Fort Huachuca During WWII
Minority Service Members:
History Will Judge Us by Our Deeds
Marker:
Panel 1: 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) WWII Fort Huachuca Minority Service:
(Body) In the 1940s, the U.S. Army remained segregated. Soldiers at Fort Huachuca were trained for harsh combat. As more men were needed for combat, women served in auxiliary support positions. The Fort was also the home to the remaining eight Indian Scouts in the U.S. Army.
Image Captions and Descriptions:
(Top left) Company “F” 372nd Infantry.
An image of about forty men in WWII era uniforms, seated and standing, outdoors. A pennant reads “372.”
(Courtesy of the Jack Miller Collection of Photos at Boston Public Library)
(Top center) Members of the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps Motor Pool Division on parade before the Post Commander, 1943.
Two rows of women wearing uniform jumpsuits and hats walk in formation.
(Courtesy of The Apache Sentinel, Library of Congress.)
(Bottom left) Sgt. Riley meeting retired Scout John Rope in front of traditional Apache wikiup.
Three men wearing officers’ uniforms and two men in civilian clothing are standing in front of a tent-like structure identified as an Apache wikiup. One of the officers is shaking hands with an elderly man in civilian clothing who is holding his hat.
(Courtesy of National Archives SC131151)
(Background) Overview of Fort Huachuca.
An indistinct landscape image of an open scene with a field surrounded by low buildings and mountains in the background.
(Courtesy of the Jack Miller Collection of Photos at Boston Public Library)
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(Right) Artist Lew Davis created recruitment poster for the U.S. Army in 1942.
A drawing of a young Black man wearing a military helmet with the words, “History will judge us by our deeds.”
(Courtesy of Arizona Historical Society)
(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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