World War II: A Black American soldier’s journal

His unit, part of the 377th Engineer General Service Regiment, traveled to Glasgow, Scotland aboard the RMS Queen Elizabeth, were moved by train to Newton Abbot, England, and finally to their Port of Embarkation on the coast opposite Normandy, France. They landed on Omaha Beachhead on July 26, 1944, following Patton’s 3rd Army.

Like most segregated units in World War II, his unit served in a support capacity, repairing railroads, building camps and hospitals, repairing bridges and moving supplies to the front.
His service was not without danger.