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Members of the 8th Infantry Illinois National Guard Association, transported in humvees driven by 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry Regiment Soldiers, participated in the 2022 Bud Billiken Parade on Chicago's South Side August 13, 2022. The Bud Billiken Day Parade is the largest African-American parade in the United States of America. The famous all African-American "Fighting" 8th Infantry Regiment, based on Chicago's South Side, was an Illinois Army National Guard unit that fought in Spanish-American War through World War II. After integration of the Armed Forces, it became the 178th Infantry Regiment, today's 1-178th Infantry. The 1-178th Infantry still has its headquarters on Chicago's South Side in the General Richard L. Jones Armory. General Jones was a combat Soldier of World War I and World War II, businessman who managed the Chicago Defender, and 8th Infantry leader who established the 178th Infantry after the integration of the Armed Forces.
| Date Taken: | 08.12.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 08.15.2022 12:33 |
| Photo ID: | 7368992 |
| VIRIN: | 220813-A-VL305-277 |
| Resolution: | 4709x3139 |
| Size: | 0 B |
| Location: | CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, US |
| Web Views: | 29 |
| Downloads: | 3 |
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