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The Negro Soldier• Continued from Page One) sentatives in London.It was further revealed that Mar-S shal Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union, Issued the order in a New Year's broadcast to the Red Army. ie that military commanders of the ^ Army are to ruthlessly stamp out all )C forms of racial discrimination and jim crow laws in countries occupied by Soviet forces.TANKERS FIGHT WITH 7TH ARMY:Winning praise for their “mass * bravery” in fighting with the 7th ‘ Army in Alsace, Lt. Col. Frank . Pritchard’s Negro tank-destroyer battalion has played a great part in ^ smashing back the Nazi counter-offensive in the sector which it occu-n‘ pied. One junior officer of the bat-I* talion, Capt. Charles L. Thomas, of Detroit, won the recommendation s for the Distinguished Service Cross ’ for the “conspicuous bravery” he displayed in one action. Other Negro n tank battalions are active with Gen. Patton's 3rd Army.Post Band Greatly in DemandFort Ifuachura’s prize swing aggregation and Special Service entertainers are greatly in demand all over the state in March of Dimes campaigns. Seen here, blowing it out” last spring in the state capital, Phoenix, Ariz., are a group of the troupers. They are, from left to right, first row: Pvt. Irving- Ashby, Pfc. Jimmv Mundv. Pvt. Earl Jackson. Pvt. F.lwvnFraser, Pvt. Wilton Johnson, Pvt. James Ross: back row. Pvt. Herbert Gordy, Pvt. Edward Hail, Pvt. William Hutt, Pvt. Louis Helvy, Pvt. Howard Roberts. Pvt. Raymond Tate, Pvt. Booker T. Christian, T/5 Walter Williams, and Pvt. Chester Burrell. Seen at extreme right are entertainers Pfc. Eugene Jackson T/S Marpn 4nr)prcnn anH Prt Pninnrv nnhemi
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Apache Junction Apache Sentinel
Apache Junction, Arizona, US
Fri, Jan 26, 1945
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