Since the beginning of training at Huachuca, sport and entertainment had been used as diversions from boredom and uncertainty as at other forts. For the 92nd and 93rd Infantry Divisions, however, the latter was stronger than elsewhere as doubt hung over the assignment of the men once training ended. The commander of the fort therefore had the idea of offering a level of leisure and cultural exposure unknown to blacks in civilian life, even though he perpetuated stereotypes about the natural talents of African Americans for sports and music. In a unique gesture of recognition, however, he granted artists-soldiers and -Wacs based in Huachuca new responsibility in the programming and choice of entertainment, even opening the fort to the fine arts. This attitude certainly contributed to explaining the non-explosion of the fort during the war.