![Members of the 12th Armored Division, which included African American platoons, await their orders. [LCID: 83791]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/0cd407a7-6785-45bf-8024-ce7c6f061926.jpg)
Members of the 12th Armored Division, which included African American platoons, await their orders. Germany, April 1945.
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