Technical Training for African American Soldiers

ID: 527 ~ Source: M. Alexis Scott; Army photos assembled by David L. Reeves Jr.

 ~ Creator: U.S. ARmy ~ Date: 1944
This file appears in: Final Training in Virginia
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Soldiers with the 183rd Engineer Combat Battalion of the 8th Corps of General George S. Patton’s 3rd Army underwent intensive technical training in Mississippi and Virginia.

This file appears in: Final Training in Virginia

By W.A. Scott III
"I ended up getting some more training in camera FLIR at engineering school in Balfour Virginia (sic -- this could be Balls Ford, Virginia), and went overseas with this unit after. The fellows really were ready to eat nails. They had 14 weeks…