| Caption | African-American US Marines carrying a Japanese prisoner of war, who was suffering from malnutrition, on a stretcher on the beach of Iwo Jima, Japan, 23 Feb 1945 ww2dbase | |||||
| Photographer | Don Fox | |||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | |||||
| Identification Code | 127-N-110622 | |||||
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| Photo Size | 1,412 x 1,086 pixels | |||||
| Photos on Same Day | 23 Feb 1945 | |||||
| Photos at Same Place | Iwo Jima, Japan | |||||
| Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||
| Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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| WW2-Era Place Name | Iwo Jima, Japan |
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"Goddam it, you'll never get the Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole! Follow me!"Captain Henry P. Jim Crowe, Guadalcanal, 13 Jan 1943
31 Jul 2009 03:15:20 PM
The Marines strongly resisted the introduction of coloured troops until ordered to do so in June 1942. With the exception of the 51st and 52nd Defense Battalions (neither saw combat), the Corps’ 20,000 blacks were relegated to 51 depot and 12 ammunition companies, which were attached to all-white base and field depots. For all practical purposes these companies were stevedore units used to manhandle supplies and ammunition from the beach to the front, leading them sarcastically to call themselves ‘Ration Box Commandos’. A confidential letter of instruction, issued by the Commandant in March 1943, stated that black NCOs would not be a grade senior to white NCOs, and that few, if any, would be of the same grade. Seven ammunition and 12 depot companies saw limited combat. The 4th Ammo Company, for example, successfully hunted down Japanese stragglers after Guam was declared secure. (US Marine Corps 1941-45, Gordon Rottman, Osprey-Elite, 1995)