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Originally Posted by Shamus
Shipwreck,the caption on the picture states that they are from the 24th Infantry Division not regiment.I think maybe the person writing the caption just got a little confused.Who knows?
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Shamus,
As Temujin pointed out earlier (post #7
here), the caption for the picture on the National Archives website says :
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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." 1944.
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Which implicitely suggests that, since the 24th Infantry is attached to the Americal Division, it cannot be the 24th Infantry Division.