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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Soldiers practice shooting while crouched in a foxhole in this black and white photograph.

Harlem Hellfighters

Black soldiers, and a white officer, of the 369th Infantry practice what they will soon experience, fighting in the trenches of the Western Front. They are wearing French helmets and using French issued rifles and equipment, the logic being that since they were fighting under French command, it was easier to resupply them from the French system than trying to get American-issued items.

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