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 92nd Infantry Division and the 93rd Infantry Division. The 92nd Infantry Division, known as the Buffalo Division, served in the Europe Theatre and the 93rd 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 92nd and 93rd 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?).
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