
Minnesota in World War II:
Jack Rainey and the Buffalo Soldiers in Italy
Summer 1944: Jack Rainey of Minneapolis and the 92nd, an all-black infantry division, also known as the Buffalo Division, landed in Italy. They were told the Germans were on the run. All they had to do was mop them up. But the 92nd would encounter a far-from-defeated Germany. Here’s Britt Aamodt.