Fighting Two Wars: African Americans in the United States Army
name: label: Collection Collector
content: Maltsby, Portia
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content: Smithsonian Institution. Program in African American Culture
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content: Program in African American Culture Collection
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content: Program in African American Culture Collection / Series 1: Program Files
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content: 1994 October 7
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content: Box 24, Folder 11
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: The Program in African American Culture of the National Museum of American History presented World War II Retrospectives on Friday, October 7, 1994, at the Lincoln Theatre, in conjunction with the exhibition "GI: The American Soldier in WWII". The program included lectures, a roundtable discussion, audience questions, and a concert. The participants were Charles Johnson, Jr., Ph.D., Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army (retired); John Thomas Martin, Colonel, United States Army (retired); Martha S. Putney, Ph.D., former commissioned officer in the Women's Army Corps (WACS) 1943-1946; Frederick Coleman, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army (retired); John D. Howard, Lieutenant Colonel., United States Army (retired); Harold Montgomery, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army (retired); Margaret Barnes Jones, former captain in public relations office; Paul Parks, Sr., Ph.D., former platoon sergeant; Helen Montgomery, Army wife; the Smithsonian Movement in Classic Jazz Quartet: Calvin Jones, director, and piano; James King, bass; Nasar Abadey, drums; and Donald Dial, tenor saxophone; featuring Bonnie Harris and Dick Smith on vocals.  Program number AC408.85.