Buffalo Soldiers – People – Military Units
25th Infantry Regiment (1866-1947)
When the U.S. Army was reorganized on July 28, 1866 for peacetime service after the American Civil War, six regiments were set aside...
25th Infantry Bicycle Corps (1896-97)
The 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps was a unit of black soldiers commanded by a white officer, Lt. James A. Moss,...
92nd Infantry Division (1917–1919, 1942–1945)
The 92nd Infantry Division, a military unit of approximately fifteen thousand officers and men, was one of only two all-black...
555th Parachute Infantry Battalion [Triple Nickles] (1944-1947)
On August 6, 1945, Private First Class Malvin L. Brown was killed after falling 140 feet during a “let-down” from...
24th Infantry Regiment (1866-1951)
When the U.S. Army was reorganized on July 28, 1866, for peacetime service after the American Civil War, six regiments...
10th Cavalry Regiment (1866-1944)
The 10th Cavalry was one of the original six regiments of the regular army set aside for black enlisted men. ...
9th Cavalry Regiment (1866-1944)
The 9th Cavalry was one of the original six regiments of the regular U.S. Army set aside for black enlisted...
24th Infantry Regiment in Korea (1950-1951)
Authorized by Congress in 1866 and activated on November 1, 1869, the 24th Infantry Regiment was one of four all-black...
Tuskegee Airmen
Over the past seven decades the exploits of the Tuskegee Airmen have been celebrated, occasionally mythologized, and used as a recent...
