African American Officers of 366th Infantry Back on Acquitania
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Caption: Infantry officers of the 366th, all of whom have been in action, return with their troops on the Aquitania. Left to right: Lieutenant Cleve L. Abbott of Watertown, South Dakota, Captain Joseph L. Lowe, Pacific Grove, California; Lieutenant A. R. Fisher, Lyles, Indiana, who won the Distinguished Service Cross, and Captain Emmett White of the 92nd Division (Buffaloes) of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Abbott, Lowe, and White graduated from Ft. Des Moines.
This file appears in: Fort Des Moines: Chronology
Fort Des Moines: Chronology
1901 Construction begins on the 400-acre base Fort Des Moines on Des Moines’ South Side.1903-1904 Two companies of the all-black U.S. Army 25th Infantry surprise Des Moines’ local citizens by arriving instead of white cavalry. The 25th had been…