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Title	William Loeb, Jr. letter of commendation to Charles Young, May 2, 1907
Subject	African American soldiers Correspondence Military officers Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
Time Period	1900s
Description	Letter to Captain Charles Young from Secretary to the President William Loeb, Jr. commending him for his service as a military attaché in Port au Prince, Haiti. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty.
Date of Original	May 2, 1907
Submitting Institution	National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
Type	StillImage
File Name	NAM_ MSS3_B01F013.tif
Image Height	5595
Image Width	3506
File Size	58872060 Bytes
Format	manuscripts; letter