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Old 09-18-2007, 21:29 PM   #7 (permalink)
temujin77
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Originally Posted by Shamus View Post
According to the divisional history of the 24th,they never fought on Bougainville .
Hm really? But it said so on United States National Archives' website:

"14. "Negro troops of the 24th Infantry, attached to the Americal Division, wait to advance behind a tank assault on the ***[anese], along Empress Augusta Bay on Bougainville." 1944. 111-SC-202491 (african_americans_wwii_014.jpg)"
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