The 24th Infantry Regiment was organized on 1 November 1869 from the 38th and 41st Infantry Regiments. All the enlisted Soldiers were black, either veterans of the U.S. Colored Troops or freed slaves.

Zaccaria is assigned to the 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. “She is exactly the type of officer this Nation’s Army craves – competent, courageous, and ...