Seeking photos of Black Soldiers near Fort Benning

Dear Ms. Mills,

Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!

We searched the National Archives Catalog for any records relating to Fort Benning for the 1940-1949 time period and located 16 series, 449 file units & 91 items in various record groups that might be of interest to you. Please note that some of the records have been digitized and may be viewed using the Catalog. For access to non-digitized records, please contact the unit listed in the description.

Also, we suggest reviewing a webpage Pictures of African Americans During World War II available on the National Archives website. Photographs of various U.S. Army activities and subjects during WWII are in the custody of the National Archives at College Park - Still Picture (RDSS). Please contact RDSS via email at stillpix@nara.gov and their web site is https://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/photographs-dc.html.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and pursuant to guidance received from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), NARA has adjusted its normal operations to balance the need of completing its mission-critical work while also adhering to the recommended social distancing for the safety of NARA staff. As a result of this re-prioritization of activities, you may experience a delay in receiving an initial acknowledgement as well as a substantive response to your reference request from RDSS and other NARA reference units. We apologize for this inconvenience and appreciate your understanding and patience.

Lastly, you may want to review some resources we located online including African Americans in the U.S. Army - Early World War II available on the website of the U.S. Army Center of Military History and information about Fort Benning on the website of the Columbus Museum.

We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your research!

Alexa Mills,

If you check the National Archives' twitter feed, another user has also replied there with several other related photos that may be of interest: 

https://twitter.com/USNatArchives/status/1362552540198486018

We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your research!