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Care packages arrive in Barga. ▪︎ Photograph courtesy of Archivio Pietro Rigali-Barga.

Uphill battle: Men of Company G, 365th Infantry Regiment, 92d Division Troops, are pinned down by a sniper who infiltrated through our lines of communication. The men are carrying ammunition to the assault companies. 10 January, 1945. Sommocolonia area, Italy. ▪︎ Courtesy of U.S. Army Center of Military History.

View of Sommocolonia cathedral from the front. ▪︎ Image in public domain.

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gallery of images from the book: assembled from private and public sources

Beware of Misinformation: Arlene Fox holding Lt. John Fox’s Medal of Honor presented by President Clinton ▪︎ Photo courtesy of the White House Photographer.

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Medal of Honor Ceremony, January 13, 1997:
Arlene Fox holding Lt. John Fox’s Medal of Honor presented by President Clinton ▪︎ Photo courtesy of the White House Photographer.

Author meeting President Clinton ▪︎ Photo courtesy of the White House Photographer.

Commemorative Events:
1994–2000 ▪︎ Photos courtesy of the author and private sources. All rights reserved.

Remembrances and Markers for Lt. John R. Fox
Grave stone with decorations ▪︎ Photograph courtesy of David Julio. All rights reserved.

Lt. John Fox’s DSC (Distinguished Service Cross) presented to Arlene Fox by Major General James Hamlet at Ft. Devens, Massachusetts on Armed Forces Day, May 15th, 1982. ▪︎ Photograph courtesy of Arlene Fox. All rights reserved.

Arlene Fox holding Lt. John Fox’s Medal of Honor presented by President Clinton ▪︎ Photo courtesy of the White House Photographer.

Interviewees at Older Ages
Marina Vincenti in her La Rocca garden ▪︎ Photograph courtesy of the author. All rights reserved.

Anna Moscardini in her garden with Barga & the Apuane Alps in the distance ▪︎ Photograph courtesy of the author. All rights reserved.

Berto Biondi, age 80, at the Sommocolonian monument ‘Martyrs of the Resistance’ on May 5, 2005 when there was a ceremony to add a marker for Pippo (Manrico Ducceschi), the XI Zone partisan leader. ▪︎ Photograph courtesy of the author. All rights reserved.
Otis Zachary age 88, at home November 2005 ▪︎ Photograph courtesy of the author. All rights reserved.

Joseph Hairston, age 87, at his breakfast interview with the author on 9.6.2009—the day after naming Sommocolonia’s mulattiera. ▪︎ Photograph courtesy of the author. All rights reserved.

Arlene Fox, age 92, with grandson Morgan Charles at a September 2011 showing in Houston,TX of the documentary Inside Buffalo by Fred Kuwornu. ▪︎ Photograph courtesy of the author. All rights reserved.

Rothacker Smith, age 96, November 2019 ▪︎ Photograph courtesy of Jeffrey Reese. all rights reserved.

Frank H Cloud on his 100th birthday 9.27.2018, and with his sons Gary and Gregory. ▪︎ Photographs courtesy of Gary Cloud. All rights reserved.

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La Mulattiera

The naming of la mulatierra and the re-enactment of the battle in Sommocolonia on September 5, 2009. Veteran Joseph Hariston was in attendance and participated in the events. ▪︎ Photographs courtesy of the author. All rights reserved.

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The Dead

banner & detail: The 366th Infantry Regiment, Ft. Devens, MA, 1942. ▪︎ Photograph from the William Edmund Allen Collection, Howard University Archives, Washington DC. Special thanks to James Pratt for his assistance.

Unknown soldier from the 366th ▪︎ credit to come

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The Mistreatment of the 366th Infantry Regiment

Maj. Gen. Edward M. Almond, Commanding General of the 92nd Infantry (‘Buffalo') Division in Italy, inspects his troops during a decoration ceremony. Circa March 1945. Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration; 208-AA-47Y-1.

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Prominent Members of the 366th Infantry Regiment

banner: The 366th Infantry Regiment, Ft. Devens, MA, 1942. ▪︎ Photograph from the William Edmund Allen Collection, Howard University Archives, Washington DC. Special thanks to James Pratt for his assistance.

Lt. John R. Fox, posthumous recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor ▪︎ Courtesy of Sandra Fox. All rights reserved.

Lt. Otis Zachary ▪︎ Photograph courtesy of Otis Zachary. All rights reserved.

Pvt. Rothacker Smith ▪︎ Rothacker Childs Smith Collection (AFC/2001/001/44158), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Major General James F. Hamlet ▪︎ attribution to come

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Racist Implications of the Second 92nd Performance Report

598th Field Artillery before the 366th Cannon Company was attached to this unit. ▪︎ Photograph courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration; NARA army.mil-88778-2011.

Difficulties of mountain warfare. A wounded Buffalo Soldier is being brought down a 45% mountainside in the vicinity of Sommocolonia on 1/10/45. ▪︎ Photograph by Baker, courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration; NARA 111-SC-246367.

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