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African-American GIs of WWII: Fighting for democracy abroad and at home

  • Written by Maria Höhn, Professor and Chair of History, Vassar College
imageTwo U.S. soldiers on Easter morning, 1945.NARA

Until the last decade, the contributions of African-American soldiers in World War II barely registered in America’s collective memory of that war.

The “tan soldiers,” as the black press affectionately called them, were also for the most part left out of the triumphant narrative of...

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