United States Army Negro Artillery Unit in Mantes de Gassicourt, France during World War II. Men of the unit relax under a tree as a carrier delivers ammunition. A man digs foxhole. Shells lined up in the background. A soldier looks at some papers. Soldiers lying down in the field as they relax. Other play cards and smoke cigarettes.
United States Army Negro Artillery Unit in Mantes de Gassicourt, France during World War II. Men of the fire control group of the artillery unit. One of them looks through binoculars. An over cast sky and a view of the town to be targeted in the background. An 8 inch howitzer fires and smoke rises.
United States Army Negro artillery Unit in Mantes de Gassicourt, France during World War II. A shell with a sign on it that reads ' from Harlem to Hitler '. Men of the Negro Artillery Unit load shells into an artillery. A soldier talks over a field phone. A soldier puts his fingers into his ears. Men of the unit under a tree. An explosion occurs as the artillery is fired.