PBS just showed a special on the African-American soldiers  - perhaps you
could contact them and find out their sources.
heather

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> Subject:      African-American regiments in World War I
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> I am looking for help in locating a list of African-American regiments in
> World War I, and hopefully their unit histories.  I know from local
> sources
> that some troops were once sent to a site in Western North Carolina to
> help
> build a sawmill complex, but I'm having no luck tracing down their
> affiliation.
>
> Any thoughts welcomed; the once source I am familiar with is Scott's
> Official History of the American Negro in the World War, (on line at
> http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/ww1.htm) but it hasn't helped in this case
> .
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