(MILITARY WORLD WAR TWO) June 15 1944 Infantry Day in th

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(MILITARY--WORLD WAR TWO.) June 15, 1944: Infantry Day . . . in the 92d Division. [16] pages, 11 x 8½ inches, including illustrated wrappers; vertical fold, moderate dampstaining and foxing; inscribed with the name of a division soldier on cover. No place: Special Service Section, 92d Infantry Division, June 1944

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The 92nd Infantry Division was the Army's only division of Black infantry to see substantial combat during the war, in the Italian campaign. The division was desegregated in 1948, but still features the silhouette of a buffalo as its insignia. This magazine-style publication was intended to instill the ideals of the infantryman into new recruits. It is liberally illustrated with photography by three soldiers in the division, including visits from General George Marshall and Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis, "highest ranking Negro officer." One in OCLC (Texas A&M University); none traced at auction since one at Swann, 27 March 2014, lot 471.