Because they are veterans or because they are black?
Because they are veterans, of course, and their story is not well known.
I don’t seem to remember a “White Veteran’s Day” or “White Memorial Day”. I thought our honoring of vets was inclusive of all races.
It should be.
I’ve been to a lot of veterans ceremonies in my life and I don’t remember blacks being “ignored” or unwelcome.
How many movies or TV shows have you seen in which black veterans have been portrayed, including their willingness to fight for this country even at a time when they faced true discrimination and racism? There are hundreds or thousands of movies showing white veterans of World War II, and maybe there was one about the Nisei vets, but I can't recall any about blacks. Why is it that having one, just one movie out of the thousands of World War II movies, feature blacks is not okay?
What you are saying is that Black veterans deserve special recognition.
Not at all. I just think it would be nice to tell their story. How is having just one movie out of all of the thousands that have been made about World War II "special recognition"?
My Dad's little brother was a 18-19 year old Tank Commander in a recon company of the 14th Armored Division of Patton's Fourth Army. He saw over 100 days straight combat (according to his official record) and it was his tank that was the first through the gates at Moosburgh after a short but harrowing fight with SS sent to kill the POWs there. His role is verified in one of Brokow's books.
He (my Uncle) spoke seldom until he hit his seventies but he always talked of the two times that the 761st pulled his ass out of the fire.
I'd pay to see a movie about these guys.