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1917 – The 26th “Yankee” Division (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) becomes the first American division to arrive in Europe during World War I.
More than one million American soldiers and Marines will join them by war’s end in November 1918. All 18 National Guard divisions will serve in France, but only 11 see combat as intact units. Six others become “depot” divisions, serving as a source of replacements for casualties suffered by the frontline divisions.
One, the 93rd Division, composed of all of the Guard’s African American units, has each of its four regiments parceled out to three different French divisions because American army leadership did not want to mix black and white soldiers together.
https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/09/20/september-20/
More than one million American soldiers and Marines will join them by war’s end in November 1918. All 18 National Guard divisions will serve in France, but only 11 see combat as intact units. Six others become “depot” divisions, serving as a source of replacements for casualties suffered by the frontline divisions.
One, the 93rd Division, composed of all of the Guard’s African American units, has each of its four regiments parceled out to three different French divisions because American army leadership did not want to mix black and white soldiers together.
https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/09/20/september-20/
Army National Guard
Military History
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Not all the Army leadership. More like Gen. Pershing and in his defense of the times of racial inequality. But then again, he did command the 1st Black Horse back CAV during the Mexican Wars in the southwest. So was he a racist??
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MSG (Join to see)
I don't think so. My impression is that he deliberately farmed out the black units because he knew they'd be treated better by the French.
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PV2 Matthew Dzemske
Not really. His habit of being human and NOT discriminating based on race is what got him his nickname (it wasn't originally 'Blackjack', it was originally 'Ni**erJack'.
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