The Lives of 104 Volunteers
by
W. Douglas Fisher, Joann H. Buckley
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2015
In World War I, 104 African American doctors joined the United States Army to care for the 40,000 men of the 92nd and 93rd Divisions, the Army’s only black combat units. The infantry regiments of the 93rd arrived first and were turned over to the French to fill gaps in their decimated lines. The...