day in history 160926-F-RN654-005.jpg 4,934 × 3,284; 2.6 MB
A deck hand loops a manila line, ca. 1941 - ca. 1945 - NARA - 535849.jpg 2,404 × 3,000; 1.19 MB
A mariner in the U.S. Maritime Service, ca. 1941 - ca. 1945 - NARA - 535817.jpg 2,404 × 3,000; 1.19 MB
A seaman with the U.S. Maritime Service, ca. 1941 - ca. 1945 - NARA - 535819.jpg 3,000 × 2,407; 1.51 MB
A squad of non-coms, cadres of the 92nd Division, get a refresher course in charging through smoke. When the main body - NARA - 531141.jpg 3,000 × 2,321; 1.51 MB
A trio of recruits in training to take their places as fighting Leathernecks in the U.S. Marine Corps... - NARA - 532514.jpg 3,000 × 2,479; 1.51 MB
African American in Uniform cabinet card, c1890s (cropped).jpg 371 × 503; 90 KB
African American in Uniform cabinet card, c1890s.jpg 399 × 615; 124 KB
African American soldiers in formation at Camp Meade, Pennsylvania) - J. M. Pattison, photographer LCCN2010651624.jpg 4,867 × 4,080; 2.52 MB
African Americans at SIS.jpg 880 × 794; 560 KB
African-americans-wwii-048.jpg 1,515 × 1,013; 267 KB
African-americans-wwii-060.jpg 1,488 × 1,030; 223 KB
American Foot Soldiers.jpg 230 × 133; 33 KB
Errol m brown.jpg 238 × 334; 13 KB
Buchenwald Corpses 83761.jpg 480 × 367; 66 KB
Camp Alger Colored troops in skirmish drill.jpg 640 × 347; 28 KB
Coast Guardsman, ca. 1941 - ca. 1945 - NARA - 535862.jpg 2,499 × 3,000; 1.22 MB
Covington, Va - War Memorials.jpg 3,580 × 2,140; 3.38 MB
Dorothy Donegan Great Lakes Naval Station.jpg 1,418 × 1,083; 234 KB
Hero tales of the American soldier and sailor as told by the heroes themselves and their comrades; the unwritten history of American chivalry (1899) (14783599362).jpg 3,728 × 2,600; 2.27 MB
Honoring men about to leave. (African American) women open a club for their men in the service, New . . . - NARA - 533535.tif 3,000 × 2,331; 6.67 MB
Hospital Corps Detachment. - NARA - 533499.tif 3,000 × 2,379; 6.81 MB
I Was There with the Yanks on the Western Front, 022h.jpg 1,467 × 2,746; 423 KB
Cato Mead grave.jpg 2,592 × 1,944; 2.23 MB
Meuse-Argonne, 26 September–1 October 1918.gif 1,048 × 758; 396 KB
MG Anderson receives second star L.jpg 297 × 197; 39 KB
New York City - first annual ball of the Skidmore Guard, a colored military organization, at the Seventh Avenue Germania assembly rooms LCCN95522076.jpg 4,096 × 3,282; 2.82 MB
NH 76528-KN.jpg 1,280 × 517; 111 KB
Private Ed Williams with French Croix de Guerre of the 369th Infantry Regiment (United States) (cropped).jpg 783 × 1,333; 104 KB
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial plaster original 04.jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 1.54 MB
Ruth A Lucas.jpg 2,849 × 2,230; 468 KB
Soldier in the Continental Army from 1st Rhode Island Regiment.jpg 238 × 324; 10 KB
SWPA OCS.jpg 853 × 468; 105 KB
Tampa Heights Buffalo Soldiers marker01 (cropped).jpg 1,712 × 1,381; 699 KB
Tampa Heights Buffalo Soldiers marker01.jpg 2,448 × 3,264; 2.45 MB
Troops departing for training camps. Escorting troops to depot, Peoria, Illinois. - NARA - 533581.tif 3,000 × 2,113; 6.05 MB
Troops departing for training camps. Minute Men escorting troops to depot, Peoria, Illinois. - NARA - 533529.tif 3,000 × 2,041; 5.84 MB
Two U.S. Maritime Service seamen in front of a 4th War Loan poster, ca. 1941 - ca. 1945 - NARA - 535818.jpg 2,273 × 3,000; 994 KB
US Navy 030429-N-0000X-001 The cover art to the new Naval Historical Center (NHC) monograph Long Passage to Korea, Black Sailors and the Integration of the U.S. Navy by Bernard C. Nalty.jpg 2,515 × 3,288; 1.33 MB
World War I Pennsylvania Colored Soldier Memorial in Eden Cemetery.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 8.66 MB

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