August 13, 1942: Times Visits African American Troops

Posted on August 13, 2025 by lmharnisch

Aug. 13, 1942, Comics

Aug. 15, 1942, African American Troops

Aug. 15, 1942: The good news: The Times writes about African American troops. The bad news: The story is one stereotype after another.

Aug. 15, 1942, African American Troops

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2 Responses to August 13, 1942: Times Visits African American Troops

  1. Michael Lott's avatar Michael Lott says:
    August 25, 2025 at 1:31 pm

    There’s an online photo archive of 76th Chemical Smoke Generators stationed in Long Beach at the Long Beach Library Digital Archive. I’m guessing they were the subjects of this column.

    I wonder if this is SSgt. House
    https://lbpl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p17164coll3/id/6985/rec/4

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