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Unknown [Two African American soldiers posing in front of a fuel truck]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09612.04 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Germany Type: Photograph Date: 1961 Pagination: 1 Photograph : b&w ; 8.3 x 11.4 cm. Order a Copy

A photograph of two African American soldiers posing in front of a fuel truck. One soldier is waving at the camera, as he shakes the other soldier's hand.

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