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Joint service pallbearers carry the Unknown Soldier remains of World War I from the USS Olympia to a horse-drawn caisson to transport the body to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., November 9, 1921. Among the saluting officers is Gen. John Pershing, who commanded the American Expeditionary Forces. New York Army National Guard Maj. Hamilton Fish, who served as commander of Company K, 369th Infantry Regiment, nicknamed the “Harlem Hellfighters,” an all-black unit of the New York National Guard, introduced the federal resolution in December 1920 as a U.S. Congressman to create an Unknown Soldier memorial on November 11, 1921. Courtesy photo.
| Date Taken: | 03.02.2021 |
| Date Posted: | 03.03.2021 10:24 |
| Photo ID: | 6540414 |
| VIRIN: | 210302-A-A3538-1003 |
| Resolution: | 624x336 |
| Size: | 88.02 KB |
| Location: | WASHINGTON, DC, US |
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