The Apache sentinel., 1945-01-05
A Look at the War

heavy enemy fire and with losses
which the press does not attempt to
minimize, as at years end they will
still attack and counter attack in
the wintery mountains of North
/ Italy.
Artillery Action
Coast and Field Artillery Units
have long been in the battle-lines
all over the world, and have re-
ceived citation after citation for
their splendid work. Many of the
units have been broken up, however,
and F.. A. trained soldiers have been
added to the strength of Infantry
regiments. One Negro battalion was
commended for it's fine operation of
155 nm. guns which broke the Ger
man lines before Gen. Patton's
Third Army began its phenomenal
advance in Germany.
Cavalry figures tell their own
story. The famous Negro Cavalry
regiments have been broken up and
their personnel attached to othel
units, predominantly the Infantry.
Engineers Build Everywhere
The story of Negro engineers work
with the U. S. Armed Forces is a
saga which will never be forgotten
by the War Department. Building
air bases from the Aleutians to Sia-
pan, working in the jungle heat of
Burma with the Ledo road gangs,
active in the European theatre Of
operations since the invasion of Sic
lily and lower Italy, they have per-
formed magnificently in bringing
victory closer for our forces.
Worth of Air Corps Proven
/ Regarded by the War Department
as a dubious experiment, the crea-
ton of Negro air fighter groups has
proven to be boon to the fighter
strength of the u S. The most fam
Gus fighter group among the Black
Eagles" as the pilots have come to
be known, is the all-Negro 332nd
Fighter Group, attached to the 18th
Air Force in Italy. In less than a
year it has flown more than 100
missions and has firmly established
itself as an efficient, hard-hitting
outfit. The famous 99th Pursuit
Squadron was made the nucleus of
the 332nd Group.
Negro bomber pilots are in an
advanced stage of training and
bombardiers have graduated from
schools by the hundreds and are
participating in the perilous missions
fought for air supremacy
/ In addition to pilots and navigat-
ors of the Negro race, thousands OF
enlisted men are important cogs in
overseas air activity as mechanics
crewmen, maintenance men, etc.
Too much cannot be said about
the value of the work done by Negro
quartermaster units at home OF
abroad In circles where praise OF
the Negro as fightingman is scant
recognition is given to him for the
vitally important part he plays in
the Army by getting the goods tc
the front lines.
Trucking companies, by the dozens
are serving up to battlefrontS ano
are mechanizing the Infantry by
carrying troops to face the enemy
Service companies do everything
from Grating supplies to building
docks in invaded territory for goods
to land upon under enemy fire.
Port battalions have performed
miracles in transportation equippine
and keeping u. S. Armies all over
the world. That these armies have
not suffered from lack of food, ord
nance, equipment is due to the per-
severance, skill and courage of the
unSung heroes of this war, the army
of supply.
Miscellaneous Tasks
Negro Special Service Units, Tank
Battalions, Military Police, Medical
Detachments and even one Station
Hospital are serving overseas. Negro
Nurses serve in Prisoner of War
Camps, in General Hospitals and in
Army Base Hospitals overseas. Ne
gro doctors and chaplains have died
in the steaming jungles of New Gui-
nea and in the mud of Flanders
Fields.
And other thousands of troops OF
every description are training to re-
place and to supplement the forces
which have gone before them tc
stem the tide of Japanese and Ger
man aggression and to send it flow
ing backwards toward the lands
from which it originated.
Victory Can Be Ours
The New Year finds us, all of us
Negro soldiers, Occidental soldiers
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