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Armored Cavalry Regiment, 14th","World War, 1939-1945"]},{"label":"Place","value":["Fort Benning, Chattahoochee County, Georgia, United States","Fort Bragg, Hoke County, North Carolina, United States","Fort Dix, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States","Fort Howard (historical), Baltimore County, Maryland, United States","Fort Huachuca, Cochise County, Arizona, United States","Germany","Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States","Camp Breckinridge (historical), Union County, Kentucky, United States","New York City, New York County, New York, United States"]},{"label":"Time Period","value":["(1954-1971) Civil Rights era","(1929-1945) Depression and World War Two","(1945-1989) Post War/Cold War period"]},{"label":"Description","value":"Alfonso Tyree Day was born on March 21, 1919, in Washington, D.C., to Terry P. and Virginia Thompson Day. Alfonso grew up in Washington, D.C., where his father worked as a chauffeur between 1920 and 1930, and as a store clerk by 1940. Alfonso Day reportedly wanted to be a soldier from an early age. During high school, he participated in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC), and attended Citizens' Military Training Camps (CMTC) at Fort Howard, Maryland, during his summer vacations.  Upon his high school graduation, he attempted to join the 10th Cavalry Regiment, a segregated African-American unit of the U.S. Army, but was told that the unit was at capacity and there was no space for him. Instead, Day joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a public work relief program that was part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. He worked in a CCC camp for six months. Day went on to attend Howard University, where he participated in the college's Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC).  While a student at Howard, Day was called into active duty in the U.S. Army on March 10, 1941. He was inducted into service at Fort Dix, New Jersey, where he was assigned to the 372nd Infantry Regiment, a federalized African-American National Guard regiment. After the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and the United States' entrance into World War II, Day's regiment was sent to New York City. While in New York, the unit performed security duties until early 1944, when they were transferred to Camp Breckinridge in Morganfield, Kentucky. In November 1944, the 372nd Infantry was sent to Fort Huachuca in Conchise County, Arizona, where they remained until April 1945. The regiment was sent to Hawaii in May 1945. While Day was stationed in Hawaii, he served at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Honolulu, and as a camp commander of an unidentified prisoner-of-war camp in Hawaii. When Day returned from Hawaii, he was reassigned to the 25th Infantry at Fort Benning, Georgia. At Fort Benning, he attended jump school from December 1945 to January 1946. Upon graduation from jump school, he was stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C., and assigned to the 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. Day was later assigned to the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, an all-black attachment of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. In December 1947, the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion was inactivated. It was reassigned as the 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, making the 82nd Airborne one of the U.S. Army's first integrated divisions. Day was stationed at Fort Bragg during the Korean War.  Alfonso Day married Evelyn McNeil in Johnston County, N.C., on October 20, 1951. He remained with the 82nd Airborne Division until he was assigned to serve with the 14th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Germany from 1953 to 1956. When he returned to the U.S., Day was assigned to the 325th Infantry Regiment at Fort Bragg. He would soon be transferred to command the Reserve Officers? Training Corps (ROTC) at North Carolina Agriculture and Technical State University in Greensboro, N.C.  After his duty in Greensboro, Day returned to the 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, at Fort Bragg. He later served as 1st Sergeant in the 18th Infantry, 8th Infantry Division in Germany. With the completion of his second tour in Germany, Day retired from the U.S. Army on June 30, 1962. He reached the ranks of E-8 (First Sergeant) and Captain during his military career. Alfonso Tyree Day died on July 21, 2007, and was buried in Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery in Spring Lake, N.C. At the time of this interview, Day was living in Fayetteville, N.C."},{"label":"Digital Characteristics","value":"5 pages"},{"label":"Format","value":["Summaries"]},{"label":"Rights","value":"All rights held by the State Archives of NC. Permission to publish must be obtained from the registrar in writing."},{"label":"Source Collections","value":["Military Veterans Oral History Collection. 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