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Showing posts with label African Americans in the military. Show all posts
Showing posts with label African Americans in the military. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Fort Polk renamed Fort Johnson to honor African American WWI hero

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As part of the national campaign to change the names of U.S. Army installations to cut ties with Confederate figures in America, Louisia...
Saturday, March 04, 2023

President Biden awards Medal of Honor to Vietnam War veteran Col. Paris Davis

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Retired Army Col. Paris Davis, a Vietnam veteran and one of the country’s first Black Special Forces officers, received the Medal of Honor...
Thursday, September 12, 2019

Nevada Army and Air Guard gets 1st African American leader

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A 32-year Nevada Air Guardsman has been appointed to lead the Nevada Army and Air Guard, becoming the first African American to hold the...
Friday, August 23, 2019

99-year-old Tuskegee Airman awarded five overdue WWII medals

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99-year-old Thomas Franklin Vaughns served in the Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1946 as a mechanic for the Tuskegee Airman and was also la...
Thursday, May 16, 2019

West Point graduates 34 African-American women, the most ever from one class

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Thirty-four black women are expected to graduate from West Point next week. That will be the largest class of African-American women t...
Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Thomas Ellis, a Tuskegee Airman, is dead at 97

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Former Sgt. Maj. Thomas Ellis, one of six surviving Tuskegee Airmen in San Antonio, died Jan. 2 of a stroke in a local hospital. He was ...
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Black WWII veteran receives 6 long-overdue medals

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A World War II veteran who is the last-known living Buffalo-area resident to have served in a segregated unit has received six long-...
Sunday, February 15, 2015

You know the Tuskegee Airmen but do you know these other black military heroes?

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If you are like me you have a great respect for the Tuskegee Airmen. You can make the argument that without them there is no Dr. Mar...
Tuesday, July 01, 2014

Michelle Howard gets 4th star, becomes first female admiral in the US Navy

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[ SOURCE ] At a ceremony, held at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, Michelle Howard...