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Adding a bit of humor to his presentation about Buffalo Soldiers, retired Army Master Sgt. Lee N. Coffee Jr., took off his hat showing his bald head instead of how he described to the audience that Indians called African-American cavalry troopers "Buffalo soldiers" because their hair resembled a buffalo's hair. Photo by Rudi Williams

Adding a bit of humor to his presentation about Buffalo Soldiers, retired Army Master Sgt. Lee N. Coffee Jr., took off his hat showing his bald head instead of how he described to the audience that Indians called African-American cavalry troopers "Buffalo soldiers" because their hair resembled a buffalo's hair. Photo by Rudi Williams

Adding a bit of humor to his presentation about Buffalo Soldiers, retired Army Master Sgt. Lee N. Coffee Jr., took off his hat showing his bald head instead of how he described to the audience that Indians called African-American cavalry troopers "Buffalo soldiers" because their hair resembled a buffalo's hair. Photo by Rudi Williams

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