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Historical sketch of the 505th Engineers [fragment]

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Robinson, David

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Recalling the movements of the 505th Engineers following the signing of the armistice at the end of World War I. Forwarded by Samuel R. Morsell of Pittsburgh, Pa. Most likely collected for W. E. B. Du Bois' proposed book "The Black Man in the Wounded World".
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All rights for this document are held by the David Graham Du Bois Trust. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.Contact host institution for more information.
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Keywords

  1. African American Troops
  2. African Americans
  3. Discrimination
  4. Discrimination In The Military
  5. History
  6. United States
  7. United States Army Infantry Regiment, 368th
  8. World War, 1914 1918

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