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Soldier Solidarity

Emphasizing the need for interracial solidarity in the postwar world, African American and white soldiers get together as part of the Army's general educational program at a heavy bomber base in Italy, 1945. Arranged by Col. David C. Epps, standing third from left, the participants heard informal speeches from 2nd Lt. Sidney Thompson Jr., to the right of Epps; Staff Sgt. Ernest J. Henderson, seated second row, second from left; and Sgt. Robert Williams, foreground right.

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