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Originally Posted by sappersgt
Idle thought. Did the 24th Division fight in Korea? I was thinking black troops (Truman's desegregation) and Shermans. 
Edit: Saw your post on the battle group. I was under the impression that during WWII black troops were limited to noncombatant roles due to segregation. Would the ordnance or Engineer company would fit that description? |
In WWII several all-black units saw direct combat - mostly artillery battalions if I remember correctly, but I can remember reading of at least one all-black TD (SP) unit in Europe and I think a regiment in the 34th (?) division? All from memory, sorry.
-dale