Sgt. First Class Roja Steele Sr., a mechanic with 3656th Transportation Company, 184th Sustainment Command, Mississippi Army National Guard, poses for a photo. Steele was the first African American to join the MSARNG in January of 1943. Steele fought in World War II from 1943 to 1946.

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