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[Two African American soldiers stacking fuel cans]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09612.10 Author/Creator: Place Written: Germany Type: Photograph Date: 24 March 1961 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 8.3 cm, Width: 11.4 cm Order a Copy

A photograph of two African American soldiers stacking fuel cans, in the background there is a fuel truck. The soldier stacking is being watched by a Sergeant.

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