Famous Negro band greets United States soldiers on leave from trenches. The famous band of the 15th . . .; Scope and content: The full caption for this item is as follows: Famous Negro band greets United States soldiers on leave from trenches. The famous band of the 15th [African American] Infantry, New York National Guard, on their way to the station at Aix les Bains to greet a trainload of our fighting men on leave. The band was well known in New York before the outbreak of the war as [James Reese] Europe's band. The Negro musicians enlisted in a body and their leader was commissioned a lie
Famous Negro band greets United States soldiers on leave from trenches. The famous band of the 15th . . .; Scope and content: The full caption for this item is as follows: Famous Negro band greets United States soldiers on leave from trenches. The famous band of the 15th [African American] Infantry, New York National Guard, on their way to the station at Aix les Bains to greet a trainload of our fighting men on leave. The band was well known in New York before the outbreak of the war as [James Reese] Europe's band. The Negro musicians enlisted in a body and their leader was commissioned a lieutenant.
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