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African American Private First Class Alfred Pierce, Jr., a laboratory technician at Fort Ord, California, holding a test tube

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@ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

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Caption on back: "Private First Class Alfred Pierce, Jr., Cleveland, Ohio, has been a laboratory technician at Fort Ord, California since January, 1947. Private Pierce attended Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Georgia, before entering the service in November, 1945. 10-23-47.
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United States. Army. Signal Corps
Created Date:
1947 10 23
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

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Keywords

  1. African American Men
  2. African American Soldiers
  3. African Americans
  4. Armed Forces
  5. Fort Ord (Calif.)
  6. Laboratories
  7. Laboratory Technicians
  8. Military Bases
  9. Military Personnel
  10. United States

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