North Omaha Men Reporting for Induction into the United States Military

Title

North Omaha Men Reporting for Induction into the United States Military

Subject

World War II

Description

A group of African American men in North Omaha reporting for induction into the military during World War II. Despite a segregated U.S. military, nearly four million African American soldiers served their country during WWII.

Source

Great Plains Black History Museum, North Omaha History Harvest, 2011

Date

1942 circa

Rights

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Format

person

Type

image

Coverage

Omaha (Neb.)

Files

nom_gpbhm_0078.jpg

Citation

“North Omaha Men Reporting for Induction into the United States Military,” History Harvest, accessed April 25, 2024, https://historyharvest.unl.edu/items/show/733.

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