WAR HISTORY ONLINE6 天
Tuskegee Airmen: The African-American Pilots Who Broke Barriers in World War II
The Tuskegee Airmen were assigned to the 99th Pursuit (later Fighter) Squadron, Twelfth Air Force, and initially stationed in ...
PBS1 年
African-Americans In Combat
In the lead up to and during World War II the military establishment continued to maintain that African-Americans soldiers were not as capable as their white counterparts and needed more intensive ...
insider.si.edu5 年
African American WWI Military Service
At the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the exhibition Double Victory: The African American Military Experience provides visitors a valuable overview. You can read a story from ...
PBS4 年
Race and the Army During World War II
African American troops line up, National Archives The military's view toward African Americans during World War II reflected that of the wider American culture. According to a report commissioned ...
WWNO21 天
WWII Museum exhibit honors Black soldiers whose stories were ignored
They were led by Freddie Meeks, Navy seaman second class ... part of “Fighting for the Right to Fight: African American Experiences in World War II,” a sprawling new exhibit at the National ...
BBC4 年
Doris Miller: US Navy aircraft carrier to honour black sailor
The US Navy is to name its new aircraft carrier ... But his legacy has lived on as one of the first African American heroes of World War II. Cuba Gooding Jr played the role of Doris Miller in ...
Doris Miller, Pearl Harbor hero, linked to Austin through park center that bears his name
As Pearl Harbor Day approaches, we remember Doris "Dorie" Miller, a hero whose name was given to a center in Rosewood Park ...
Task & Purpose4 年
How should the Navy name its aircraft carriers?
The Navy plans on naming its fourth Ford-class aircraft carrier after World War II hero Doris 'Dorie' Miller, an African-American sailor recognized for his heroism during the 1941 attack on Pearl ...
Cambridge University Press1 年
African Americans and the Pacific War, 1941–1945
Focusing on African Americans' experiences across the Asia-Pacific theater during World War Two, this book examines the interplay between national identity, the racially segregated US military culture ...
usace.army.mil2 年
BLACK AMERICANS IN THE U.S. ARMY
Black Americans have ... were the first Black military aviators, serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps. The Airmen's success in escorting bombers during World War II is unmatched by any other fighter ...
WGRZ20 天
Remembering WNY's Black Veterans
The military has a checkered past ... Bassham said many people were never recognized. "World War II put a ceiling on decorations for African-Americans, we were just written out of history, didn ...