(MILITARY WORLD WAR TWO) Issue of The Buffalo camp newspape

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(MILITARY--WORLD WAR TWO.) Issue of "The Buffalo," camp newspaper of the segregated 92nd Infantry Division. Volume 5, Number 1. 8 pages, 14 x 10 inches, on 2 folding sheets; 1/4 x 2-inch hole through all 4 leaves, other minor wear. Fort Huachuca, AZ, 2 September 1944

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The 92nd Infantry Division was formed in 1917, and reactivated as a "colored" unit in 1942. Part of the division, a combat team from the 370th Infantry Regiment, went overseas to fight in Italy in July 1944. The rest of the division followed them to Italy on 22 September, just 3 weeks after this newspaper was published. They were the only Black infantry division to see combat in the European theater.

This newspaper issue reports proudly on the combat team's first engagement, with a headline reading "C.T. Battles Nazis at Arno," and a page 2 editorial: "Since the announcement from Italy and General Clark's speech accepting the 92d Combat Team as a battle unit, all of us have been busting brass buttons with pride." Also included are a story on the newspaper's new printing press, and a slang-filled report on "that mad series of parties the hipsters have been giving" by a reporter dubbed The Sniper. No other issues of The Buffalo have been traced in OCLC or at auction. The Fort Huachuca Museum holds 52 issues, but not this one.