When given a strategically important mission in preparation for the Argonne-Meusse offensive, the black soldiers of the 368th Infantry Regiment of the Ninety-Second Division
a. refused to fight, believing that they were chosen for a suicide mission based on their race.
b. succeeded brilliantly, convincing most objective military observers that they were the equals of white soldiers in combat.
c. failed after suffering heavy casualties, providing ammunition for observers who blamed black troops for all the setbacks suffered by the U.S. Army.
d. failed, but only after struggling so heroically against such overwhelming odds that the quality of black combat troops would not be questioned again for a generation.
c. failed after suffering heavy casualties, providing ammunition for observers who blamed black troops for all the setbacks suffered by the U.S. Army.
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