U.S. Army's 92nd and 93rd Infantry Divisions (1:72 scale/20mm)

 

Some 125,000 African Americans served overseas during the Second World War, accounting for 6.25% of all U.S. military personnel serving overseas (Wikipedia).  Segregated units were formed in the U.S. Army.  Among these units were the 92^nd Infantry Division and the 93^rd Infantry Division.  The 92^nd Infantry Division, known as the Buffalo Division, served in the Europe Theatre and the 93^rd Infantry Division served in the Pacific.  I painted two sprues of 1/72 scale (20mm) miniatures from The Plastic Soldier Company to represent and pay tribute to the heroic soldiers of the 92^nd and 93^rd Infantry Divisions.

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Late War Infantry & Heavy Weapons sprues (side 1)

 

U.S. Late War Infantry & Heavy Weapons sprues (side 2)

 

 

The Plastic Soldier Company sprues I used are from the U.S. Infantry Heavy Weapons set and the U.S. Late War Infantry set.  I used one sprue from each set.  I explored the contents of the heavy weapons set in a previous post (please see U.S. Heavy Weapons post).  The U.S. Late War Infantry set contains 51 figures (three sprues of 17 figures), with each sprue containing the following miniatures:

6 soldiers with M1 Garand rifles

2 soldiers with Browning Automatic Rifles

A kneeling sniper with a Springfield rifle

A casualty

A medic

A soldier taking on a SCR-536 hand-held radio transceiver

A radio operator (kneeling) with a SCR-300 Portable Radio transceiver (on his back)

An NCO/Officer talking on the SCR-300 radio transceiver

A soldier with a Thompson submachine gun

A spotter with binoculars actively scanning the area

A kneeling soldier (spotter?).