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Daughter of 1st Black Marine says it's 'unbelievable' to see 'my dad caught up in DEI'
Alfred Masters was sworn in to the Marine Corps in 1942. Alfreda Masters, the daughter of the first enlisted Black man to serve in the Marine Corps, told ABC News she finds it "unbelievable" that the ...
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Old broadsides and receipts offer hints to America's Black Revolutionary War soldiers
Their stories were not well preserved in art or textbooks, yet recent scholarship in Concord and Lexington aims to uncover ...
He fought racism and fascism: 108-year-old WWII paratrooper who paved path for Black soldiers dies
The Compton resident was a member of the 'Triple Nickles,' a World War II combat-ready unit who trained as some of America's ...
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Medal of Honor recipient depicted in movie ‘Glory’ erased from Pentagon website
Army photo/Screenshot from ‘Glory’ A Black soldier who was awarded the Medal ... Gallego deployed to Iraq as an enlisted Marine in 2005, and Kelly and Duckworth are both former military ...
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Back to 13-Marine squads and a new company for infantry battalions
Dropping back to the 13-Marine configuration still gives Marines more personnel than the standard nine-soldier U.S. Army squad. It also returns the squad to its previous size, but instead with a ...
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Black Civil War soldiers to be honored with 7-foot bronze monument
The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S. during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the U.S. Colored Troops ...