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Brave men and women stood up when it counted in World War 2 to stop the last lot of fascists that thought they could rule for ever... just sayin'. Also very reassuring to remember that generation of anti-fascists just as this generation of anti-fascists are being labelled a terror organisation by an actual fascist.
Cha
(297,565 posts)Throck
(2,520 posts)Minorities had to fight to prove themselves, segregation was rampant.
sarge43
(28,942 posts)Name a black combat unit.
Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)Heroes to a man
sarge43
(28,942 posts)Indeed they were. The bomber crews they rode shotgun for were always glad to see the Red Tails show up. They didn't hot dog; they took care of business.
CAVU, Airmen.
Harker
(14,033 posts)A unit in Patton's Third Army.
sarge43
(28,942 posts)rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)irisblue
(33,020 posts)Activated: 15 October 1942.
Overseas: 22 September 1944.
Campaigns: North Apennines, Po Valley.
Awards: Medal of Honor: 2 (Posthumously in 1997); Distinguished Service Cross (United States):. 2; Army Distinguished Service Medal:
1; Silver Star: 208; Legion of Merit: 16; Soldier's Medal: 6; Bronze Star: 1,166. ;Purple Heart: 1,891; Order of the Crown of Italy:
Returned to the United States: 26 November 1945.
Inactivated: 28 November 1945.
sarge43
(28,942 posts)Good to know. Sad that we have to dig around to find them.
Duty done, Soldiers.
irisblue
(33,020 posts)My late FIL bombed Italy, it was a hard campaign
Aristus
(66,446 posts)Denzel Washington was going to make a movie about them, but it died and went to development hell...
FailureToCommunicate
(14,020 posts)Infantry Division.
Talk about racism, their relatives were being rounded up in internment camps, while they fought for the USA.
Senator Daniel Inouye was in that unit.
I knew anoth one of those brave men. He was NOT to be messed with.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/442nd_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)
AllaN01Bear
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Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)Much more.
bucolic_frolic
(43,258 posts)It wasn't going to be solved quickly. Large white sections of the military would not have accepted it, and there was a war to get on with. Eleanor Roosevelt pleaded with her husband for more integration. FDR knew it wasn't immediately practicable, would affect morale and the ability to fight.
I knew a dentist who served in WWII, he was friendly with the family. He told the tale of a white soldier from the South who presented with a toothache. Learning the dentist was from NY, he refused to be treated and asked for another dentist. So they sent him to one. When he went to the second dentist, he learned the dentist was black. So he returned to the first, and NY, dentist, who was suddenly a suitable choice. Unfortunately these were the racial and regional conflicts of the time.
Maxheader
(4,373 posts)Mom was in the reserves..Dad and Uncle were in the pacific
theater. Thanks for the reminder..
keithbvadu2
(36,887 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,887 posts)Photograph Emerges of Leftist Anti-Fascists VIOLENTLY Disrupting Conservative White Supremacists!!!!!