African American Military History Museum -- Hattiesburg, Mississippi (World War I)pic.twitter.com/WMYj5hr7j5
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He recognized chef's name and his commander.
he said many of his black compatriots wanted to fight. He said he would have. I told him he did fight. His ship was in harm's way.
And the predecessors to WW2 Navajo code talkers were WW1 Chocktaws improvising. http://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/choctaw/codetalkers.htm …
Met a man who was a porter on ship in Pacific. I found a menu online that had V-J Day on board celebration meal. Gave it to him.
yep... they did under the french uniform...
"African Americans on the Front" ... they were fodder
One even earned the Medal of Honorhttps://twitter.com/heefosaurus/status/796852148780797952 …
i looked this up after playing call of duty 
@kennethhite Search out 'Ballad of Esau's Sons', a poem about the Hellfighters by Martha Keller. Set to music by Michael Longcor.
Ballad of Esau's Son. http://www.unz.org/Pub/SaturdayRev-1945mar31-00015 … Michael Longcor put it to music; it's quite good.
Yea cause at the time France was a much different country and colony soldiers were fighting for years.
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