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November 6, 2019
VETERAN’S DAY
Special Edition
Veteran’s Day Salute
c ontinued froM f ront
this battle.
Williams became one of the
first African-American Ordnance
Sergeants in 1886, and starting in
1895, served at Fort Stevens on
the Oregon Coast, where he was
charged with the care of large
coastal gun emplacements. He
retired in May 1898 and died the
next year at the age of 53. At the
time, he had nine books, a pipe,
a cigar holder, some stamps, a
pen, pen points, his bed, some
chairs, some neckties, and $23 to
his name. He was buried in Fort
Vancouver Military Cemetery in
Vancouver.
The story of Moses Williams is
from the Buffalo Soldiers of the
Pacific Northwest Documentary,
a soon-to-be-released production
produced and directed by local
filmmaker Dru Holley about the
historical all-black cavalry and
infantry regiments and their influ-
ence on U.S. military history and
how that legacy is being kept alive
today.
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