World War II: A Black American soldier’s journal
The information on the Death Notice was spare and emotionless. “Theodore Roosevelt ‘Wheeler’ Wilson, age 81 of Mount Vernon, Indiana. Carpenter, World War II veteran. Death by drowning Dec. 3,…
This is why Lt. Col. Lee Archer is one of the most famous pilots in history
America is a young nation that rapidly evolved from fledgling colonies to a super power on the world stage. The story of America is an opera of altruism and democracy….
Who the original Buffalo Soldiers were and how they got their nickname
After the Civil War, many Black Americans began enlisting in the U.S. Army because it was a way to earn better wages and garner more respect in their daily lives…
Black Americans volunteered to fight Axis Italy in droves before the US entered World War II
In the summer of 1935, most of the world had no idea that various conflicts in different regions would explode into an all-out World War. World War I was supposed…
‘The Red Ball Express’ kept the Allies supplied and armed after the D-Day breakout
After storming the beaches of Normandy and fighting through the hedgerows of the French countryside, the Allied forces invading Nazi-occupied Europe came across one problem they hadn’t anticipated: outrunning their…
Here’s why Colonel Young rode 450 miles to get a new Army rank
By the time of his death, Col. Charles Young boasted an incredible military career. He was one of just three African-American officers to graduate from West Point. He led troops on the western frontier, became one of the first-ever U.S. military att…
These 8 Black-American heroes received Medals of Honor decades later
While Black-Americans have been helping America win wars since the Revolutionary War, they have not historically been recognized for their heroism at the same rate as their white counterparts.
These…
These were America’s first African-American paratroopers
During World War II a company of service soldiers became the world’s first black paratroopers and then made history as smokejumpers.
The Army’s first black female three-star grew up an orphan
Two months ago Nadja Y. West became the Army’s first black surgeon general, and on Feb. 9 she will be promoted to lieutenant general, the first female U.S. Military Academy graduate as well as the first African-American woman to hold that ran…
This African American Green Beret battled communists and racism in Vietnam
Colonel Paris Davis is one of the first Black officers to earn the coveted Green Beret of U.S. Special Forces. In the 1960s, America underwent the trials of the civil…