Posted on 10/22/2005 3:37:17 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar
Thanks for the link!
I remember seeing a film in college on the black unit in WWI. They started out unloading ships for the AEF, and when they were finally allowed to go to the front, they were given to the French instead of fighting with American units. The French didn't care about what color they were since they desparately needed fresh troops and they had used colonial troops from Africa since 1914. As I recall, the unit served well for the French, and was the only Allied unit to reach German soil before the armistice. They also had one of the best bands in any army since they were from Harlem and and had many Jazz musicians in their ranks.
Tuskegee Airmen ping. :)
None tougher.
None cooler.
None more effective.
Read about this guy here. His name is Lt. Weathers, and he downed two German aircraft within a few minutes of each other, then got chewed out for "going after enemy aircraft for personal glory!".
(steely)
Plus they didn't have that pesky French habit of saying "I surrender" in response to any question. ;-)
Bump to that!
The reason why is simple, yet sad. There's no money to be made from this truth.
The so called black leaders of today the MSM has annointed are extortionists for the liberal Democrat Party.
The real history is of little use to them, unless it can be applied as leverage for a contribution.
pong
OOOhhhhhh man, how could I forget the Red Ball Express?
Tons of the drivers were black service troops, old B/W movie out there somewhere. Without them the race across France would have been stopped dead without supplies.
foxhole ping?
"The history of blacks in American History is scattered and piecemeal."
If you meany the representation of history in the public sphere,then I agree, but if you mean actual events, I disagree in the strongest possible terms.
From the very first casualty of the struggle that became the American Revolution, Crispus Attucks, to the The First Rhode Island regiment, an all black unit in Washington's Army, to The Twenty Sixth U. S. Infantry Regiment in the War of 1812, to Joe, William Travis' slave and survivor of the Alamo, to various freedmen in the Mexican War, to the 24 black soldiers awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in the Civil War, to the 10th Calvary battling with Geronimo and later under John "Black Jack" Pershing charging up San Juan Hill in the Spanish American War, to the 171 winners of the Croix De Guerre in WWI, to units like the Tuskegee Airmen and The 761ST Tank Battalion, known as the Black Panther Tank Battalion, that landed on Omaha Beach and later fought under George Patton, there is plenty of Black History within the greater context of American History. A person doesn't have to read crazy stories about jet aircraft flying around the pyramids to learn Black History, be it in February or any other month.
Tuskegee Airmen & Buffalo Soldiers BUMP!
That is "Cavalry", if you please.
Darn, you sure know your history! I was in from 78-81, 11B (jump & hump)
If today's blacks want to claim their only history is slavery and then oppression by the white man well fine, let them stew in their own juices.
Not all are like that. Just the ones the MSM give any notice to.
thanks for the ping
Regards
alfa6 :>}
Oooo, a B model, my favorite. ;-)
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