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Colonel R. L. Salzmann pins a first Lieutenant's bar on the shoulder of African American Lieutenant Jesse J. Holbert

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Caption on back: "Colonel R. L. Salzmann, executive officer of the Kitzingen Basic Training Center in Germany, pins a first Lieutenant's bar on the shoulder of Lieutenant Jesse J. Holbert, Orange, New Jersey, assistant provost marshal at the training center following a recent promotion from the grade 2nd Lieutenant. Holbert, once assigned as a bodyguard to General Eisenhower in 1943, entered the Army March 19, 1941. He was commissioned as an officer November 1, 1946. Awards he has received include the Legion of Merit, for outstanding service in North Africa from 1943 to 1944, North African campaign ribbon with two battle stars and the American victory ribbon.
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Photographs Gelatin Silver Prints
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United States. Army. Signal Corps
Created Date:
1945 1949
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

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Keywords

  1. African American Men
  2. African American Officers
  3. African American Soldiers
  4. African Americans
  5. Armed Forces
  6. Military Bases
  7. Military Promotions
  8. United States

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