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[Afro-American soldier charging with bayonet fixed, in combat training, U.S. Naval training center, Great Lakes, Ill.]

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[Between 1941 And 1945?]
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Great Lakes
  3. Illinois
  4. Military Personnel
  5. Military Service
  6. Photographic Prints
  7. Soldiers
  8. World War, 1939 1945

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