Does Lee ever do anything that isnt racial?
I didn’t know we had any black troops on Iwo. I thought most of the black Army troops were in the European theatre (where most served with distinction. There was an excellent documentary recently on one of the Discovery Channel family (might’ve been the Military Channel) about the first all-black tank battalion in World War II, who served with Patton’s Third Army. They won a Distinguished Unit Citation, and Patton praised them as some of the best soldiers he had.
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Looks like he’s been packing on the pounds. Maybe he’s trying to go for a cage match against Michael Moore.
Hey Spike! Hows about you just honor vets?
Their story would be difficult to tell without pointing out the treatment they received.
The Tuskegee Airman operated out of my base at one time. We have had several ceremonies over the last year honoring them. I have met several of the surviving members and heard their amazing stories. They were a highly effective unit. Yet some are still quite bitter about the way their fellow soldiers and the officers treated them. They were not allowed in the “white” clubs on base at all. In fact, things became so tense that they were eventually shipped out.
It was the times. They were groundbreakers. Their service led to a fully integrated military. While things still aren’t perfect, in most places it’s not even thought about. They serve equally and well. That’s a story that could be told as well.
Yeah, Yeah!!! It’s time to re-write the history of WW2.
“Lee, whose other screen credits include Malcolm X and Do The Right Thing, said the film would tell both sides of the story.”
“Both sides”?
From 1950 to 1953, 34,000 Americans died re-winning freedom for the millions of South Koreans whom the Democrats had abandoned in 1949 when we withdrew our troops. (S. Koreans were first freed in 1945, so they had enjoyed freedom for about 4 years, as has Iraq.)
It is estimated that 5,000 of those who died fighting in combat in Korea were black. (records of race were not kept)
I’m thankful for all military men and women who served. Whatever their skin color.