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Re: Remembering a buddy from high school who died in Vietnam |
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Posted by SMAZ on Fri May 29 05:15:08 2015, in response to Re: Remembering a buddy from high school who died in Vietnam, posted by Nilet on Fri May 29 04:53:32 2015. Mind you, the army (and everything else in the country) would still be segregated by law if it weren't for a bunch of "criminals" who had no intention to obey laws that were immoral and thus invalid.While not disagreeing with the post in general, there are times when one great individual can make a positive difference when put in a situation to do so. In 1919, a young former artillery captain returned home from WW1. To his dismay and deep anger, he saw that black men who had served their country in combat with great distinction and had tasted a bit of liberty in France came back only to be LYNCHED for the simple act of wearing the uniform of the US Army and most often it was those who had NEVER served who committed such acts because you can't just allow such uppity niggers to run amok and feel like they're better than everybody else. Unfortunately, our young captain was a nobody and there was nothing he could do about these crimes. 29 years later he learned of accounts that those sorry incidents were repeating themselves with returning black WW2 veterans. This time the former artillery captain COULD do something about it. On July 26 1948, Harry S Truman put his entire political career on the line and issued Executive Order 9981. |
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