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Military History

54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

One of the first official Black units in the United States armed forces.

• 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry (Wikipedia)
• 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Co. I
  Portraying the experience of the African American soldier in the American Civil War in South Carolina.
• Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial

92nd Infantry Division (Wikipedia)

93rd Infantry Division (Wikipedia)

761st Tank Battalion (Black Panther Tank Battalion)

• 761st.com
  The Official Web site of the 761st Tank Battalion and Allied Veterans Association
• 761st Tank Battalion (Wikipedia)
• 761st Tank Battalion - Unheralded Heroes
• Black History Notes: 761st “Black Panther” Tank Battalion of WWII
• Fact Sheet on 761st Tank Battalion
• "LIBERATORS" UNDER FIRE: Black Liberators and Jewish survivors of the Holocaust
• Soldiers of the 761st Tank Battalion

African Americans in the Civil War (CWSS)

Approximately 180,000 African Americans comprising 163 units served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and 18,000 more served in the Union Navy.

African-Americans Continue Tradition of Distinguished Service

African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation and Museum

The first and only National Memorial and Museum for United States Colored Troops (USCT) in the Civil War.

African Americans in the Military (About.com)

African American Military History

African American Sailors in the Union Navy (CWSS)

A searchable database of Black Sailors in the Civil War. The database was compiled as a part of a Howard University research project and is maintained at the National Park Service Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS) website.

African Americans in the United States Coast Guard

African Americans in World War II

Photographs of African Americans in World War II shown in the Ken Burns, PBS Documentary on the War.

African American Warriors

Alcan Highway

World War II, 1942-1943, the Canadian Wilderness. 10,607 U.S. soldiers built a road 1,522 miles long in 8 months. 3,695 of these soldiers were Black soldiers from the 93rd, 94th, 95th, 97th, and 388th Engineer General Service Regiments.

• 95th Engineer Regiment - Colored
• African American Registry: Alcan Highway construction begins!
• Building the Alaska Highway
  An American Experience documentary on PBS

The Black Patriots Foundation

Buffalo Soldiers

African American Soldiers in American History

• Who are the Buffalo Soldiers?
• Information on the Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Davis
• Buffalo Soldier (Wikipedia)

Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center

The museum and education center honors the U.S. Army's first officer candidate class for African American men in 1917, and the establishment of the first Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC's) in 1942.

The Harlem Hellfighters

• 396th Infantry Regiment (Wikipedia)
  • James Reese Europe (Wikipedia)
• Detached Service by Segregated Infantry Units

Louisiana Native Guard

The first black soldiers in the Union Army during the Civil War.

• The Louisiana Native Guards
  A comprehensive tribute with photographs dedicated to the history of the Louisiana Native Guards.
• Corps De Afrique - Union Regimental Histories
• French Creole - Louisiana Native Guards
  The Creole military experience during the Civil War.
• Gulf Islands National Seashore - Exerpt on Louisiana Native Guard
• 1st Louisiana Native Guard (Wikipedia)

Military History of African Americans (Wikipedia)

Navy Ships Named in Honor of African Americans

It took more than 168 years after the Continental Congress authorized the first ship of a new Navy for the United Colonies on Oct. 13, 1775, before a ship was named for an African American.

The Red Ball Express

• African Americans Gain Fame as World War II Red Ball Express Drivers
• African-Americans Proudly Serving in WWII

Timeline of Events for African Americans in the U.S. Army

Throughout America’s history, from the Battle of Lexington to the Battle for Fallujah, black Soldiers have honorably answered the call to duty, serving with great valor and distinction in America’s armed forces.

The Triple Nickles

The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion (1944-1947) - The first black paratroopers, trained to fight the enemy. Instead, they put out fires.

• 555th Parachute Infantry Association, Inc.
• 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion (Wikipedia)
• WWII Black Paratroopers of the 555th Army Infantry: African-American Smokejumpers
• Triple Nickles: America's First All-Black Paratroop Unit
• Triple Nickles survived indignities
• The Triple Nickles

The Tuskegee Airmen

• Lt. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
  • Fact Sheet (USAF Museum)
  • Tuskegee Airmen's Leader Gets Fourth Star
• Tuskegee Airmen Inc.®
• Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)
• Tuskegee Airmen Facts and Information
• Tuskegee Airmen (Wikipedia)
• 332d Fighter Group (Wikipedia)

United States Colored Troops (USCT)

• United States Colored Troops - Freedom Fighters
• United States Colored Troops - Fox's Regimental Losses
• United States Colored Troops - Union Regimental Index
• US Colored Troops Institute for Local History and Family Research
• United States Colored Troops (Wikipedia)
• United States Colored Troops - American Civil War
  A comprehensive look at the U.S. Colored Troops and other African-Americans who fought in the Civil War.

The USS Mason

• U.S. Navy Ships -- USS Mason (DE-529), 1944-1947
• USS Mason and Black Sailors in the WWII Navy
• USS Mason - Proudly We Served

Other history related resource pages on this Web site:

Black History

General topics on African-American history.

Black Inventors, Scientists and Technologists

A tribute to men and women technologists of color, past and present.

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