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[Soldier repairing a fuel truck with a guard and spectators]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09612.22 Author/Creator: Place Written: Germany Type: Photograph Date: 1961 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 10.3 cm, Width: 12.5 cm Order a Copy

A photograph of a African American soldier, repairing a fuel truck with a guard and spectators. One soldier is working on the truck while another watches over him. There are three other soldiers in a jeep towing a trailer off to the side. The procedure is being watched by four young children. The trailer is marked as belonging to the 3rd division 2nd to 13th units. It is also marked as HQ 8.

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