423rd Engineer Company unit photograph, Camp Claiborne, 1942
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Photograph, panoramic. Three rows of African American soldiers standing and sitting outside; four Caucasian officers are seated in the middle of the front row; a mark is between the names Corporal Erwin G. Alton and Private Floyd Terrell. Official caption on front: "423rd Engineer Company, (Dp. Trk.) Camp Claiborne, Louisiana / Capt. C.H. Toll, Commanding." followe by a roster of the officers and enlisted men. Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. May 1942
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This collection consists of two photographs depicting African Americans during and prior to World War II. The photograpghs consist of a July 1940 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) unit photograph taken at Konawa, Oklahoma, and a May 1942 unit photograph of the 423rd Engineer Company at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana.
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31.167
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-92.483
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
United States--Armed Forces--African Americans
Soldiers--American--Louisiana