Dumb? Oh, no! I'm sitting here with chills (Reply #7)

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Sun Nov 11, 2018, 01:35 PM

7. Dumb? Oh, no! I'm sitting here with chills

running up and down my arms thanking you. Thank you so much is not even enough.

Here's a great photo of men of the 92nd Infantry Division from 1919 en route home. More of what happened to these 4 beautiful men when they got back - at
https://www.reddit.com/r/Colorization/comments/7pcdas/four_officers_of_the_us_armys_allblack_366th/

From 2012
FORT HUACHCUA, Ariz. - Retired Army Capt. Joseph Hairston, one of the first black officers commissioned to serve with the 92nd Infantry Division after its reactivation in 1942, made a surprise visit to the Fort Huachuca Museum on July 11. https://www.army.mil/article/83758/92nd_infantry_division_officer_revisits_fort_huachuca

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32 replies	Author	Time	Post
The Africans who fought in WWI and WWII [View all]	Kind of Blue	Nov 2018	OP
K&R	HipChick	Nov 2018	#1
"Our Enemies. 96 Character Heads from Prisoner of War Camps in Germany" (1916)	dalton99a	Nov 2018	#2
Yeah, dalton99a, I saw that one and the other	Kind of Blue	Nov 2018	#3
The Black soldiers from the US Army fought under French command during WWI	Brother Buzz	Nov 2018	#4
Thanks for the addition, Brother Buzz!	Kind of Blue	Nov 2018	#5
This dumb draftee served with the last active vestige of one of the 'Colored units'...	Brother Buzz	Nov 2018	#6
Dumb? Oh, no! I'm sitting here with chills	Kind of Blue	Nov 2018	#7
My 'Top', Sergeant Major Brown started at Fort Huachcua, too	Brother Buzz	Nov 2018	#9
Whoa! What a nice sync.	Kind of Blue	Nov 2018	#13
Don't forget the 396th regiment!!	Docreed2003	Nov 2018	#30
The 369th Infantry Regiment (a brigade) was part of the 93rd Division until is was broken up	Brother Buzz	Nov 2018	#31
Awesome...ty!!	Docreed2003	Nov 2018	#32
There is a French film from the 1930s	Retrograde	Nov 2018	#8
Thanks, Retrograde! I just watched a trailer for the movie	Kind of Blue	Nov 2018	#12
Thank you for excellent OP. I had no idea how many French forces came from the colonies!	Sunlei	Nov 2018	#10
You're so welcome! The hidden stories of the making	Kind of Blue	Nov 2018	#14
A vastly under-reported part of history...	Wounded Bear	Nov 2018	#11
"...one of the more stupid aspects of racism."	Kind of Blue	Nov 2018	#15
Much truth, but let's be honest. How many here	Hortensis	Nov 2018	#16
LOL! All that nonsensical blather to end up saying you don't care.	Kind of Blue	Nov 2018	#17
It sounds like you consider yourself among "the peoples	Hortensis	Nov 2018	#18
Obviously this OP is not for you. Unlike you, I don't spend much time	Kind of Blue	Nov 2018	#20
I didn't miss the attention you gave to those who	Hortensis	Nov 2018	#21
I applaud your effort, Hortensis.	Kind of Blue	Nov 2018	#23
Agree. I think/hope we may be in the tipping point, but if so	Hortensis	Nov 2018	#24
Yes, it will drag out and I will most certainly be angry and confused	Kind of Blue	Nov 2018	#25
:) What a great story. Funny because it came out	Hortensis	Nov 2018	#28
K and R	oasis	Nov 2018	#19
K & R	Maru Kitteh	Nov 2018	#22
Netflix did a show called "Our World War" which hit this	Pope George Ringo II	Nov 2018	#26
Thanks very much, Pope George Ringo II!	Kind of Blue	Nov 2018	#27
K&R	ismnotwasm	Nov 2018	#29

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