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Ohio's African American World War I Regiment Photographs

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Title	Ohio's African American World War I Regiment Photographs
Subject	African American Ohioans Military Ohio World War I African American soldiers 372nd Infantry Regiment, 93rd Infantry Division Parades & processions
Place	Columbus (Ohio) Franklin County (Ohio)
Description	Two 4.8 by 6.7-inch (12 x 17 cm) photographs taken in April 1919 show the 372nd Infantry Regiment of the 93rd Infantry Division marching on High Street in Columbus. The regiment was Ohio's African American unit in World War I. Along with the 369th, 370th, and 371st regiments, the 372nd was attached to the 157th Division of the French army. The regiment was composed of African American troops from Ohio, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maryland. It departed on March 30, 1918 from Newport News, Virginia aboard the U.S.S. Susquehanna, arriving at St. Nazaire, France on April 13, 1918. All of the regiment's time overseas was spent in France. The 372nd departed aboard the Leviathan on February 3, 1919, arriving at Hoboken, New Jersey on February 11, 1919.
Creator	Columbus Dispatch
Date of Original	April, 1919
Collection	Columbus Dispatch Photograph Collection
Source	Audiovisual material; P 245
Format	picture
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage; 1919
Date created	2010-06-04

Title	Om1341_1626879_001
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om1341_1626879_001.tif
Image Height	1924
Image Width	2675
File Size	532.986 KB
Date created	2009-01-13

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