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On January 13, 1997, President Bill Clinton awarded the Medal to seven African-American World War II veterans; of these, only Vernon Baker was still alive. [4] On March 18, 2014, Melvin Morris , an African American Vietnam War veteran, was awarded the Medal of Honor following a review which recommended upgrading the Distinguished Service Cross ...
Many of the Black Loyalists performed military service in the British Army, particularly as part of the only Black regiment of the war, the Black Pioneers, and others served non-military roles. In response, and because of manpower shortages, Washington lifted the ban on black enlistment in the Continental Army in January 1776.
African-American military personnel (8 C, 27 P) Pages in category "African-American history of the United States military" The following 93 pages are in this category, out of 93 total.
African Americans played a prominent role in the Vietnam War.The Vietnam War was the first American war in which Black and White troops were not formally segregated, and even saw significant growth in the number of African Americans engaged in battlefield combat, [1] though some de facto segregation still occurred.
A group of Black military veterans meets daily at McDonald’s to linger over coffee, laugh with each other and honor their pasts. These Black veterans served in multiple wars. Now they meet daily ...
21st-century African-American military personnel (99 P) African-American United States Air Force personnel (59 P) African-American United States Army personnel (2 C, 450 P)
Jonathan Lande is assistant professor of history at Purdue University and author of Freedom Soldiers: The Emancipation of Black Soldiers in Civil War Camps, Courts, and Prisons (Oxford University ...
In 1940, Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first Black person to achieve the rank of brigadier general in the US Army. His son, Benjamin O. Davis Jr., later commanded the famed Tuskegee Airmen. In ...