Inside the Barracks

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Inside the Barracks

Image courtesy of The Northwest Room, Spokane Public Library.

This file appears in: Barracks and Buffaloes

By Lee Nilsson
The 24th Infantry regiment contained the famous all-black "Buffalo Soldiers" who had fought bravely in the capture of San Juan Hill during the Spanish American War. The regiment had endured many hardships. Only 24 of the 456 men of the…