The Compton resident was a member of the 'Triple Nickles,' a World War II combat-ready unit who trained as some of America's ...

and the Union of South Africa. During WWII Rhodesia, per percentage of its population, provided more soldiers (black and white) than any other country in the empire, even Britain itself.

They, like other African servicemen ... He remembers graves of World War II soldiers who had died at the nearby hospital. This is what the team needed: confirmation of a “native cemetery ...

Or Phillis Wheatley, who as a child survived capture in Africa and passage on a slave ... numbers of enslaved and free Black volunteers in military service, often for longer terms than those ...

ST. LOUIS – In a relentless rainstorm, a groundbreaking ceremony was held, attributing to the sacrifice of African American soldiers during the Civil War. “The troops could go out if our ...