Good Morning POU! Today's feature is about the Red Ball Express. "When Gen. Patton said for you be there, you were there if you had to drive all day and all night. Those trucks just kept running. They'd break down, we'd fix them and they'd run again," said James D. Rookard, a truck driver with the famous World War II Red Ball Express. Army Gen. George S. Patton's bold … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: African-American Military History: World War II
World War 2
Tuesday Evening Thread – The Music of World War II
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Tuesday Afternoon Thread: The Music of World War II – The Navy B-1 Band
Little known fact: The Navy B-1 Band The military did not train African Americans in Chapel Hill during World War II, but the Navy stationed an all-black band there. Even though the military was racially segregated at the beginning of the war, the mobilization of resources was so vast that marginal groups such as women and blacks were pulled into the defense effort. North … [Read more...] about Tuesday Afternoon Thread: The Music of World War II – The Navy B-1 Band
Monday Open Thread: African-American Military History: World War II
Good Morning POU. This week we honor the men and women who broke barriers, fought through discrimination at home as well as abroad to help this country win World War II - and we will do it without having to feature the Tuskegee Airmen at all. Yes, there were other great batallions and heros besides the Redtails. Today's post is all about The Triple Nickels. Many years … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: African-American Military History: World War II