re: #26 darthstar

Heh. It took an effort just to write it in all caps. Not my style.

re: #31 darthstar

They were more like expendable human shields.

We should note that, to our shame, the US Army was not integrated until after World War II, and during WWII we mostly forced blacks to take support jobs rather than combat jobs.

There are black veterans still living who remember signing up to fight, and who were handed a mop instead.