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Firearms >> U.S. Military Krags >> Krag Rifle Issued To 12th Engineers In WWI http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1560908573 Message started by Knute1 on Jun 19^th, 2019 at 1:42am

Title: Re: Krag Rifle Issued To 12th Engineers In WWI
Post by butlersrangers on Jun 20^th, 2019 at 2:00am

FWIW - When I look at this photograph of the 12th Engineers, it appears to me that some of the men appear to be Black-Americans.

I am likely very wrong. The U.S. Army was segregated until the Korean War.

During WW1, U.S. Black Troops fought under French Command, (with Adrian helmets and Berthier rifles), in order to get into combat.

If the 12th Engineers had some integration of races, that would indeed be remarkable for the times.