Fort Huachuca During WWII
Minority Service Members:
Army Life
Marker:
Panel 2: One of five commemorative panels honoring minority service members
Location:
Fort Huachuca
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Panel Images and Text, including image descriptions for visually impaired website visitors
(title) Army Life:
(Body) The segregated U.S. Army built 1,400 buildings in 1942 to house 50,000 personnel. Local newspapers reported Fort Huachuca as the third largest city in Arizona at the time. Buildings included barracks, hospitals, maintenance structures, offices, and warehouses. The larger of the two hospitals was the only Black commanded and staffed hospital in the U.S. Army. The 17,000 square foot Mountain View Officers’ Club is one of two known remaining Black Officers’ Clubs in the U.S. Army.
During WWII, Fort Huachuca had the largest concentration of Black Soldiers, with the only two Black Divisions in the history of the U.S. Army – the 92nd and 93rd Divisions.
Image Captions and Descriptions:
(Left) Top: Soldiers marching in formation.
An image of men in uniform marching three abreast. A few small one-story buildings can be seen in the background.
(Courtesy of the Jack Miller Collection of Photos at Boston Public Library)
(Left) Bottom: 372nd Infantry during drills.
Men in uniform, standing in a disciplined formation. Each man is holding a rifle above his head.
(Courtesy of the Jack Miller Collection of Photos at Boston Public Library)
(Right) Top: Cannon Company, “weapons seekers” 372nd Infantry.
An image of three men in uniform kneeling in a grassy area. Two have binoculars, and one is looking through a scope on a tripod.
(Courtesy of the Jack Miller Collection of Photos at Boston Public Library)
(Right) Bottom: Cannon Company 372nd Infantry.
An image of ten men in uniform standing or kneeling in back of a cannon mounted on a wheeled flat bed trailer. Shrubs and trees are in the background.
(Courtesy of the Jack Miller Collection of Photos at Boston Public Library)
(Background) Mountain View Black Officers’ Club.
An image of a long building with many windows and horizontal siding.
(Courtesy of the Jack Miller Collection of Photos at Boston Public Library)
(Footer) This panel has been donated by the Arizona State Society Daughters of the American Revolution (2024).
Marker Date:
2024
Dedicated:
April 25, 2024
Sponsor:
Arizona State Society, DAR
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