BLACK WARRIORS: THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS OF WORLD WAR II
BLACK WARRIORS: THE RETURN OF THE BUFFALO SOLDIER
This history and memoir is from official journals compiled by Houston as his battalion of 92nd Infantry Division soldiers battled in Italy during World War II. Learn More
 

Ivan J. Houston

Ivan J. Houston is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley.  He entered the University in 1942, left to serve in the army from 1943 until 1945, and returned to receive his B.S. degree in 1948.  From 1970 to 1990, he served as the chief executive officer of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company, one of the nation’s largest African American businesses, and named one of the 100 Most Influential Black Americans by Ebony magazine.  Learn more

With One Tied Hand

The Buffalo Soldiers of World War II were the only Black infantry division to fight for the United States Army in Europe during World War II. Learn more