Three soldiers manning US Army 90th Coast Artillery's radar, Casablanca, French Morocco, 19 Jun 1943; note the three men were African-American

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Caption     Three soldiers manning US Army 90th Coast Artillery's radar, Casablanca, French Morocco, 19 Jun 1943; note the three men were African-American ww2dbase
Date 19 Jun 1943
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives
Identification Code   111-SC-223413
 
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Photo Size 1,429 x 1,074 pixels



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1. Jim Belcher Jr says:
5 Mar 2011 10:46:33 PM

Capt Byrd Rawlings II of the 90th CA AA stated on Dec 2005 that this caption is incorrect. He stated "We trained on 268 at Camp Stewart GA 1942 and were issued 584s in Casablanca 1943."

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