Binkie Posted January 1, 2001 Share Posted January 1, 2001 After watching five hours of recent History Channel footage on WWII, I think I saw about seven seconds of footage of black Americans, and they were just debarking from a huge ship. Was it was true that they grouped black soldiers together into their own units, or enforced some kind of racial separation? If so, was their duty similar to other units (i.e. varied dependent on location, skill, and experience) or did they tend to have more specific roles assigned to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KwazyDog Posted January 1, 2001 Share Posted January 1, 2001 Binkie just for you info there was a lot of info posted about this a couple of months back, so you might find a search useful Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warmaker Posted January 1, 2001 Share Posted January 1, 2001 Well, Binkie, since I've got alot of time on my hands right now(and lots of caffeine) I'll save you the time with a quick run down. First of all, during WWII the U.S. military was still segregated. Even some all black units had to have white officers. If anyone's still distressed about the fact the military was segregated at the time don't worry. Get schooled a bit in history and you'll learn that in a few years after WWII was the Korean War. Many military units by that time were integrated. Bullets really don't care what color you are... ------------------ "Uncommon valor was a common virtue"-Adm.Chester Nimitz of the Marines on Iwo Jima Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binkie Posted January 1, 2001 Author Share Posted January 1, 2001 Thanks, Dan and Warmaker, I forgot that I'm supposed to search on this stuff before I get carried away with a new topic! Doh!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spook Posted January 1, 2001 Share Posted January 1, 2001 Click on the link below, Binkie, and you'll be taken to a recent topic (Oct/Nov) that talked on the "black soldiers" topic with some good detail. http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/012208.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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