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FIGHTING FOR RESPECT: African-American Soldiers in WWI …
America was a segregated society and African Americans were considered, at best, second class citizens. Yet despite that, there were many African American men willing to serve in the nation’s military, but even as it became apparent that the United States would enter the war in Europe, blacks were still being turned away from military service …
Life as an American Female Soldier | Marie Claire (US)
· When you were on a convoy, you couldn’t say, “Please stop, I have to go to the bathroom.” You just had to hold it. Once, a female second lieutenant asked if anybody had a cup. Two guys in the …
‘I survived D-Day – then had my first champagne’ – BBC News
· We were out in the open and they (the Germans) were shooting at us and we were shooting back – and the noise! And I needed to sleep! Well that champagne was quite a thing – …
‘I knew I would either survive or die’: Afghan woman …
· “When you see someone in need of help, you have no choice but to help. I just saw a human being that needed help and I started calling people, that’s all …
This is how US troops came to be called ‘GIs’ – We Are The …
· Over the years, American troops have earned many – Johnny Reb, Billy Yank, Dogface, Grunt, Jarhead, Doughboy – you get the point. There is one all-encompassing nickname used all over the country, applicable to any branch, and used by troops and civilians alike: G.I. Kinda like that, except real. When we see the word “GI” many of us …
A Soldier’s Christmas Poem – Scrapbook.com
A Soldier’s Christmas. T’was the night before Christmas, he lived all alone in a one bedroom house, made of plaster and stone. I had come down the chimney with presents to give, and to see just who in this home did live. I looked all about, a strange sight I did see: no tinsel, no presents, not even a tree. No stocking by the mantle, just boots …
A little-known massacre explains Somalian hatred …
· A look at American soldiers at war in Vietnam, during the 1960s and 70s. 1. 19-year-old Pfc. John Ross of Port Charlotte, Fla. with his M-60 machine-gun. He fought with the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vietnam in 1967-68. 2. A young Marine Private …
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