World War Medals

A African American Soldier. Clarence J Cooper was born 1912 in New York and enlisted in New York City in 1/13/1941. He lived at 108 w 141st NY 30, NY. A true Harlem HellFighter! Death July 19 1998. Tampa Hills borough Florida. Married Evelyn March 23 1946. In May 1942, the. Infantry Regiment was re-established as an element of the 93rd Infantry Division (Colored). Although not listed as a New York National Guard unit. It was deployed overseas and participated in labor and se. Curity operations in the. Activated on May 15, 1942, at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Ninety-third Infantry Division was the first segregated division-size infantry unit mobilized during the Second World War. Composed of White general staff officers and African American junior officers and enlisted men, the Ninety-third was made up of the draftee. And the veteran 368th and the 25th Infantry Regiments along with an assortment of field battalions and companies. After its formation, the division conducted its basic training at Fort Huachuca, before heading to Louisiana. During the spring of 1943 where the unit staged field operations against the Eighty-fifth Infantry Division during the Third Army. In late 1943, the Ninety-third moved westward to California. Where the unit went through desert training exercises before departing from the United States for the South Pacific Theater of Operations in January, 1944. After being placed under the command of the Fourteenth Corps, the Ninety-third division was largely deployed in combat support positions throughout the theater, relieving companies and regiments of the Americal Division and the all-white Thirty-seventh Infantry Division on Guadalcanal, Bougainville, New Georgia, and Green Islands in what are now the Solomon Islands. And Bougainville Island which is part of New Guinea. While in the area, senior army commanders heavily criticized the division and Washington officials after one of its companies allegedly became disoriented after encountering heavy enemy fire during a routine combat mission on Bougainville Island in April of 1944. Although an inspector generals investigation of the incident had cleared the troops of misconduct, rumors surrounding the incident followed the unit as it moved throughout the Pacific area during the war. While serving on Morotai Island, division troops engaged in subduing and capturing Japanese forces stationed in the area. There, division patrols earned the distinction of capturing Colonel Muisu Ouichi, the highest-ranking Japanese prisoner of war in the Pacific war. Engraved Named Medal and box show honest wear for its age. Lapel pin was cracked and repaired in its past. Shows that it was used by the veteran post war most likely during the conventions he attended. Unsure of exactly when Clarence J Cooper was Wounded. Also present is a veterans of U. American Legion Medal with white button and a 61st National Convention 1960 Reunion medal for a convention in Detroit Michigan. Please contact for additional photos. The item “WW2 Grouping W. I. A African American Soldier 369th Infantry Medals Antique U. S” is in sale since Saturday, April 11, 2020. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\United States\Medals & Ribbons”. The seller is “twicetouched” and is located in Clermont, Florida. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Turks and caicos islands, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Uruguay.