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The 92nd Infantry Division (known as the 92nd Division during World War I) was an African American, later mixed, infantry division of the United States Army that served in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. The military was racially segregated during the World Wars.
In honor of Black History Month, U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) recognizes the 92nd Infantry Division (Buffalo) as the only African American infantry division to see combat in Europe during World...
The 92nd Infantry Division, a military unit of approximately fifteen thousand officers and men, was one of only two all-black divisions to fight in the United States Army in World War I and World War II.
Known as “buffalo soldiers” in reference to 19th-century African American cavalrymen, the 92nd Infantry Division was a segregated unit that served in both world wars.
The 92nd’s first large-scale attack as a division occurred in February 1945, when the Buffalos were given the mission of seizing Monte Cassala, a peak dominating the western coast ports vital to Allied operations.
The 92nd Infantry Division was a part of the 5th Army that served in the Italian Theater during World War II. It was also the only infantry unit comprised entirely of African Americans, or, as they were referred to at the time – Colored Troops, to see combat in Europe.
U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) celebrates the heroism and accomplishments of the "Buffalo Soldiers" of the 92nd Infantry Division during WWII.
The 92nd Infantry Division, having been designated a "colored" division in both World War I and World War II, has not returned to the force structure since its inactivation.
Division in World War II: A Special Study Concerned with the 92nd Infantry Division and Its Principal Attachments, Including the 473 rd and 442 nd (Japanese-American) Infantry Regiments. Nashville, TN: Battery Press, 1993 reprint of 1952 edition.
Of the 909,000 black Americans selected for duty in the Army during World War II, only one black division saw infantry combat in Europe — the 92nd Infantry Division.