The Boston Globe, October 26th, 2003
In 1952, during the Korean Conflict, I was sent to Germany and assigned to the 272d FA BN, which I was told was originally from Massachusetts, a National Guard unit that was activated. Do you have any history on this unit? A. Thanks to retired Lieutenant Colonel Leonid Kondratiuk, historian of the Massachusetts National Guard Military Archives and Museum, I do indeed have some information, much of it based on his article "Proud Service," which appeared in the February 1996 edition of On Guard magazine. Historically, the 272d Field Artillery Battalion and its predecessors were composed of black...
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