Hymns Before Battle
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Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
Hymns Before Battle
ca. 1944
Gelatin silver print
18.7 x 23.9 cm.
Museum accession
Inscriptions verso-(printed) "3460" "From: Public Relations Division U.S. Coast
Guard Washington, D.C." "Official Coast Guard Photo"
"Hymns Before Battle" "Moved to song while they move toward battle,
members of a Negro cavalry unit lighten their Atlantic voyage with
hymns and spirituals. They are gathered on the after-deck of a Coast
Guard-manned assault transport under the leadership of their chaplain,
Lieutenant Joseph R. Cole, Army Chaplain Corps, of Jackson,
Tennessee."
Guard Washington, D.C." "Official Coast Guard Photo"
"Hymns Before Battle" "Moved to song while they move toward battle,
members of a Negro cavalry unit lighten their Atlantic voyage with
hymns and spirituals. They are gathered on the after-deck of a Coast
Guard-manned assault transport under the leadership of their chaplain,
Lieutenant Joseph R. Cole, Army Chaplain Corps, of Jackson,
Tennessee."
