From Wikipedia.
George N. leighton served in the 93rd Infantry Division which was a "colored" unit in the very much segregated U.S. Army, serving in both world wars.
During World War I, the unit acquired the name "Blue Helmets" from the French army while serving alongside French units an the Battle of the Marne. Their shoulder patch bore a blue French Adrian helmet.
They were reactivated 15 May 1942, at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, and most of the division saw service in the Pacific Theater where they were primarily used in construction units and defensive operations. Campaigns they participated in were New Guinea, Northern Solomons and Bismarck Archipelago.
They were inactivated in 1945 but some of its units continued in the Illinois and Maryland National Guard.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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